Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Wallace, Peter May 19, 1843 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Wallace, Peter, was born in Ohio May 19, 1843, a son of Patrick Wallace, who 
was a native of Ireland.   The latter about 1828 came to Troy and married 
Ellen Riley, also of Ireland, and they had seven sons and four daughters,   
About 1842 Mr. Wallace moved to Ohio and settled on a farm, where he lived 
until his death in 1876.   His wife is now living at Gray at the age of eighty-
one years.   Peter Wallace is a farmer. His first marriage occurred August 4, 
1867, to Emma Colwell, daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Atwood) Colwell, and 
they had two children, Annie and Maggie.   In 1873 Mrs. Wallace died, and in 
1874 he married second Jennie Bly, of Norway, daughter of Horace and Harriet 
Bly.  They had four children, Emma, Hattie, Walter and Arthur. Mr. Wallace is 
a Republican and has been assessor four years in Ohio.   He is now serving his 
second term as justice of the peace of Wilmurt.   He is a member of the 
G. A. R. of Poland, Johnson Post, No. 532, and a member of North Star Grange, 
No. 686.   In 1864 he enlisted in the 186th N. Y. Vols., Company K, and was 
discharged June 6, 1865.  He was at the siege of Petersburg, the assault on 
Petersburg, and was in the pursuit of Lee until his surrender.   At the close 
of the war he returned to Ohio, where he resided until 1883, when he moved to 
Wilmurt.   William, a brother of Peter, enlisted in 1861 in the Thirty-fourth 
N. Y. Vols., in which regiment he was lieutenant. At the expiration of his 
term of office in this regiment he re-enlisted in the Second Veteran 
Cavalry.   He was then transferred to the 186th N. Y. Vols, and promoted to 
captain.   He was mortally wounded at Petersburg April 2, 1865.   Thomas, 
another brother of Peter, enlisted in 1861 in the Eighty-first N. Y. Vols., 
and was killed at Fair Oaks May 31, 1862.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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