WALLACE, G. W.

WALLACE, ELLIS, BEACH

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Date: 12/9/2001 at 10:24:49

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF De Witt TWP.
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) pgs 736-751

G. W. WALLACE, merchant, of the firm of Wallace Bros., De Witt; was the son of Mr. John G. Wallace, who came from Pennsylvania to Clinton Co. in 1843. Mr. John G. Wallace purchased a farm in De Witt Township, where his family resided till 1860; they were among the sufferers by the tornado of June 3, of that year; he then removed his family to De Witt, where he had established a store in 1856; he continued in business till his death, on Sept. 17, 1863; his widow, Mrs. Mackey Wallace, is still a resident of De Witt; she has five children, all residents of De Witt except a daughter, Mrs. T. H. Ellis, who resides in Clinton. G. W. Wallace was born Dec. 26, 1847. He married, in 1874, Miss L. E. Beach, of Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa. A. J. Wallace, brother of G. W., and engaged in business with him, was born Oct.24, 1854. He married, Oct. 1,1875, Miss Estelle Beach, of De Witt.