Biography of: Philip H. Wallace McCracken County, Kentucky Source; Biographical Sketches from, "Kentucky, History of the State" Main Author; William Henry Perrin 1887 **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. Submitted by: Vera Burnham vburnham@metrocast.net Date: May 28, 2002 **************************************************************************** Philip H Wallace, McCracken County, is a native of Christain County, Ky. He was born February 15, 1832, and is a son of Dr. James B. and Sarah (Clayton) Wallace, both of whom were Virginian's by birth. Philip H. lived in his native county till about twenty-three years of age, when he moved to Paducah, and after the war came to his present beaufiful place of 100 acres. He studied law in Hopkinsville, and at the opening of the war was county clerk of McCracken County. In 1861 he enlisted and was given a position on the staff of Gen. Pat Claybourne, with whom he served three years, serving the last year of the war with Col. B. D. Lee, who commanded an independent regiment. Since the war Mr. Wallace has given his attention more to farming. He was united in marriage with Miss Fannie Woolfork, a daughter of Col. George Woolfork, who laid off Paducah, and Catherine(Gwathmey) Woolfork, a neice of Gen. George Rodgers Clark, to whom the land was granted on which Paducah stands. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have one child, George C.