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 H. WALLACE, M. D. Dr. Wallace has retired from the practice of his profession, and is the owner of a fine farm in Humbolt Township, containing 500 acres of valuable land. He is the eldest son of Robert and Martha (Rowland) Wallace, and was born Oct. 11, 1840, in Ripley County, Ind., of which State his parents were also natives. His paternal grandparents, David and Jane (McKittrick) Wallace, were natives of Kentucky. David Wallace was a tanner by trade, and removed to Ripley County, Ind., where he was engaged in that occupation for many years. His maternal grandparents were Philip and Rebecca (Perlee) Rowland, the former a native of New Jersey, and the latter of Ohio. Philip Rowland was a weaver by trade, but entered land in the early days in Dearborn County, Ind., and engaged in farming. He was a soldier in early life and was presented with a sword in recognition of his services rendered to the country. His family on both sides are noted for longevity, and Dr. Wallace distinctly remembers on one occasion seeing his two grandmothers and one great-grandmother enjoying a social visit together. His grandfather was the parent of nine children and grandparent of forty-seven, among whom not a single death had yet occurred. Robert Wallace, like his father, was a tanner by trade, and in early life was engaged in that business in Ripley County, but he subsequently removed to Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, and there engaged in the leather business. He received an excellent education in boyhood, and when a young man took a classical course in Wilmington College, in Indiana. He passed the remainder of his life in Lawrenceburg, where his death occurred in 1844. His widow, thus early deprived of the strong arm upon which she had leaned, soon removed with her little family to the old homestead, where she subsequently was married the second time, to James Vandolah. After this marriage, the family removed to Hillsboro, where her son W. H., received his education in the common schools. He made his home partly with his grandfather Rowland, assisting him on the farm during the summer season, and attending school in the winter. When about nineteen years of age he obtained employment with his stepfather in a shingle factory, in Lawrence County, Ind. After leaving the factory our subject taught school one term, and then enlisted in Co. F, 37th Ind. Vol. Inf., under the command of Col. Hazzard and Capt. Markland. He was mustered in at Lawrenceburg and served three years. He was appointed Regimental Paymaster, and was soon after promoted to the position of Division Paymaster, and removed with the retreat to Louisville, where he took charge of the military mail. Chaplain Lozier was actively interested in procuring his rapid promotion. He was also employed as bookkeeper until the close of the war. In the autumn of 1864 he was mustered out of service at Indianapolis. Having had a little experience as drug clerk he then determined to study medicine, and entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in March, 1867. He first engaged in the practice of his profession at Miami, Hamilton Co., Ohio, and after remaining there four years removed to New Haven in the same county, and there formed a partnership with Dr. Bartlett, which continued five years. On the 22d of February, 1872. Dr. Wallace married Miss Albina Scott, the daughter of Andrew and Maria (Sefton) Scott, of Ohio. Her father’s family was of Scotch descent and her mother’s of Irish. Two years after his marriage, Dr. Wallace moved with his young wife to Humbolt, in this county, where his father-in-law had previously entered a section of land. He purchased this tract of the heirs, gave up the practice of his profession, and has since devoted himself exclusively to agricultural pursuits. In conducting his farm he was at one time extensively engaged in raising broom corn, but is now giving his attention to growing fine breeds of stock. He makes a specialty of raising English draft horses, and in cattle has a pedigreed Short-horn and a graded Polled-Augus as a cross. His hogs are bred from choice Poland males, which has given him a fine stock. Dr. and Mrs. Wallace had a family of five children born to them, three of whom died in infancy. Those living are Harry H. and William G. Dr. Wallace is not actively interested in politics, but always votes with the Republican party. The Doctor and his wife are both members of the Presbyterian Church, in which the former is an Elder and also an earnest worker in the Sunday-school. |
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