Wallace Leon Virts

1870 - 1930  (59 years)

• Name	Wallace Leon Virts  [1]
  Born	5 May 1870	Frederick County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Mar 1930	Adamstown, Maryland   [2]
  Buried	Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery, Point of Rocks, Maryland
  Person ID	I1006	Virts
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	Jacob Joseph Wirts, Jr.,   b. 1 Jan 1810, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 2 Apr 1882, Frederick County, Maryland  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Ann Rebecca Mossburg,   b. 21 Feb 1828, Buckeystown, Maryland ,   d. 7 Apr 1901, Point of Rocks, Maryland  (Age 73 years)
  Married	12 Feb 1855	Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, Maryland   [3]
  Family ID	F320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Minnie America Thompson,   b. 16 May 1867, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 22 Apr 1947, Adamstown, Maryland  (Age 79 years)
  Married	30 Jun 1892	Baltimore, Maryland   [4]
  Children	1. Mary Rebecca Virts,   b. 15 May 1898, Point of Rocks, Maryland ,   d. 27 Jan 1916, Point of Rocks, Maryland  (Age 17 years)   2. Emory Leon Virts,   b. 13 Nov 1900, Point of Rocks, Maryland ,   d. 4 Mar 1998, Keedysville, Maryland  (Age 97 years)   3. Pauline Louise Virts,   b. 9 Jun 1903, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 19 Jun 1981, Frederick, Maryland  (Age 78 years)   4. Lucille Margaret Virts,   b. 15 May 1905, Point of Rocks, Maryland ,   d. 18 May 1993, Frederick, Maryland  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Wallace Leon Virts and Minnie America Thompson Wallace was born May 5, 1870 in Frederick County, Maryland to Jacob Joseph Joseph and Ann Rebecca Mossburg Wirts, Jr. He died March 22, 1930 in Adamstown, Maryland. He married Minnie America Thompson on June 30, 1892. She was born May 16, 1867 in Frederick County, Maryland and died April 22, 1947 in Adamstown. Both are buried in Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Point of Rocks, Maryland. Photo courtesy of Jennie Legrave

  
  

• Notes

  The Frederick News, March 24, 1930 Wallace Leon Virtz died at his home Adamstown, Saturday afternoon, 59 years of age. He was a well-known retired farmer and the son of Jacob and Rebecca Mossburg Virtz. He was born near Point of Rocks and engaged in farming until about four years ago, when he retired and moved to Adamstown. He was a member of the Methodist Church, Point of Rocks and is survived by his widow, Mrs. Minnie A. Virtz, one son Emory L. Virtz near point of Rocks, and tow daughters, Mrs. George T. Stup and Mrs. Howard Sup, both of near Adamstown, and two brothers, Benjamin T. Virtz, Frederick, and William H. Virtz, Washington. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at 2 o?clock. Interment St. Paul?s cemetery near Point of Rocks. M. R. Etchison and Son funeral directors.

  
  

• Sources

  [S640] 1880 Ohio Census. [S1285] The Frederick News, Frederick, Maryland, obituary, March 24, 1930. [S1563] Maryland Marriages 1666-1970. [S269] Frederick County Maryland Marriage Records.