Wallis, Philip, 1793-1844

Philip Wallis was born on May 17, 1793, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Samuel Wallis and Bathsheba Eagle Cosden. He married Elizabeth Custis Teackle on January 27, 1814, and together they had at least eight children, including prominent Baltimore Lawyer, Severn Teackle Wallis. He died on Wednesday, October 23, 1844, in the “Lucy Walker” disaster on the Ohio River in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, where the steamboat was stopped to conduct repairs. The boilers exploded shortly after the engines stopped. Wallis was named as one of the casualties. He is buried at Eastern Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.

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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, November 22, 1813]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to sister, Ann Upshur Eyre. She discusses her health, homesteading tasks, and the process of renting houses to applicants. She mentions Henry Maynardier Murray, and discusses the deaths of Colonel John Done's wife and daughter, Margaret Waters Done and Patience Bayly Done. She asks about Louisa A Bowdoin, Mary Anne Gilmore, and Elizabeth Custis Teackle and hopes for better health for the Eyre family.