Ephraim Wallace and Jane McCulloch
Husband Ephraim Wallace 1 2 3
Born: 1747 - County Antrim, Ireland 2 Christened: Died: 28 Mar 1817 2 4 Buried:
Father: Robert Wallace ( -1772) 5 6 Mother: Unknown ( - )
Marriage: 25 Apr 1774 - Canedogigue, Cumberland Co, PA 1 2
Wife Jane McCulloch 7
AKA: Janet McCulloch,2 Janet McCullough,3 Jennet McCullough 1 Born: 1754 2 Christened: Died: Abt 1808 Buried:
Father: Robert McCulloch (Abt 1732- ) 8 Mother: [Unk] McCartney ( - ) 8
Children
1 M Robert Wallace 2 4
Born: 6 Dec 1775 4 Christened: Died: Bef 1851 Buried:Spouse: Margaret [Unk] ( -1851) 4
2 M John Wallace 2 4
Born: 9 Feb 1780 - Westmoreland Co, PA 9 Christened: Died: 11 Dec 1866 - Peru, Miami Co, IN 9 Buried:Spouse: Anne Clark ( -1871) 4 Marr: 24 May 1803 9
3 F Sarah Wallace 2 4
Born: 15 Apr 1782 4 Christened: Died: Buried: Status: TwinSpouse: John Skiles ( - ) 2 4 Marr: 1801 2Spouse: Joseph McKelvey ( - ) 2 4
4 F Anne Wallace 2 4
Born: 15 Apr 1782 4 Christened: Died: Buried: Status: TwinSpouse: Samuel McKelvey ( - ) 4
5 M Samuel Wallace 2 4
Born: 3 Oct 1784 4 Christened: Died: 24 Jan 1860 9 Buried:Spouse: Jane McKelvey ( -1852) 4
6 F Margaret Wallace 2 4
Born: 15 May 1787 4 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: William McKelvey ( - ) 4
General Notes: Husband - Ephraim Wallace
He served in the Revolution under Capt. Henry Rush, Bedford County Militia (Pa. Archives, 5th Series, Vol. V, page 118).
He married and afterward came to Centerville, [Indiana County?] where he owned a large farm.
Supposedly, he was the only child of his father's first wife, and came to America about 1768. The first we know of him he was in Antrip Township in what was then Cumberland, but later Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was in Westmoreland County before its organization in 1773, and bought 250 acres of land in Hempfield township in December, 1772, and in February following 300 acres on the waters of Beaver Run in the same township, and afterward a large tract on the Conemaugh in what later became Indiana County. He was on the ground when the land office was first opened, and as he had brought money with him from Ireland, he improved the opportunity to invest it while lands were very cheap.
"There is an incident connected with the identification of Ephraim as a member of this family that may be worth preservation. In all my searches in Scotland, Ireland, and this country I never had found the name "Ephraim" connected with the name "Wallace" as a surname. On a certain occasion in conversation with Robert, son of Robert the immigrant, on family matters, he told me there was another brother who came from Ireland, but he settled east of the mountains, he could not tell where, nor did he remember his name. This information seemed so utterly hopeless and blind that I gave it no thought. From some old memoranda that came into my hands from the family of James, the third of the immigrant brothers, I struck the name "Ephraim" connected with James in some affairs in 1798 and 1799. I then inquired of the family of John if they knew anything about a member of the family named Ephraim, and the reply came from a granddaughter that her grandfather John had an older brother named Ephraim who came to America before any of the others, but they never could find him. When Ephraim was on his death-bed in 1817 and was conscious that his last hour was very near, he was greatly distressed and wanted to say something about his "brother John" to his son Samuel, but Samuel was away in Pittsburg with the team, and he would not say what he wanted to say to Samuel, and whether that message was one of forgiveness or of reparation has never been disclosed. Thus we have from the son of the immigrant Robert, from the granddaughter of the immigrant John, and from the contemporaneous written evidence of the immigrant James, and from Ephraim himself on his death-bed, the full and undoubted evidence of the brotherhood of Ephraim in the family.
"Ephraim was the first to settle in Westmoreland County, and a few years afterward John bought a farm near Ligonier in the same township with his brother. They were both young men and both land-grabbing speculators, and it may fairly be inferred that in some joint land deal the one charged the other with taking an unjust advantage. Whatever the cause and whichever was in the wrong, the estrangement was deep and bitter and lasted through life. John removed to Washington County and settled on the waters of Peters Creek, near to where Finleyville now stands, about the year 1779-80, in the immediate neighborhood of his other three brothers. This was some forty-five or fifty miles from Ephraim's homestead, and under all the circumstances it is not remarkable that the rising generations had generally forgotten all about Ephraim and his family."
In religious matters Ephraim gave a strict adherence to that minor branch of the Presbyterian Church known as Seceders, and was active and prominent in its support.
General Notes: Wife - Jane McCulloch
She was born in Ireland in 1744. [GWF, 2]
1 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 25.
2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 674.
3 John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Wallace Family (New York: Self-published, 1902), Pg 2.
4 John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Wallace Family (New York: Self-published, 1902), Pg 4.
5 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 112.
6 John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Wallace Family (New York: Self-published, 1902), Pg 1.
7 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1223.
8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 674, 1222.
9
John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Wallace Family (New York: Self-published, 1902), Pg 10.
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