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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. 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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JAMES WALLACE, justice of the peace and farmer, post office Carrick, was born Jan. 1, 1806, in Baldwin township. His parents, Samuel and Mary (Barton) Wallace, were natives of County Antrim, Ireland, and were of the same family as Sir William Wallace. They came to America with their daughter Nancy; their other children, Robert, John, Mary, William and David (twins), Samuel, Margaret, Betsey, Rosannah and James, were born in this county. The subject of this memoir has been a farmer all his life, and owns the homestead of two hundred acres. He married, Feb. 15, 1838, Jane, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Huey) Irwin, whose father, Joseph Irwin, was twice driven back by Indians from his settlement. ‘Squire Wallace has three children, two sons, Samuel and John I., both farmers, and both living on the homestead, and one daughter, Leliza J., married to Alexander Speer, of Cannonsburg, Washington county, Pa., where they reside. Of these Samuel was educated in this county, and married, Nov. 18, 1873, Margaret McGibbeny, daughter of Capt. James and Sarah (Stewart) McGibbeny; they have three children: James E., Jennie and Sadie J. John I. Wallace married Jane M., daughter of James Rath, and they have five children: Harry J., Lillie B., Melvin E., John D. and Rachel A. ‘Squire Wallace and his sons are republicans. He has been a justice of the peace for ten years, and has filled other offices. In his younger days he was lieutenant of a volunteer company of cavalry for many years.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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