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GEORGE W. WALLACE was born in Sangamon county, Ill., Feb. 19, 1832, and there spent his boyhood days. He came to Jasper county in 1866 and settled four and one-half miles north of Carthage. He has been thrice married, the first time Dec. 30, 1858, to Charlotte Dillinger, who was born in North Carolina; the only child was a girl named Mary. Mrs. Wallace died in Illinois in 1862. The second wife was Sarah E, Arnett, whom he married June 9, 1864, who was born in Macoupin county, Ill., in 1842; the children are Oscar, Emma, Cora, and William. She died in Feb., 1875. The present wife was Jane H. Rees, to whom he was married March 15, 1876, who was born in Vermillion county, Ill., in 1844; the three children are Isaac D., Leo, and Arthur. The first wife was a member of the M. E. Church; the second, Missionary Baptist; the present wife a Quaker, and himself a Cumberland Presbyterian. The form is in township 29, range 31, sections 9 and 16, comprising 240 acres, 140 in cultivation; ninety acres in wheat, averaging twenty-four bushels, besides corn and oats. There is an orchard of 280 bearing trees, with general good improvements. Mr. Wallace is a man of industry, good habits, and a respected citizen.