Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Chester Milton Wallace  1  
                Born: Feb-21-1917          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  2
                Died: Dec-30-1989          in Fort Myers, Lee Co, FL  2
              Buried:                      in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  2
             Resided:                      in Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  2
          Occupation:                      Consolidated Gas Co (retired 1977)  2
           Education:                      Doddridge Co H.S. (1936)  
            Military:                      U.S. Navy, World War II  3,2
              Father: Harry Spencer Wallace   (1888 - 1949) 
              Mother: Goldie Fay Hoskinson   (1893 - 1983) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Lillian Violet Gaskins 4  1  
       Also known as: Violet Gaskins 5,6,7,8
             Married: May- 8-1953          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  9,6
                Born: Feb-10-1908           2 (see note 1)
                Died: Oct-10-2004          in Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  10
              Buried:                      in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  2
             Resided:                      in Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  6,4,11,2
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Father: Walter Blaine Gaskins   (1884 - 1914) 
              Mother: Lillian Keys   (1884 - 1909) 
Other spouse 1
Notes 2 

Sources:
(1) Leola Williams Andrews, Jupiter, FL . 
(2) Obituary. 
(3) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) Obituary of daughter. 
(5) Obituary of mother. 
(6) Obituary of husband. 
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 16, p. 487. 
(8) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Groom identified as Chester M. Wallace, age 36, born & residing in 
West Union, son of Harry & Goldie Wallace.  Bride identified as Violet Powell, age 36 [sic], b. Doddridge, resident of 
Salem, dau of (blank).  (Her age should have been stated as 45.)  Ceremony held May 8 1953 in West Union. MR Bk 16, p. 
487. 
(10) Obituary - At home. 
(11) Obituary of son. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in obituary as Doddridge County.  But 1930 Census states
Montana, and son Alvin's birth record indicates Idaho.
Note (2) In 1920, in household of paternal grandparents, Andrew & Sarah Gaskins.  In
1930, location specified as Howell's Run, and in 1940 as Big Flint.







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