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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Union County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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John C. Wallace, one of the popular and leading business men of New London, Union County, is another native-born resident of the county, his birth occurring on April 23, 1846, and is the son of Robert M. and Harriet (Gill) Wallace, both natives of Chester County, S. C, the former born in 1809 and the latter in 1810. The parents were married in 1830 and the same year emigrated to Alabama, but in 1844 moved to Arkansas, settling in Union County, where the father’s death occurred on October 12, 1873. He had followed farming all his life, was active in politics, and was a member of the Masonic lodge, Pigeon Hill No. 98, being a Master Mason. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Their family consisted of the following children: William J. (deceased), Robert G. (deceased), Perry D. (deceased), Julius A. (deceased), and Ellen E. (who married W. A. Harrison). John C. Wallace, the fifth in order of birth of the above mentioned family, was educated in New Orleans, after which he began dealing in cotton in that city and carried this on for six years. In 1878 he began clerking, followed this for a few years, and in 1883 he was appointed deputy sheriff. In 1885 he was appointed deputy clerk of Union County of the New London District, which position he held for three years. On October 20, 1887, he was married to Mrs. Mary Z. (Jameson) Bates. Mr. Wallace is a real estate dealer, is a most energetic and thorough man of business, and is reliable in all his transactions. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Blue Lodge, El Dorado No. 13, and Mrs. Wallace is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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This family biography is one of 84 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Union County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Union County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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