Yolo-Alameda-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Wallace, Richard P. 1871 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory

RICHARD P. WALLACE

    The present auditor of Yolo county, Richard P. Wallace, is the descendant of
a long line of southern ancestors, and he himself was a native of the south, his
birth having occurred in McMinnville, Tenn., April 14, 1871. He is the son of
James F. and Ada (Bush) Wallace, who were born, respectively, in Tennessee and
Mississippi. The father, a man of considerable ability and prominent in
newspaper circles, came from the south in 1873 to California, locating in
Oakland, and thereafter was connected with the San Francisco Call. The mother,
who is a woman of wide learning and experience, is now the efficient librarian
of the Woodland public library, an institution which has progressed notably
under her able supervision.

    Richard P. Wallace is practically a native Californian, for he has been a
resident of the state since he was two years of age. His education was acquired
in the public schools of Oakland, and under private instruction in New Mexico,
to which place he removed in the year 1881. His identification with Woodland
dates from the year 1885, when he became associated with a prominent dry goods
firm in this city, and for the following ten years was connected with this and
other dry goods firms in the city. Eventually he gave up this business to enter
one for which he had special adaptation, as his record in the newspaper field in
this city for the nine years that followed abundantly testified. Resigning his
position at the end of that time he took a course in advertising writing in
Powell's correspondence school of New York, and after graduating he continued
"ad" writing and fire insurance for two years.

    As a candidate on the Democratic ticket Mr. Wallace was in 1906 nominated to
the office of county auditor and following his election he assumed the duties of
that office in January, 1907. So satisfactorily had he served the interests of
his constituents that in 1910 he was re-elected for a second term without
opposition, being the nominee of all parties, than which there could be no
greater testimony given as to his worth to his community as a citizen and public
servant.

    The marriage of Mr. Wallace, July 2, 1901, united him with Miss Elsie
Bullivant, a native of Sacramento, and two children have been born to them, Mora
Elise and Clara Adelaide. Fraternally Mr. Wallace is well known, being a member
of the Masons, Odd Fellows and Woodmen of the World, and he is also an active
member of the Episcopal Church.


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HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]

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