W. S. Wallace

As printed in 1910

W. S. WALLACE.

The old state of Tennessee has furnished as many if not more settlers to the state of Missouri than any other state; they began coming here early in the past century and they have done a great work in clearing and developing the land. They are invariably hard workers and, while not as a rule a wealthy class, they become very comfortably situated, building good homes and owning desirable property, especially in the rural districts, and they are among our best citizens, their homes being found all the way from the southern border to the Iowa line.

Of this number, W. S. Wallace, farmer, of near Clearmont, Nodaway county, should be mentioned. His birth occurred in Anderson county, Tennessee, in 1855. He is the son of J. B. and Louise (Weaver) Wallace, both born in Tennessee where they were reared and attended the rude schools of the early days, and from which state they came to Nodaway county, Missouri, in 1860 when their son, W. S., was five years old. They located in Atchison township, one mile southwest of Clearmont, buying three hundred acres of George Nash. The elder Wallace was a thrifty farmer, engaging in general farming on a large scale all his mature life, becoming one of the leading agriculturists of his community. He was a good business man and added to his original purchase until he owned seven hundred acres of valuable land, much of which he improved, and he put up excellent buildings on the same.

The family of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wallace consisted of eight children, six of whom are still living. Mr. Wallace was a well known man in the county, although he took no special interest in public affairs, preferring to de vote his attention to his large farming interests. He was a Democrat and a member of the Baptist church. He was known as a kind and honest man whom everybody respected.

W. S. Wallace was educated in the early schools of Atchison township, which he attended during the winter months, working on the home farm during the crop seasons. Having early in life taken up farming and learning the many phases of the same, he has preferred to follow this vocation ever since and he has been very successful as a general farmer and stock raiser, owning at present a very desirable farm of three hundred and fifty acres, two hundred acres of which was formerly owned by his father. It is well improved and has been carefully cultivated, retaining its original fertility. He has a nice home and good outbuildings.

Mr. Wallace has been a breeder of fine Hereford cattle, which always found a ready market, but he sold out his herd in the fall of 1909, now handling general farm stock.

Mr. Wallace was married on January 14, 1877, to Laura Heflin, daughter of E. B. Heflin, a pioneer citizen of Nodaway county, in which Mrs. Wallace was reared and educated. The following children have been born to this union: Nora married a Mr. Shanklin and is living at Anaconda, Montana; Edna, who married R. E. Green, is living in Palisades, Colorado; Maggie married H. E. Dill, of Clearmont; Ollie married D. Kent, of Washington State; Edith is a student in the Maryville high school; Charles and Blanche are in school at Clearmont.

Mr. and Mrs. Wallace are members of the Baptist church, to which all their children also belong. Mr. Wallace is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which his father was also a member. Politically he is a Democrat, and for the past twenty years he has been school director continuously, taking quite an interest in educational matters of his community.

As printed in Past and present of Nodaway County, Missouri (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.