Bio of Thomas C. WALLACE  (b.1869), Yellow Medicine Co., MN

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THOMAS C. WALLACE (1904)

Thomas C. Wallace, blacksmith at Porter, is of English descent, being a 
son of Thomas and Jane (Martin) Wallace, natives of England.  They came 
to this country in a sailing vessel, making the trip in five weeks.  
Both are dead, the father having died in 1897 and the mother in 1908.

Mr. Wallace was born in Kewaunee county, Michigan, November 21, 1869.  
When he was eight years of age the family moved to Houghton, Michigan, 
and there at the age of twelve years he began work in a cigar factory 
and learned the trade.  Four years later, when he was sixteen, the 
family moved to Marquette county, Michigan, where he learned the 
blacksmith's trade and worked in the boiler shops.  He then went to 
Ontonagon county, Michigan, where he worked one summer for the Diamond 
Match Company.  There he was also the instructor of the Maccabees band, 
he having learned music previously and having belonged to bands at the 
various places he lived.

In the fall of 1893 Mr. Wallace moved to St. Louis county, Minnesota, where
he ran a blacksmith shop for the Minnesota Iron Mining Company about five
years and one year for the Virginia Iron Works.  He then went to Palmer,
Michigan, where he took charge of a shop for an iron mining company,
remaining there three years and being leader of the band while there.  In
the fall of 1904 Mr. Wallace moved to Porter and bought Frank Anderson's
blacksmith shop, which he has since conducted.   He is the leader of the
Porter Cornet Band.

Mr. Wallace was married at Mount Iron, St. Louis county, Minnesota, July 
3, 1907, to Marie A. Westby, who was born in Fillmore county, Minnesota, 
and is the daughter of Christian Westby.  They have five children:  
Hazel, Pearl, Stella, Marion and Clinton.

Mr. Wallace is a member of the Methodist church and belongs to the M.W.A.
lodge.  He has been a member of the village council and was a charter 
member of the Porter Fire Department.

Source: "A History of Yellow Medicine County" by Arthur P. Rose
Published 1914