Father; John Wallace of VA.
Mother; Elizabeth (Walker)
1st wife Ann Elliot of Howard Co. MO. who died in 1853.
2nd marriage to Lucy (Briscoe) Gains in March 28, 1854.
Along with brother B.F. Wallace started mercantile business in 1836 in Clinton, Henry county MO. for 14 years. Then moved business to Lexington, MO.
Had his house burned down in 1861 by Federal troops by order of Col. Mulligan, as a military necessity.
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Lexington Intelligencer, July 09, 1887
THE TOMB
Died--On the 3d of July, at his residence in Lexington, Mr. Thomas B. Wallace, in the 75th year of his age, having been born in Madison county, Ky., on the 31st of March, 1813.
While a boy he came with his father to Missouri while it was yet a territory, and settled a few miles southeast of Lexington. At so early a day there were few schools in the county, hence he received little more than the rudiments of a plain English education, which, however, he greatly improved by application and industry till he became a man of greatly more than ordinary attainments. At an early age he learned the business of a builder and carpenter, at which he worked till with his brother, Mr. B.F. Wallace, he commenced merchandizing at Clinton, in Henry county; about the year 1855 they returned to Lexington, where he was for many years one of the leading merchants, during which time he formed the acquaintance and secured the confidence of the best men of St. Louis, among them, Robert and Hugh Campbell, James E. Yeatman, and men of that day. Mr. Wallace was twice married, his first wife being Miss Elliott, of Howard county, by whom he had several children, none of whom are living; and his second, Mrs. Lucy B. Gaines, of Kentucky, who survives him; by this marriage he leaves a daughter and two sons, Miss Nettie and Thomas B. Wallace, Jr., of Tacoma, Washington Territory, and Hugh C. Wallace, of Salt Lake City. Mr. Wallace was appointed United States Marshal of the Western District of Missouri by Mr. Lincoln, and re-appointed by Andrew Johnson, the duties of which responsible position he discharged with fidelity. To the writer of this poor tribute the death of Mr. Wallace severs the last link connecting the pleasant memories of 30 years with the present, as he is the very last of a list of immediate neighbors with whom the writer became acquainted on removing to Lexington in 1857. Rev. B.M. Hobson, Judge Stratton, Dr. Hamm, George Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Joe Moreland, Miss Jane Long, Judge Tutt, President Davis, Dr. Tate, who all lived in the immediate neighborhood, have passed away. Mr. Wallace had been for a number of years a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He was an attentive and affectionate husband and father, and the kindest and best of neighbors.
Obit courtesy of contrib. # 47526185
Mother; Elizabeth (Walker)
1st wife Ann Elliot of Howard Co. MO. who died in 1853.
2nd marriage to Lucy (Briscoe) Gains in March 28, 1854.
Along with brother B.F. Wallace started mercantile business in 1836 in Clinton, Henry county MO. for 14 years. Then moved business to Lexington, MO.
Had his house burned down in 1861 by Federal troops by order of Col. Mulligan, as a military necessity.
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Lexington Intelligencer, July 09, 1887
THE TOMB
Died--On the 3d of July, at his residence in Lexington, Mr. Thomas B. Wallace, in the 75th year of his age, having been born in Madison county, Ky., on the 31st of March, 1813.
While a boy he came with his father to Missouri while it was yet a territory, and settled a few miles southeast of Lexington. At so early a day there were few schools in the county, hence he received little more than the rudiments of a plain English education, which, however, he greatly improved by application and industry till he became a man of greatly more than ordinary attainments. At an early age he learned the business of a builder and carpenter, at which he worked till with his brother, Mr. B.F. Wallace, he commenced merchandizing at Clinton, in Henry county; about the year 1855 they returned to Lexington, where he was for many years one of the leading merchants, during which time he formed the acquaintance and secured the confidence of the best men of St. Louis, among them, Robert and Hugh Campbell, James E. Yeatman, and men of that day. Mr. Wallace was twice married, his first wife being Miss Elliott, of Howard county, by whom he had several children, none of whom are living; and his second, Mrs. Lucy B. Gaines, of Kentucky, who survives him; by this marriage he leaves a daughter and two sons, Miss Nettie and Thomas B. Wallace, Jr., of Tacoma, Washington Territory, and Hugh C. Wallace, of Salt Lake City. Mr. Wallace was appointed United States Marshal of the Western District of Missouri by Mr. Lincoln, and re-appointed by Andrew Johnson, the duties of which responsible position he discharged with fidelity. To the writer of this poor tribute the death of Mr. Wallace severs the last link connecting the pleasant memories of 30 years with the present, as he is the very last of a list of immediate neighbors with whom the writer became acquainted on removing to Lexington in 1857. Rev. B.M. Hobson, Judge Stratton, Dr. Hamm, George Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Joe Moreland, Miss Jane Long, Judge Tutt, President Davis, Dr. Tate, who all lived in the immediate neighborhood, have passed away. Mr. Wallace had been for a number of years a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He was an attentive and affectionate husband and father, and the kindest and best of neighbors.
Obit courtesy of contrib. # 47526185
Father; John Wallace of VA.
Mother; Elizabeth (Walker)
1st wife Ann Elliot of Howard Co. MO. who died in 1853.
2nd marriage to Lucy (Briscoe) Gains in March 28, 1854.
Along with brother B.F. Wallace started mercantile business in 1836 in Clinton, Henry county MO. for 14 years. Then moved business to Lexington, MO.
Had his house burned down in 1861 by Federal troops by order of Col. Mulligan, as a military necessity.
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Lexington Intelligencer, July 09, 1887
THE TOMB
Died--On the 3d of July, at his residence in Lexington, Mr. Thomas B. Wallace, in the 75th year of his age, having been born in Madison county, Ky., on the 31st of March, 1813.
While a boy he came with his father to Missouri while it was yet a territory, and settled a few miles southeast of Lexington. At so early a day there were few schools in the county, hence he received little more than the rudiments of a plain English education, which, however, he greatly improved by application and industry till he became a man of greatly more than ordinary attainments. At an early age he learned the business of a builder and carpenter, at which he worked till with his brother, Mr. B.F. Wallace, he commenced merchandizing at Clinton, in Henry county; about the year 1855 they returned to Lexington, where he was for many years one of the leading merchants, during which time he formed the acquaintance and secured the confidence of the best men of St. Louis, among them, Robert and Hugh Campbell, James E. Yeatman, and men of that day. Mr. Wallace was twice married, his first wife being Miss Elliott, of Howard county, by whom he had several children, none of whom are living; and his second, Mrs. Lucy B. Gaines, of Kentucky, who survives him; by this marriage he leaves a daughter and two sons, Miss Nettie and Thomas B. Wallace, Jr., of Tacoma, Washington Territory, and Hugh C. Wallace, of Salt Lake City. Mr. Wallace was appointed United States Marshal of the Western District of Missouri by Mr. Lincoln, and re-appointed by Andrew Johnson, the duties of which responsible position he discharged with fidelity. To the writer of this poor tribute the death of Mr. Wallace severs the last link connecting the pleasant memories of 30 years with the present, as he is the very last of a list of immediate neighbors with whom the writer became acquainted on removing to Lexington in 1857. Rev. B.M. Hobson, Judge Stratton, Dr. Hamm, George Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Joe Moreland, Miss Jane Long, Judge Tutt, President Davis, Dr. Tate, who all lived in the immediate neighborhood, have passed away. Mr. Wallace had been for a number of years a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He was an attentive and affectionate husband and father, and the kindest and best of neighbors.
Obit courtesy of contrib. # 47526185
Mother; Elizabeth (Walker)
1st wife Ann Elliot of Howard Co. MO. who died in 1853.
2nd marriage to Lucy (Briscoe) Gains in March 28, 1854.
Along with brother B.F. Wallace started mercantile business in 1836 in Clinton, Henry county MO. for 14 years. Then moved business to Lexington, MO.
Had his house burned down in 1861 by Federal troops by order of Col. Mulligan, as a military necessity.
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Lexington Intelligencer, July 09, 1887
THE TOMB
Died--On the 3d of July, at his residence in Lexington, Mr. Thomas B. Wallace, in the 75th year of his age, having been born in Madison county, Ky., on the 31st of March, 1813.
While a boy he came with his father to Missouri while it was yet a territory, and settled a few miles southeast of Lexington. At so early a day there were few schools in the county, hence he received little more than the rudiments of a plain English education, which, however, he greatly improved by application and industry till he became a man of greatly more than ordinary attainments. At an early age he learned the business of a builder and carpenter, at which he worked till with his brother, Mr. B.F. Wallace, he commenced merchandizing at Clinton, in Henry county; about the year 1855 they returned to Lexington, where he was for many years one of the leading merchants, during which time he formed the acquaintance and secured the confidence of the best men of St. Louis, among them, Robert and Hugh Campbell, James E. Yeatman, and men of that day. Mr. Wallace was twice married, his first wife being Miss Elliott, of Howard county, by whom he had several children, none of whom are living; and his second, Mrs. Lucy B. Gaines, of Kentucky, who survives him; by this marriage he leaves a daughter and two sons, Miss Nettie and Thomas B. Wallace, Jr., of Tacoma, Washington Territory, and Hugh C. Wallace, of Salt Lake City. Mr. Wallace was appointed United States Marshal of the Western District of Missouri by Mr. Lincoln, and re-appointed by Andrew Johnson, the duties of which responsible position he discharged with fidelity. To the writer of this poor tribute the death of Mr. Wallace severs the last link connecting the pleasant memories of 30 years with the present, as he is the very last of a list of immediate neighbors with whom the writer became acquainted on removing to Lexington in 1857. Rev. B.M. Hobson, Judge Stratton, Dr. Hamm, George Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Joe Moreland, Miss Jane Long, Judge Tutt, President Davis, Dr. Tate, who all lived in the immediate neighborhood, have passed away. Mr. Wallace had been for a number of years a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He was an attentive and affectionate husband and father, and the kindest and best of neighbors.
Obit courtesy of contrib. # 47526185
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