Bessie Virginia Wallace

1885 - 1982  (97 years)

• Name	Bessie Virginia Wallace  [1]
  Birth	13 Feb 1885	Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Bess Wallace  [2]
  Reference Number	17004
  Death	18 Oct 1982	Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA
  Person ID	I17004	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	David W Wallace,   b. Abt 1861, Missouri, USA
  Relationship	biological
  Mother	Madge E Gates,   b. Abt 1863, Missouri, USA
  Relationship	biological
  Family ID	F6182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harry S Truman, 33rd President of the US,   b. 8 May 1884, Lamar, Barton, Missouri, USA d. 26 Dec 1972, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	28 Jun 1919	Jackson, Missouri, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Mary Margaret Truman,   b. 17 Feb 1924   d. 29 Jan 2008 (Age 83 years)  [Father: biological]  [Mother: biological]
  Family ID	F6181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Feb 1885 - Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA Marriage - 28 Jun 1919 - Jackson, Missouri, USA Death - 18 Oct 1982 - Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show	3 Photos
  	Bess Truman
  	Harry and Elizabeth Truman 2
  	TRUMAN Bess WALLACE Bess Truman's official White House portrait, painted by Greta Kempton.

  
  

• Sources

  [S403] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Birth Registers, 1847-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Birth Records [Microfilm]. Missouri, Birth Registers, 1847-1910 Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Birth Records [Microfilm] [S1811] Ancestry.com, Web: Jackson County, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1826-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).