The Wall family lived in Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky. The son of Clementina Wall, William S. Wall, served in Morgan's Cavalry during the Civil War (see collection of his letters, Mss. C Wa) and returned to Cynthiana after the war and worked as a furniture merchant. In the early-1870s, Wall began to court Lucille "Lulu" Crutcher, a Cynthiana native, who at some point during the 1870s, moved to Dallas, Texas. Wall's brother, John, was a doctor in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. Another set of the Wall-Crutcher correspondence is available in the Wall-Machir family collection, Mss. C wa.
Mostly letters to and from members of the Wall family. Bulk of collection consists of letters between William S. Wall of Cynthiana, Ky. and his fiancé, later wife, Lucille Crutcher Wall. Also contains letter from John T. Wall to William and Lucile Wall regarding medical care for their infant son and letters from Buckner H. Payne and from M.E. Machir to Clementina Wall, the mother of William and John. Miscellaneous items include a calling card for “Lou Crutcher,” an invitation to the 1853 funeral of William K. Wall, an invitation to the 1879 wedding of Elizabeth Addams and Harry D. Frisbie, Jr., and a newspaper clipping about War of 1812 pensions.
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