From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)
Military Branch
Women's Army Corps
Active Duty Entered
August 4, 1943
Active Duty Exit
January 6, 1946
Exit Rank
Corporal
Notes
Emma E. Hughes was born in La Center, KY, the daughter of Sallie Hollowell and Virgil Hughes. The family is enumerated in the 1920 U.S. Census (a year before Emma was born). In the next census record, Emma's mother was married to Olie Stubbs and the family lived in Cape Girardeau, MO. Emma is enumerated using her middle and last names, Evelyn Hugh[e]s. Her mother and stepfather are listed in the 1930 city directory as restaurant employees.
Emma enlisted in the Army in Kansas City, KS, according to her record in the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases. Her residence was in Kansas City, MO, where she was a dressmaker/seamstress. Emma E. Hughes Wallace died in Kansas City, MO and is buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.
Sources: Social Security Applications and Claims Index in Ancestry; Emma E. Wallace at Find A Grave; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites in Ancestry; Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File (Ancestry); "Deaths and Funerals: Emma Evelyn Wallace," The Kansas City Star, 4/3/2002; and Polk's Cape Girardeau (Missouri) City Directory 1930, p. 215.
Emma enlisted in the Army in Kansas City, KS, according to her record in the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases. Her residence was in Kansas City, MO, where she was a dressmaker/seamstress. Emma E. Hughes Wallace died in Kansas City, MO and is buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.
Sources: Social Security Applications and Claims Index in Ancestry; Emma E. Wallace at Find A Grave; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites in Ancestry; Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File (Ancestry); "Deaths and Funerals: Emma Evelyn Wallace," The Kansas City Star, 4/3/2002; and Polk's Cape Girardeau (Missouri) City Directory 1930, p. 215.
Kentucky County & Region
Read about Ballard County, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Kentucky Place (Town or City)
Read about LaCenter, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Item Relations
Cited in this Entry
| NKAA Source: National Archives, Access to Archival Databases (online) |
| NKAA Source: Ancestry (online) |
| NKAA Source: The Kansas City star (newspaper) |
| NKAA Source: Polk's Cape Girardeau (Missouri) city directory |
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Cite This NKAA Entry:
“Wallace, Emma Evelyn Hughes,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed September 23, 2023, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300004528.
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