The Reverend Vincent Wallace was born in Benson County, North Carolina in 1815 to Robert and Jane Wallace.
He departed this life in 1863 in Johnson County, Arkansas when he was murdered in front of his house by three or more men wearing Union army coats. Accounts vary concerning the attackers, whether they were Union soldiers or local bushwhackers in disguise. There was no cause for the atrocious deed, except that in answer to their question, "Are you not afraid?" He referred them to Matthew 28, when immediately they began shooting him, saying "We will make you fear us" He lived a few hours, long enough to admonish his children and friends to live Christian lives, and died in Christian triumph, his last words being, "The physical pain is intense, but my mind is at rest."
Rev. Wallace was a farmer and minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He arrived in Arkansas about the year 1840, coming from North Carolina, stopping awhile in Tennessee.
He married at the age of 21 to Elizabeth Philips, however she died in Carroll County leaving one son, John, who died a prisoner of the war between the States, having been captured by Federal troops and hanged.
He then married Ruth Suggs, who was born in Alabama in 1825. They moved to Clarksville where they raised their family; William Toliver Wallace, Matthew Vinsant Wallace, Thomas Loftin Wallace, Elizabeth Wallace, Martha Wallace, George Wallace and Sidney Wallace and Robert Wallace from his first marriage.
He obtained a fair common school education and taught school in North Carolina and Tennessee and Arkansas. His chief occupation however, was farming along with being the Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
He represented Johnson County in the Ninth General Assembly of the State and was the only Whig ever elected to the Legislature from Johnson County.
He departed this life in 1863 in Johnson County, Arkansas when he was murdered in front of his house by three or more men wearing Union army coats. Accounts vary concerning the attackers, whether they were Union soldiers or local bushwhackers in disguise. There was no cause for the atrocious deed, except that in answer to their question, "Are you not afraid?" He referred them to Matthew 28, when immediately they began shooting him, saying "We will make you fear us" He lived a few hours, long enough to admonish his children and friends to live Christian lives, and died in Christian triumph, his last words being, "The physical pain is intense, but my mind is at rest."
Rev. Wallace was a farmer and minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He arrived in Arkansas about the year 1840, coming from North Carolina, stopping awhile in Tennessee.
He married at the age of 21 to Elizabeth Philips, however she died in Carroll County leaving one son, John, who died a prisoner of the war between the States, having been captured by Federal troops and hanged.
He then married Ruth Suggs, who was born in Alabama in 1825. They moved to Clarksville where they raised their family; William Toliver Wallace, Matthew Vinsant Wallace, Thomas Loftin Wallace, Elizabeth Wallace, Martha Wallace, George Wallace and Sidney Wallace and Robert Wallace from his first marriage.
He obtained a fair common school education and taught school in North Carolina and Tennessee and Arkansas. His chief occupation however, was farming along with being the Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
He represented Johnson County in the Ninth General Assembly of the State and was the only Whig ever elected to the Legislature from Johnson County.
The Reverend Vincent Wallace was born in Benson County, North Carolina in 1815 to Robert and Jane Wallace.
He departed this life in 1863 in Johnson County, Arkansas when he was murdered in front of his house by three or more men wearing Union army coats. Accounts vary concerning the attackers, whether they were Union soldiers or local bushwhackers in disguise. There was no cause for the atrocious deed, except that in answer to their question, "Are you not afraid?" He referred them to Matthew 28, when immediately they began shooting him, saying "We will make you fear us" He lived a few hours, long enough to admonish his children and friends to live Christian lives, and died in Christian triumph, his last words being, "The physical pain is intense, but my mind is at rest."
Rev. Wallace was a farmer and minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He arrived in Arkansas about the year 1840, coming from North Carolina, stopping awhile in Tennessee.
He married at the age of 21 to Elizabeth Philips, however she died in Carroll County leaving one son, John, who died a prisoner of the war between the States, having been captured by Federal troops and hanged.
He then married Ruth Suggs, who was born in Alabama in 1825. They moved to Clarksville where they raised their family; William Toliver Wallace, Matthew Vinsant Wallace, Thomas Loftin Wallace, Elizabeth Wallace, Martha Wallace, George Wallace and Sidney Wallace and Robert Wallace from his first marriage.
He obtained a fair common school education and taught school in North Carolina and Tennessee and Arkansas. His chief occupation however, was farming along with being the Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
He represented Johnson County in the Ninth General Assembly of the State and was the only Whig ever elected to the Legislature from Johnson County.
He departed this life in 1863 in Johnson County, Arkansas when he was murdered in front of his house by three or more men wearing Union army coats. Accounts vary concerning the attackers, whether they were Union soldiers or local bushwhackers in disguise. There was no cause for the atrocious deed, except that in answer to their question, "Are you not afraid?" He referred them to Matthew 28, when immediately they began shooting him, saying "We will make you fear us" He lived a few hours, long enough to admonish his children and friends to live Christian lives, and died in Christian triumph, his last words being, "The physical pain is intense, but my mind is at rest."
Rev. Wallace was a farmer and minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He arrived in Arkansas about the year 1840, coming from North Carolina, stopping awhile in Tennessee.
He married at the age of 21 to Elizabeth Philips, however she died in Carroll County leaving one son, John, who died a prisoner of the war between the States, having been captured by Federal troops and hanged.
He then married Ruth Suggs, who was born in Alabama in 1825. They moved to Clarksville where they raised their family; William Toliver Wallace, Matthew Vinsant Wallace, Thomas Loftin Wallace, Elizabeth Wallace, Martha Wallace, George Wallace and Sidney Wallace and Robert Wallace from his first marriage.
He obtained a fair common school education and taught school in North Carolina and Tennessee and Arkansas. His chief occupation however, was farming along with being the Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
He represented Johnson County in the Ninth General Assembly of the State and was the only Whig ever elected to the Legislature from Johnson County.
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