Born in Port Byron, Illinois
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Porterfield Gates
and Elizabeth Emery
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
David Willock Wallace
— married
13 Jun 1883 in Jackson County, Missouri
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth Virginia (Wallace) Truman and Fred Wallace
Died
at age 90
in The White House, Washington, D.C.
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Dec 2011
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Biography
Mother of Bess Truman, wife of Harry S. Truman
"Madge" Wallace was the daughter of George Porterfield Gates, co-founder of the local Waggoner-Gates Milling Company, a successful business that made the family extremely wealthy by local standards.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8HC-ZJ7 : accessed 13 July 2015), Madge Gates Wallace, Independence Ward 1, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing sheet 14A, family 335, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,923.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHF3-YGK : accessed 13 July 2015), Madge G Wallace, Blue, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0244, sheet 6A, family 172, line 14, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1192; FHL microfilm 2,340,927.
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Gates-711 created through the import of Carp-1_2011-12-15.ged on Dec 19, 2011 by Lyman Carpenter.
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Robin Lee
Maggie N.
Robin Lee
Gates-2002 and Gates-711 appear to represent the same person because: based on Bess Truman's profile, this is her mother
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Maggie N.
I will fix Maggie Gates information up ! Thanks .
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