Biographical Sketch of C. D. Wallace, Johnson County, Missouri,
Post Oak Township.

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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C. D. Wallace, the well known farmer and stockman of Post Oak township,
is a son of one of the noblest pioneers who ever came to Johnson county.
He was born in 1847 in Rockbridge county, Virginia, son of J. G. and
Martha C. Wallace, John Wallace emigrated from Scotland to America in 
the early colonial days and settled on a plantation in Virginia and 
there his son, J. G., was born and reared.  The death of John Wallace 
occurred on the Virginia plantation many years ago.  J. G. Wallace mov-
ed with his family to Johnson county, Missouri in 1858 and they settled
in Post Oak township, where Mr. Wallace purchased two hundred sixty 
acres of land.  He engaged extensively in sheep growing and general 
stock raising and became very prosperous and widely known.  His death
occurred in 1898.  A boy, eleven years of age, C. D. Wallace came to
Missouri with his parents.  He vividly recalls the land conditions at
that time, when nearly the entire county was open grazing land, covered
with tall, coarse grass.  Game of all kinds could be seen in abundance,
hundreds of deer and thousands of prairie chickens.  The first home of 
the Wallace family in Missouri was a rude, unfinished log cabin, such
as was the home of all the pioneers.  C. D. Wallace attended a "sub-
scription school," which was held at the little log house, known as 
Shanghi school house.  George Williams and "Bill" Steward were two
teachers, who taught the school before the Civil War.  R. T. Berry was
one of the first teachers soon after the war.  Mr. Wallace recalls the
pioneer church and many of the early day preachers, among whom were
Reverends Houx, Glass and Reed.  The young and old enjoyed attending
church in those days and boys and girls would have great times on 
horseback to church and to all social occasions.  Mr. Wallace's father
was for several years engaged in hauling goods for Moody & Gilkeson,
merchants in the old town of Warrensburg, hauling from Lexington to
Warrensburg and coal to Sedalia, driving yokes of oxen.  During the 
Civil War, Mr. Wallace remembers, all produce to be sold was hauled to
Sedalia.  In 1871, C. D. Wallace and Elizabeth M. Bradley were united
in marriage.  Mrs. Wallace is the daughter of J. F. Bradley, one of the
earliest settlers of Johnson county.  To C. D. and Elizabeth M. (Brad-
ley) Wallace have been born ten children, all of whom have been reared
to maturity and are now living: Mrs. Ona H. Brooks, Warrensburg; J. W.,
Chilhowee, Missouri, R. F. D. 20; R. E.; Mrs. Maude A. Hodges, Blairs-
town, Missouri; I. R., Mesca, Colorado; Mrs. Mary E. Workman, Leeton,
Missouri; C. D., Rockham, South Dakota; T. A., Chilhowee, Missouri;
Martha G., Chilhowee, Missouri; and Marcus A.  Mr. Wallace began life
for himself farming on the old homestead and he has ever since been
engaged in the pursuits of agriculture.  He is now owner of one hundred
twenty acres of land in Post Oak township, forty acres of which are in
meadow land.  Mr. Wallace is a progressive and intelligent farmer and 
a strong advocate of crop rotation.  He has splendid success raising
high grade Poland China hogs.

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