It has rarely been our sad duty to make an announcement which carried with it so much sorrow and gloom to the hearts of our readers as will the unexpected tidings of the death of Col. James Wallace, which occurred Monday evening the 1st inst., at his late residence in the city. It was well known to an extended circle of friends that he had been in a feeble condition for more than a year past, but no very serious apprehension that his indisposition would terminate fatally, was entertained until within a week of his death.
Col. Wallace was born December the 4th, 1823[sic], in Culpeper County, Virginia, and moved with his parents to Christian County Kentucky when about two years old. He received a liberal education, which was completed at Kenyon College, Ohio. In November 1852, he was married to Laura, a daughter of Maj. Bolling Gordon of Maury county Tennessee. About this time, he located in the neighborhood of Newstead in this county, where he continued to farm until the close of the war. He then moved to Hopkinsville and opened a Drug Store in connection with Mr. H. B. Garner. In 1868, he was elected Sheriff of Christian county, and was re-elected to the same office in 1870 under circumstances which were eminently creditable to him. His term expired January 1st1873, since that time he has resided in this city.
Col Wallace was probably better known throughout the county than any citizen within its borders. And, what is equally true, there was certainly no citizen of the county who enjoyed more fully the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. He was as frank and open in all his dealings as the sunlight of heaven, and possessing warm impulses and a genial nature he not only impressed favorably all with whom he met, but endeared himself in a singular degree to his companions and friends. He was chivalrous and unselfish almost to a fault, and never estimated the probable cost or sacrifices in his endeavors to uphold the right or serve a friend. Indeed his life was a striking exemplification of the Roman maxim (translated)--gentle in manners, fearless in affairs.
In his death the County has lost on of its most intelligent, noble-hearted, high-minded citizens. His lofty standard of integrity and stainless life form a legacy worthy of emulation and praise. He left a wife and little daughter to mourn his l oss, who in their inseparable loss and bitter grief have the warmest sympathy and condolence of this whole community. His remains were interred in the City Cemetery Wednesday by the Masons, of which order he was an honored member.
--Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Friday, February 5, 1875; Page 3.
Col. Wallace was born December the 4th, 1823[sic], in Culpeper County, Virginia, and moved with his parents to Christian County Kentucky when about two years old. He received a liberal education, which was completed at Kenyon College, Ohio. In November 1852, he was married to Laura, a daughter of Maj. Bolling Gordon of Maury county Tennessee. About this time, he located in the neighborhood of Newstead in this county, where he continued to farm until the close of the war. He then moved to Hopkinsville and opened a Drug Store in connection with Mr. H. B. Garner. In 1868, he was elected Sheriff of Christian county, and was re-elected to the same office in 1870 under circumstances which were eminently creditable to him. His term expired January 1st1873, since that time he has resided in this city.
Col Wallace was probably better known throughout the county than any citizen within its borders. And, what is equally true, there was certainly no citizen of the county who enjoyed more fully the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. He was as frank and open in all his dealings as the sunlight of heaven, and possessing warm impulses and a genial nature he not only impressed favorably all with whom he met, but endeared himself in a singular degree to his companions and friends. He was chivalrous and unselfish almost to a fault, and never estimated the probable cost or sacrifices in his endeavors to uphold the right or serve a friend. Indeed his life was a striking exemplification of the Roman maxim (translated)--gentle in manners, fearless in affairs.
In his death the County has lost on of its most intelligent, noble-hearted, high-minded citizens. His lofty standard of integrity and stainless life form a legacy worthy of emulation and praise. He left a wife and little daughter to mourn his l oss, who in their inseparable loss and bitter grief have the warmest sympathy and condolence of this whole community. His remains were interred in the City Cemetery Wednesday by the Masons, of which order he was an honored member.
--Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Friday, February 5, 1875; Page 3.
It has rarely been our sad duty to make an announcement which carried with it so much sorrow and gloom to the hearts of our readers as will the unexpected tidings of the death of Col. James Wallace, which occurred Monday evening the 1st inst., at his late residence in the city. It was well known to an extended circle of friends that he had been in a feeble condition for more than a year past, but no very serious apprehension that his indisposition would terminate fatally, was entertained until within a week of his death.
Col. Wallace was born December the 4th, 1823[sic], in Culpeper County, Virginia, and moved with his parents to Christian County Kentucky when about two years old. He received a liberal education, which was completed at Kenyon College, Ohio. In November 1852, he was married to Laura, a daughter of Maj. Bolling Gordon of Maury county Tennessee. About this time, he located in the neighborhood of Newstead in this county, where he continued to farm until the close of the war. He then moved to Hopkinsville and opened a Drug Store in connection with Mr. H. B. Garner. In 1868, he was elected Sheriff of Christian county, and was re-elected to the same office in 1870 under circumstances which were eminently creditable to him. His term expired January 1st1873, since that time he has resided in this city.
Col Wallace was probably better known throughout the county than any citizen within its borders. And, what is equally true, there was certainly no citizen of the county who enjoyed more fully the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. He was as frank and open in all his dealings as the sunlight of heaven, and possessing warm impulses and a genial nature he not only impressed favorably all with whom he met, but endeared himself in a singular degree to his companions and friends. He was chivalrous and unselfish almost to a fault, and never estimated the probable cost or sacrifices in his endeavors to uphold the right or serve a friend. Indeed his life was a striking exemplification of the Roman maxim (translated)--gentle in manners, fearless in affairs.
In his death the County has lost on of its most intelligent, noble-hearted, high-minded citizens. His lofty standard of integrity and stainless life form a legacy worthy of emulation and praise. He left a wife and little daughter to mourn his l oss, who in their inseparable loss and bitter grief have the warmest sympathy and condolence of this whole community. His remains were interred in the City Cemetery Wednesday by the Masons, of which order he was an honored member.
--Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Friday, February 5, 1875; Page 3.
Col. Wallace was born December the 4th, 1823[sic], in Culpeper County, Virginia, and moved with his parents to Christian County Kentucky when about two years old. He received a liberal education, which was completed at Kenyon College, Ohio. In November 1852, he was married to Laura, a daughter of Maj. Bolling Gordon of Maury county Tennessee. About this time, he located in the neighborhood of Newstead in this county, where he continued to farm until the close of the war. He then moved to Hopkinsville and opened a Drug Store in connection with Mr. H. B. Garner. In 1868, he was elected Sheriff of Christian county, and was re-elected to the same office in 1870 under circumstances which were eminently creditable to him. His term expired January 1st1873, since that time he has resided in this city.
Col Wallace was probably better known throughout the county than any citizen within its borders. And, what is equally true, there was certainly no citizen of the county who enjoyed more fully the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. He was as frank and open in all his dealings as the sunlight of heaven, and possessing warm impulses and a genial nature he not only impressed favorably all with whom he met, but endeared himself in a singular degree to his companions and friends. He was chivalrous and unselfish almost to a fault, and never estimated the probable cost or sacrifices in his endeavors to uphold the right or serve a friend. Indeed his life was a striking exemplification of the Roman maxim (translated)--gentle in manners, fearless in affairs.
In his death the County has lost on of its most intelligent, noble-hearted, high-minded citizens. His lofty standard of integrity and stainless life form a legacy worthy of emulation and praise. He left a wife and little daughter to mourn his l oss, who in their inseparable loss and bitter grief have the warmest sympathy and condolence of this whole community. His remains were interred in the City Cemetery Wednesday by the Masons, of which order he was an honored member.
--Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Friday, February 5, 1875; Page 3.
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