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From Young's history of Lafayette County, Missouri (1910)
HENRY CROCKETT WALLACE, JR.
The legal profession is among the most important and honorable calling among the civilized races. If all men were informed as to the law, and possessed a law-abiding spirit, there would be less use for the lawyer, but so long as men do not understand law, and care not for the rights and interests of their neighbors, there is no class of men who have more to do with the action of a commercial people and the enactment of laws governing them than the attorney-at-law, for be it remembered that a majority of the most eminent statesmen, in all countries, have been able lawyers before entering the political arena. Indeed, the best talent in the land has been found in the legal profession, and the day has long since passed when its representatives are classed with trickery and dishonor, but on the other hand they are men of brains and heart combined, and seek to adjust the rights of men rather than to annoy them by needless litigation.
Amongthe successful and honorable members of the Lafayette county bar is Henry C. Wallace. Jr., who comes from a family of lawyers on both sides of the family tree, being a worthy son of the late H. C. Wallace, a leading member of the bar at Lexington for almost fifty years, a man who was esteemed and respected by all. Mr. Wallace, a native son of this county, first attended the public schools and then entered Wentworth Military Academy at Lexington. Afterward he attended William Jewell College at Liberty, Missouri, then read law in his father's office. Few lawyers have had the advantage of studying their profession under such able guidance as the subject of this sketch. His careful work and natural aptitude soon made him proficient and in December, 1889, he was admitted to the bar and since then has been in the active practice of the law. He was in partnership with his father for a number of years, under the firm name of Wallace & Wallace. Throughout his career since entering the profession he, has been regarded as a skilful exponent of legal lore, is capable and thorough and has earned the respect of his friends and opponents alike by reason of his upright work.
Of his genealogy it may be said: He was born in Lexington, Missouri, December 31, 1865, id is the son of Hon. Henry Crockett Wallace and Ehzabeth (Sharp) Wallace. From 1890 to 1894 he was justice of the peace; from 1892 to 1896 he was attorney for the county collector, and from 1902 to 1906 was city attorney of Lexington, filling all these responsible positions with much credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of all interested. During the period that he was city attorney the city hall was built, much street paving was done, etc. Politically, Mr. Wallace is an unswerving Democrat and in his religious faith is a Baptist. He is also an honored member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Wallace was united in marriage December 8, 1904, to Imogene Fiery, who was born February 9, 1870, the daughter of a most excellent family of Martinsburg, West Virginia.
As printed in Young's history of Lafayette County, Missouri (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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