CRITTENDEN CO, AR - R. N. WALLACE  - Bio

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SOURCE:  Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern 
Arkansas. Chicago:Goodspeed Publishers, 1890.
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R. N. Wallace, prominently identified with the mercantile affairs of
Bartonville, was born in Weakley County, Tenn., in 1840, being the son
of James Wallace, originally from Barren County, Ky., who came to
Tennessee about 1820 with his parents when eight years of age. He grew
to manhood in Weakley County, and engaged in farming there, becoming
married to Miss Mary E. Goldsby, a Kentuckian by birth, who went to
Tennessee with her parents in 1852 when she was a child. After they were
married Mr. and Mrs. Waliace moved back to their native State, and lived
there till their death. They were both members of the Baptist Church,
and the parents of three sons and three daughters, of whom three sons
and one daughter lived to be grown. J. G. Wallace, the youngest of the
children, was reared by his grandfather, and is now a practicing lawyer
in Russellville, Ark. R. N. Wallace, the oldest son, was left on his own
resources at the age of sixteen, his father having died at that time,
and he came to Arkansas in 1856, and to Crittenden County in 1859, where
he has since lived. During his stay here he has spent two years in
Tennessee attending school, and after his return he was occupied in
teaching. At the breaking out of the late war he enlisted with the
Crittenden County Rangers, Joe Earl's company, and later joined the
Second and Third Arkansas as a private. He was captured near Dalton,
Ga., in 1864, and taken to Camp Chase, Ohio, from which he was paroled
after being kept for five months. Returning to his command he was again
taken prisoner the day before the surrender of Joseph E. Johnston, and
was paroled from Chester Court House, S. C., and came back home on
horseback. After his arrival he resumed farming till 1869, when he
entered the firm of R. C. Wallace & Co., and opened the first store at
Crawfordsville. A. F. Crawford, a member of the above firm, was the
first postmaster at Crawfordsville, in 1870, the first postoffice
established west of Marion. Mr. Wallace remained with this company for
two years, when they sold to Anderson & Allen. He then carried on
farming till the spring of 1887, when he opened and conducted a store
for one year at Needmore, and after going out of business at Needmore,
embarked in merchandising at Bartonville, where he continued till
October, 1889. Then he sold to H. F. Avery, and has since given his
attention to his farm which consists of 300 acres under cultivation,
besides small tracts of wild land. Mr. Wallace was married to Mrs. Sarah
A. Chambars, nee Graham, daughter of H. Graham, one of the old settlers
in this county. Mrs. Graham is still living, and is seventy-nine years
of age. Mrs. Wallace died in January, 1888. She was an active and
earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was the mother of
one child, John G., who was born August 26, 1874. Mr. Wallace is a
Master Mason, and stands high among the prominent citizens of Crittenden
County.