Apsey Wallis

First Name: Apsey
Last Name: Wallis
Residence (County): 
Carroll County, MS
Biography: 

Apsey Wallis (b. ca. 1815) was widowed relative of the Poe family. At the time of the 1860 census, she was living in Carroll County, Mississippi with her son, Asa (b. ca. 1830), and her two grown daughters, Nancy and Francis. Francis was a widow with two small children. All the adult members of the family were born in Alabama. Asa Wallis served as a private in the 28th Mississippi.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11767 Poe2 March 10, 1862 Asa Wallis , Apsey Wallis James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe Carroll County, MS

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