My Genealogy Hound

JOHN WALLACE, farmer, P. O. Union Plains, was born April 17, 1811, in Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio. His parents were William and Sarah Wallace. In his youth he was trained to the pursuits of farming, in which he is still engaged. In January, 1837, he married Mary Evans, daughter of Judge Benjamin and Ruth Evans. This union has been blessed with six children, four living—Benjamin, William, Andrew and Sarah. In 1840, Mr. Wallace, located in the eastern portion of Green Township, where he now resides. He has served as Trustee of Green Township four years, has also served as Justice of the Peace, and is the owner of 250 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation. William Wallace, father of our subject, was born January 7, 1780, in Pennsylvania; when a young man he emigrated to Kentucky, where in February, 1807, he married Sarah Hawk, by whom he had ten children, six of whom are now living — John, Isaac, James, William, Richard and Rebecca. In 1804 or 1805 he came to Brown County, Ohio, and settled in Huntington Township, where he remained until 1844-45, when he removed to Clay Township, Highland County, where he remained until his decease January 14, 1865. His wife died August 4, 1853. Thus passed away not only one of Brown County’s pioneers, but one of our most upright and reliable citizens.