Sidney Benson WALLACE

1886 - 1973  (87 years)

• Name	Sidney Benson WALLACE  [2]
  	Funeral services for Sidney B. Wallace, 87, of Ruston, will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Spears Funeral Home here with the Rev. C. Ted Kocher officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery here. Mr. Wallace died Wednesday at the Alpine Nursing Home here after a long illness. He was a retired employee of Louisiana Tech University here and a long-time Ruston resident. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Clara B. Wallace; two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Knapp of Silverdale, Wash. and Mrs. Dorothy Wingfield of Manhasset, N.Y.; a brother, M.M. Wallace of Ruston; two sisters, Mrs. R.H. Hargrove of Shreveport and Miss Pinkie Wallace of Farmerville; and eight grandchildren. Published in The Ruston Daily Leader, November 16, 1973 [1]
  Birth	8 Nov 1886	Louisiana   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Living with parents in Farmerville, Union Co., Louisiana   [2]
  Census	1910	Living with parents in Farmerville, Union Co., Louisiana   [4]
  Census	1920	Living in Ruston, Lincoln Co., Louisiana   [5]
  Census	1930	Living in Ruston, Lincoln Co., Louisiana   [6]
  Census	1940	Living in Ruston, Lincoln Co., Louisiana   [7]
  Census	1950	Living in Ruston, Lincoln Co., Louisiana   [8]
  Death	14 Nov 1973	Ruston, Lincoln Co., Louisiana   [1]
  Burial	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Ruston, Lincoln Co., Louisiana   [1]
  Person ID	I2040	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel Benson WALLACE,   b. 16 Oct 1858, Marion, Union Parish, Louisiana d. 19 Jun 1944, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Emma Dorothy SLAWSON,   b. 26 Dec 1864, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana d. 25 Sep 1916, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	4 Feb 1886	Union Co., Louisiana   [9]
  Family ID	F1170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clara Lizzie BRIDWELL,   b. 18 Sep 1892   d. 23 Nov 1980 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	8 Jun 1919	Minden, Louisiana   [10]
  Children	+ 1. Nellie Bridwell WALLACE,   b. 19 Oct 1921, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana d. 26 Jan 2017, Silverdale, Washington (Age 95 years)  [Birth]   2. Dorothy M. WALLACE,   b. 12 Jan 1925, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana d. 20 Nov 1999 (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F1177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S453] 1900 Census Farmerville, Parish County, Louisiana. [S01837] Ancestry.com: U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. [S378] 1910 Census Farmerville, Parish County, Louisiana. [S456] 1920 Census Ruston, Lincoln County, Louisiana. [S452] 1930 Census Ruston, Lincoln County, Louisiana. [S457] 1940 Census Ruston, Lincoln County, Louisiana. [S458] 1950 Census Ruston, Lincoln County, Louisiana. [S273] Ancestry.com: Louisiana, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index 1718-1925. [S3031] Ancestry.com: U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999.