Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameRev. Dwight Dix Tallman 
Birth19 Apr 1879, New Jersey
Census7 Jun 1880, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH
Memoroll#1024, pg 113
Census9 Jun 1900, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
Memoroll#285, pg 6
Census16 May 1910, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD
Memoroll#1480, pg 25
Census22 Jan 1920, Slayton, Murray Co, MN
Memoroll#848, pg 13
Census14 Apr 1930, Newport, Campbell Co, KY
Memoroll#737, pg 15
Death27 Jan 1937, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN
BurialLakewood Cem, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN
MemoCremation - scattered at Lakewood
OccupationMinister
ReligionPresbyterian
FatherAlanson Benjamin Tallman (1840-1912)
MotherSamantha Melvina Dix (1840-1909)
Misc. Notes
By 1880 his parents had moved the family to Cincinnati, OH, and by 1900 they were in Chicago.
Living in Hot Springs, SD in 1910 with his wife of 3 yrs Grace (31, IA) and son David B. (2, IL). Then in Slayton, Murray Co, MN in 1918 when he registered for the WWI draft, and for the 1920 census with their 2 sons as a Presbyterian minister.
They had moved again to Newport, KY by 1930 where he and Grace are listed as age 50 an the two boys are in college.
He was cremated in Minneapolis and has a cemetery inscription of VET. SP. AM. WAR, having served in the 1st Illinois Infantry.
Living in Hot Springs, SD in 1910 with his wife of 3 yrs Grace (31, IA) and son David B. (2, IL). Then in Slayton, Murray Co, MN in 1918 when he registered for the WWI draft, and for the 1920 census with their 2 sons as a Presbyterian minister.
They had moved again to Newport, KY by 1930 where he and Grace are listed as age 50 an the two boys are in college.
He was cremated in Minneapolis and has a cemetery inscription of VET. SP. AM. WAR, having served in the 1st Illinois Infantry.
Spouses
Birth1879, Vinton, Benton Co, IA
Misc. Notes
First listed in the 1880 Iowa census - Evan Davis (37, NY) a blacksmith, wife Lizzie A. (30, PA) and children j. Walter (10, IL), Cora B. (8, IL), Ada M. (6, IA), Ray (3, IA) and Hattie Grace (1, IA).
By 1885 her family had moved from Iowa to North Dakota (territory), where they are listed as Evan Davis (42, NY) a blacksmith, Lizzie A. (35, PA), and children Walter (15, IL), Cora B. (13, IL), Addie M. (11, IA), Roy (8, IA) and Grace (6, IA) all students.
Grace (16, IA) is listed in the 1895 Minnesota state census in Minneapolis, with her mother Mrs. E. Davis (47, PA) and siblings Walter J. (25, IL), Cora B. (23, IL), Addie M. (21, IA), Ray V. (18, IA) and Ettie (7, MN).
Listed as Grace Davis (26, IA) in Anoka, MN in 1905 a High School teacher, parents born in NY and PA.
She married Dwight Tallman, a Presbyterian minister in 1907, and the moved a lot as a result while raising their family.
In 1940 she was widowed (60, IA) and living with her son Clare in Colorado. It shows that she had completed college and was living in St. Paul, MN in 1935.
Children:
(Rev) David Benjamin b. 2 May 1908, IL - 25 May 1977 Hanover, Jefferson Co, IN - wife Jean Willis
(Rev) Clare Evan b. 16 Sept 1910, Hot Springs, SD who married Dottie from Baltimore, MD and taught in Colorado. He died 7 Apr 1997 in Santa Fe, NM.
By 1885 her family had moved from Iowa to North Dakota (territory), where they are listed as Evan Davis (42, NY) a blacksmith, Lizzie A. (35, PA), and children Walter (15, IL), Cora B. (13, IL), Addie M. (11, IA), Roy (8, IA) and Grace (6, IA) all students.
Grace (16, IA) is listed in the 1895 Minnesota state census in Minneapolis, with her mother Mrs. E. Davis (47, PA) and siblings Walter J. (25, IL), Cora B. (23, IL), Addie M. (21, IA), Ray V. (18, IA) and Ettie (7, MN).
Listed as Grace Davis (26, IA) in Anoka, MN in 1905 a High School teacher, parents born in NY and PA.
She married Dwight Tallman, a Presbyterian minister in 1907, and the moved a lot as a result while raising their family.
In 1940 she was widowed (60, IA) and living with her son Clare in Colorado. It shows that she had completed college and was living in St. Paul, MN in 1935.
Children:
(Rev) David Benjamin b. 2 May 1908, IL - 25 May 1977 Hanover, Jefferson Co, IN - wife Jean Willis
(Rev) Clare Evan b. 16 Sept 1910, Hot Springs, SD who married Dottie from Baltimore, MD and taught in Colorado. He died 7 Apr 1997 in Santa Fe, NM.
Marriage26 Jun 1907