Chester M. Wallace (Dr.)

JONES, PARSONS, WALLACE

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 6/28/2006 at 20:05:41

Dr. C. M. Wallace, engaged in the practice of medicine at Macksburg, was born in Bedford, Taylor county, Iowa, January 9, 1871. His father, Isaac Wallace, was a native of Tennessee but in early childhood went to Missouri, where he was reared. Subsequently he removed to Iowa and for many years was engaged in the manufacture of brick at Bedford, making the brick from which were built many of the old-time structures of that section of the state. He lived to the ripe old age of eighty-four years and passed away at the home of his son, Dr. Wallace, in Macksburg. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary L. Jones, was born in Missouri and now makes her home with the Doctor.

In the public schools of Bedford Dr. Wallace acquired his education, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, and when he had determined upon medical practice as a life work he prepared for that calling as a student in the medical college at St. Joseph, Missouri. He practiced at Persia, Iowa, and St. Joseph, Missouri, and in August, 1908, came to Macksburg, where he has since been accorded a liberal patronage. His ability has led to a constant increase in his practice and he keeps in touch with advancing thought and methods through wide reading.

Dr. Wallace married Helen May Persons, a native of New Market, Taylor county, Iowa, and they have two children, Guy and Eva. Mrs. Wallace is a member of the Methodist church and Dr. Wallace holds membership with the Odd Fellows. In politics he is a democrat but has no desire for public office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his professional duties.

Information taken from the book, “The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1915,” by Herman Mueller.