Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Wallace, John H. January 18, 1899
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Morning Republican, January 20 & 21, 1899
Morning Republican, January 20, 1899
John H. Wallace died on Wednesday, the 18th, at Parkesburg, about 4 p.m. from 
the prevailing grip. He was born in Highland township on  the farm he owned at 
the time of his death, on September 8, 1803, and was the last of eight 
children of John and Margaret Parke Wallace, surviving the last member of the 
family to die by twenty-five years.  The children that survive him are Mrs. 
Martha Jones and Mrs. Levi Smith, of Honeybrook; Isabella and Maris (sic), who 
faithfully ministered to their father in his declining years, and J.P. 
Wallace, and four grandchildren residing in Denver, Col.  Mr. Wallace was an 
industrious and prosperous farmer, remaining on his farm until 1881, when on 
account of increasing infirmities he moved to Parkesburg borough.  He was a 
consistent member of Octoraro Presbyterian Church for 77 years, the oldest 
member of the church and community, and respected for the purity and integrity 
of his beautiful child-like life.

Morning Republican, January 21, 1899
WALLACE- In Parkesburg, Pa., on January 18, 1899, John H. Wallace, in the 
96thyear.


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