Monterey County CA Archives Biographies.....Wallace, Walter 1855 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 16, 2007, 11:24 pm Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893) WALTER WALLACE, a substantial citizen and successful business man of Castroville, is a native of Ireland, having been born in Galway, Ireland, March 16, 1855. He was reared in his native land, where he learned the trade of a butcher. In 1877, he came to California, and the following year located at Salinas, where he engaged in business as a member of the butcher establishment of E. St. John & Co. and there continued until he located at Castroville, in 1890. He is a fine business man, and enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know him for his practical knowledge of his trade. Mr. Wallace was married, in Salinas, April 23, 1890, to Miss Mary Vaughn, a native daughter of Monterey county, and eldest daughter of P. Vaughn, a well known farmer and pioneer citizen of Salinas. Mr. Wallace is the owner of some fine residence property in Salinas, and a beautiful home in Castroville. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Illustrated. Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent Citizens of To-day. HENRY D. BARROWS, Editor of the Historical Department. LUTHER A. INGERSOLL, Editor of the Biographical Department. "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants."-Macaulay. CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1893. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/monterey/bios/wallace1044nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb