George Washington Wallace and Rose Burton, circa 1911

George Washington Wallace was born May 7, 1878, in Elliott Co., Ky. d. January 12, 1959, son of Elijah Wallis/Wallace and Eliza Mitchell Wallis/Wallace.  Goerge married Rose Burton b. March 4, 1883, d. April 14, 1956, daughter of John Burton and Nellie Skaggs Burton. They are both buried at the Brown Cem. up on Mushroom Rd. in Carter Co., Ky.

George and Rose had one child:
Bertha Lucille, b. November 7, 1908, d. September 1997 in Ind., buried in Ohio.
Bertha married 1. Chester Rose and had three children.
Bertha married 2. Richard Hillman and had one child.

Rose used to live next door to the submitter's mother until Rose went to live with her daughter in Indiana.  Bertha has two sons that live in Ohio and one daughter that lives in Indiana.

Submitted by  Linda Cheeks Pittano

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