Son of Allen and Sarah Meadows Wallis; Peter and Martha married in the village of Gallatin, Tennessee on Sept. 23, 1847. They were parents of the following children: William N., Laura N., Henry O., Sarah A., Ora A., Elmer L., and Lou E. Peter operated a blacksmith shop on the southeast corner of the square. Their home was on the site where McKinney mayor, Mr. Rushhaupt, operated an Office Supply business. Petr bought 640 acres of land, paying $1.25 per acre for it. The land was located seven miles northeast of McKinney on the Bonham Road. He built a large two room house, the back room for the famly to live in and the front room for his wainwright machinery until a shop could be built. April 1, 1855 their son Henry Orman was born.
There was much blacksmith work and woodwork for the next two decades and Boi d'Arc wagons to be built, besides building a larger home. When the Civil War came he began making flour and groats for the Army with thh help of his teenage nephew, A.M. (Gus) Wilson. The mill operated until 1864 when it was feared Ge.n Grant would send men by boat into the Gulf Coast area, and he and Gus decided they were needed more in the Army. P.R. Wallis joined Speight's Battalion and A.M. Wilson was now old enough to get into the service. He rode horseback to join Speight, but met others from that troop riding back home with the sad news that Gen. Lee had surrendered.
In the early 1870's the home burned so the family moved into the blacksmith shop while another home was built with Evans Wallace and J.P.A. Wallace the chief carpenters and architects.
The Peter Wallis familly were charter members of the first Presbyterian Church organized in Collin County and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Melissa with Rev. Brockett serving as the first pastor. Peter was a Mason for many years. He was amoung the first buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, also known as the Noyes Cemetery.
There was much blacksmith work and woodwork for the next two decades and Boi d'Arc wagons to be built, besides building a larger home. When the Civil War came he began making flour and groats for the Army with thh help of his teenage nephew, A.M. (Gus) Wilson. The mill operated until 1864 when it was feared Ge.n Grant would send men by boat into the Gulf Coast area, and he and Gus decided they were needed more in the Army. P.R. Wallis joined Speight's Battalion and A.M. Wilson was now old enough to get into the service. He rode horseback to join Speight, but met others from that troop riding back home with the sad news that Gen. Lee had surrendered.
In the early 1870's the home burned so the family moved into the blacksmith shop while another home was built with Evans Wallace and J.P.A. Wallace the chief carpenters and architects.
The Peter Wallis familly were charter members of the first Presbyterian Church organized in Collin County and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Melissa with Rev. Brockett serving as the first pastor. Peter was a Mason for many years. He was amoung the first buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, also known as the Noyes Cemetery.
Son of Allen and Sarah Meadows Wallis; Peter and Martha married in the village of Gallatin, Tennessee on Sept. 23, 1847. They were parents of the following children: William N., Laura N., Henry O., Sarah A., Ora A., Elmer L., and Lou E. Peter operated a blacksmith shop on the southeast corner of the square. Their home was on the site where McKinney mayor, Mr. Rushhaupt, operated an Office Supply business. Petr bought 640 acres of land, paying $1.25 per acre for it. The land was located seven miles northeast of McKinney on the Bonham Road. He built a large two room house, the back room for the famly to live in and the front room for his wainwright machinery until a shop could be built. April 1, 1855 their son Henry Orman was born.
There was much blacksmith work and woodwork for the next two decades and Boi d'Arc wagons to be built, besides building a larger home. When the Civil War came he began making flour and groats for the Army with thh help of his teenage nephew, A.M. (Gus) Wilson. The mill operated until 1864 when it was feared Ge.n Grant would send men by boat into the Gulf Coast area, and he and Gus decided they were needed more in the Army. P.R. Wallis joined Speight's Battalion and A.M. Wilson was now old enough to get into the service. He rode horseback to join Speight, but met others from that troop riding back home with the sad news that Gen. Lee had surrendered.
In the early 1870's the home burned so the family moved into the blacksmith shop while another home was built with Evans Wallace and J.P.A. Wallace the chief carpenters and architects.
The Peter Wallis familly were charter members of the first Presbyterian Church organized in Collin County and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Melissa with Rev. Brockett serving as the first pastor. Peter was a Mason for many years. He was amoung the first buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, also known as the Noyes Cemetery.
There was much blacksmith work and woodwork for the next two decades and Boi d'Arc wagons to be built, besides building a larger home. When the Civil War came he began making flour and groats for the Army with thh help of his teenage nephew, A.M. (Gus) Wilson. The mill operated until 1864 when it was feared Ge.n Grant would send men by boat into the Gulf Coast area, and he and Gus decided they were needed more in the Army. P.R. Wallis joined Speight's Battalion and A.M. Wilson was now old enough to get into the service. He rode horseback to join Speight, but met others from that troop riding back home with the sad news that Gen. Lee had surrendered.
In the early 1870's the home burned so the family moved into the blacksmith shop while another home was built with Evans Wallace and J.P.A. Wallace the chief carpenters and architects.
The Peter Wallis familly were charter members of the first Presbyterian Church organized in Collin County and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Melissa with Rev. Brockett serving as the first pastor. Peter was a Mason for many years. He was amoung the first buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, also known as the Noyes Cemetery.
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