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MEMOIRS of ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. 1
Northwestern Historical Association, Madison, Wis., 1904
pg 426 (There is a picture of JOHN I. WALLACE)
JOHN I. WALLACE, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for many years a highly successful farmer of Allegheny County, but now retired from active life, was born in Baldwin Township, Allegheny Co., Pa., Jan. 8, 1845, his birthplace being the old family homestead of his grandfather and now owned by the subject of this review. His paternal grandparents were SAMUEL and MARY (BARTON) WALLACE, natives of Antrim, Ireland, and of the same general family as SIR WILLIAM WALLACE, the Scottish hero. JAMES WALLACE, their son and the father of JOHN I. WALLACE, was born on the old homestead in Baldwin Township, Jan. 1, 1806, and spent his entire life on the farm until his death, Sept. 14, 1894 at the age of 88 years. JAMES WALLACE was married, on Sept. 15, 1838, to JANE, daughter of JOHN IRWIN, one of the early settlers of the state on account of his experiences with the Indians had to abandon his settlement and retreat to the towns of the coast region. JANE (IRWIN) WALLACE was born on Aug. 29, 1810, and lived to be almost (pg. 427) 88 years of age, her death occurring on April 19, 1898. She was the mother of three children, viz.: SAMUEL, JOHN I. and ELIZABETH. JOHN I WALLACE devoted his entire business career to conducting the farm on which he was born and succeeded in increasing the old homestead by a considerable number of acres...MR. WALLACE continued to lived on his farm until a few years ago, when he moved to Pittsburgh, and has since resided in that city. His chief object in making this change was to give his children the advantages of the superior school facilities for which the metropolis of western Pennsylvania is just famous. He was married, on Oct. 5, 1869, to JANE MARY RATH, a most excellent woman, who was born on Sept. 11, 1852, and after a happy married life of above 27 years, died on Jan. 27, 1897, leaving the following children, viz.: JAMES HARVEY, LILLIE BELL, MELVIN E., JOHN DUFF, RACHEL AGNES and ETHEL MARIE. MR. WALLACE is now living quietly at his city
residence.
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