WALLIS OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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WALLIS, J. R. Dr. 1860 - 1930

Dr. J. R. Wallis Died - At the hospital in Washington, Mo. Wednesday night, January 
29, at 11 o'clock, where he had been several months. He was taken very ill last 
March and went at once to a hospital in Springfield. He returned home a short 
while, then was taken to the best specialists in St. Louis, where he remained in 
the hospital two months. The men of science pronounced his case beyond human 
aid and that he would just have to wait for the end. He was then taken to a 
hospital at Washington, Mo., where he could be near relatives. His daughter, Mrs. 
Jas. A. Parks had been with him a great deal, spending all of November there, and 
had been there since January first. Dr. Wallace was born at Marshfield, Mo., Jan. 
18, 1860, having just passed his 70th birthday. His father was a physician, also 
many other members of the family. After he received his preparatory education in 
Marshfield, he went to Washington University in St. Louis, where he received the 
degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then entered Bellvue Hospital Medical College in 
New York, where he received another degree. All through his life, he kept up with 
the latest discoveries of his profession and later did graduate work in the St. 
Louis Graduate School of Medicine also the Polyclinic Medical School of New York 
City. He was a member of the County, State and American Medical Societies. He 
started practice at Marshall, then moved to LaDue, where he stayed a short while 
then moved to Montrose, in 1892, where he built a large practice, and lived until 
1905 then he moved to Clinton and this was his home until his fatal illness. He 
was one of the outstanding physicians and surgeons of Missouri, taking cheer and 
skill to the sick and suffering. No matter how morose or ill the patient, and how 
busy Dr. Wallis he took time to tell bits of cheerful news, while with his hands 
and medicine he relieved pain. All of his patients loved him. He gave himself 
unstintingly to the suffering world, many times without remuneration, as no one 
gives as much as does a good doctor. His practice extended all over Henry County 
which learned of his illness and death with great sorrow. He was married at 
Washington, Mo. May 2, 1880 to Miss Fannie Ming. She died at Montrose in 1904. 
One daughter, Elizabeth, blessed this union. She is now Mrs. Jas. A. Parks, of 
Clinton. He also leaves one grand daughter, Frances Parks, who was a favorite of 
her grandfather. Dr. Wallis is survived by three sisters - Mrs. Wm. McMahon and 
Mrs. H. Fyan, Marshfield, Mo.; Mrs. Emma Ming, Atlanta, Ga. Deceased was a 
member of the M. E. Church, South, the elks Lodge and the Democratic party. The 
funeral services were held at Marshfield, Mo., Saturday.

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