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James Edward Wallace, a planter and stock raiser of Union Township, Jackson County, was born in Rutherford County, N. C., September 7, 1852, and is a son of Wesley W. and Isabella (Rutherford) Wallace, natives, respectively, of Edinburg, Scotland, and Rutherford County, N. C. Wesley W. Wallace emigrated to Mount Pleasant, Miss., about 1852, where he lived until 1862, when he removed to Arkansas, locating on Village Creek, Section 10, Jackson County, on the farm now owned by J. W. Parish; upon this farm Mr. Wallace lived until his death, in 1865, and was buried in the family cemetery, which was on the farm. He was the father of twelve children, eight of whom grew to maturity, viz.: Sarah (who died at the age of twenty years), William (who served in the Confederate Army, Seventh Arkansas Regiment, under command of Col. Cleburne, and at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., lost his right arm, died in 1871, and was buried in the family cemetery), Carrie (who married Dr. Chunn, and now resides at Searcy, White County, Ark.), James E., Amelia (wife of N. B. Wishon, of Newport, Ark.), Mary (who married I. D. Price, postmaster of Newport), Rina (wife of W. C. Wishon, agent for the Adams Express Company at Newport), Katie (wife of a physician at St. Louis, Mo.), John W., and Dr. R. W. (who married a Miss Brooks, of Florida, and now resides in Texas engaged in farming and stock raising). James E. Wallace was but thirteen years of age at the time of his father’s death, and being one of the elder boys a great deal of responsibility fell upon him. He assumed the management of the farm and took upon himself the rearing and educating of the younger children, all of which he performed with credit. Mr. Wallace now owns three farms, containing in all about 540 acres, of which 212 acres are well improved and under cultivation, growing principally cotton and corn, with some oats, millet, clover, etc. October 11, 1877, he married Mary E. Hart, who is a native of Tennessee. Of their four children three died in infancy; the survivor, William Wallace, was born March 11, 1884. Mr. Wallace is a member of Newport Lodge, I. O. O. F., which he joined in his twenty-first year.