The funeral of Robert Wallace yesterday afternon, was the largest attended of any ever held. It represented all the leading business and professional men in the borough. Many from Meriden, who had intimate business relations with the deceased, and nearly every one of the employees of his factory, the Wallace Hose company and the warden of the borough, his colleagues on the board of burgesses. The services were conducted by Rev. C. H. Dickinson and the burial was in the Center Street cemetery.
New Haven Register 1/5/1892
The will of Robert Wallace was read at his home yesterday afternoon to his heirs. It was a surprise to most of them. It is understood that the bulk of his estate, consisting of a majority of the stock of R. Wallace & Sons Manufacturing company, is so fixed that it cannot be sold or otherwise disposed and fixing so far as he could its management in the future. It will probated some day this week.
The funeral of Robert Wallace yesterday afternon, was the largest attended of any ever held. It represented all the leading business and professional men in the borough. Many from Meriden, who had intimate business relations with the deceased, and nearly every one of the employees of his factory, the Wallace Hose company and the warden of the borough, his colleagues on the board of burgesses. The services were conducted by Rev. C. H. Dickinson and the burial was in the Center Street cemetery.
New Haven Register 1/5/1892
The will of Robert Wallace was read at his home yesterday afternoon to his heirs. It was a surprise to most of them. It is understood that the bulk of his estate, consisting of a majority of the stock of R. Wallace & Sons Manufacturing company, is so fixed that it cannot be sold or otherwise disposed and fixing so far as he could its management in the future. It will probated some day this week.
Inscription
FATHER, Aged 76
Gravesite Details
Son of James & Urania (Williams) Wallace, Husband of Harriet L. Multhrop
Family Members
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Adeline Emily Wallace Morris
1840–1902
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Nettie Amelia "Jennette" Wallace Leavenworth
1844–1924
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Robert Bruce Wallace
1845–1900
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William J Wallace
1847–1878
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Harriet Ella "Hattie" Wallace
1849–1937
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Henry Leslie Wallace
1851–1920
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Adele Cornelia Wallace Sisson
1853–1929
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George Martin Wallace
1855–1916
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Frank Albert Wallace
1857–1933
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