Wilson Jones

A group of Wallace, Gates, and Wells children sit on the porch of a large stone house identified only as 115 Waldron Ave., Kansas City, Missouri. Left to right (standing) are: Maud Louise Gates, George Wallace, and Bess Wallace. Left to right (sitting) are Louise Wells, Helen Wallace, John Wallace, Oscar Wells, and Fred Wallace. (See also 82-163-2.) From: John Elliott.

Standing in front of the Gates/Wallace house at 219 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri, are, left to right: (First row) Helen Wallace, Gates Wells, and Louise Wells; (Second row) Frank Wallace, George Wallace, and Bess Wallace (Bess and her brothers). The other children are their cousins. Bess and Frank are probably in their teens; the others are much younger. From: John Elliott (restricted at request of donor)

Full-length portrait of Frank E. Gates, of the George Porterfield Gates family, standing under a tree on what appears to be a country lane. From John Elliott

Portrait of Jessamine Wallace, formerly Jessamine Young, mother of Theodore Boulware Wallace (who married Myra Gates, sister of Madge Gates Wallace). From: John Elliott

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Grandmother Jessamine Wallace, formerly Jessamine Young, mother of Theodore Boulware Wallace (who married Myra Gates, sister of Madge Gates Wallace). From: John Elliott

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Theodore Boulware Wallace, husband of Myra Gates Wallace (sister of Madge Gates Wallace). From: John Elliott.

Profile portrait of Theodore Boulware Wallace, husband of Myra Gates Wallace (sister of Madge Gates Wallace). From: John Elliott