Northumberland-Union County PA Archives Biographies.....Wallize, Harry Clark 1844 - living in 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com June 29, 2005, 4:37 pm Author: Biographical Publishing Co. HARRY CLARK WALLIZE, who stands foremost among the business of Upper Augusta township, Northumberland County. Pa., now resides on a fine farm of one hundred and forty-seven acres and is engaged in huckstering. He is a man of integrity, and is accorded the esteem of all with whom he has been in any way connected. He is a son of Samuel H. and Rebecca (Clark) Wallize, and was born in Lewis township, Northumberland County, July 14, 1844. John Wallize, the grandfather of our subject on the paternal side, was a native of Berks County, Pa., and was the first of his family to settle in Northumberland County, where he followed his occupation as a farmer. He and his wife Sarah were the parents of the following children: Michael, a carpenter by trade; Samuel; John, a farmer; Noah, a carpenter living in Illinois; Silas; Charles, a stock-dealer residing in Decatur, Ill.; Catherine, the wife of John Speck; Hannah, the wife of Solomon Eshbach; Sarah, the wife of Samuel Watson; Abbie, who married John Grey; Elizabeth, wife of Rev. George Billman; Mary, the wife of Jerry Raker; and Rebecca, who married Joseph Moyers, and resides in Grundy County, Ill. Samuel Wallize, the father of our subject, was born in Lewis township, March 12, 1812, and learned the trade of a miller in Lycoming County, where he lived for some time. He then went to Jersey Shore, Pa., where for four years he plied his trade as a miller on his own account and then entered upon agricultural pursuits in Derby township, Montour County. Two years later he moved to Liberty township of that county, where he purchased a farm and lived from 1847 to 1855, when he returned to Lewis township, Northumberland County, to care for his parents in their old age and conduct the affairs of the two farms owned by his father. He lived there for a period of twelve years and was a large land owner and prosperous farmer. Shortly after the death of his parents he moved to Watsontown, where he lived a retired life. In his latter days, however, he lived with his son, John I., in Rush township, and his death occurred January 30, 1892. Throughout his active career he was engaged in droving and huckstering to a certain extent, and in all lines of business met with success. Religiously he was a member of the Lutheran Church. He married Rebecca Clark, who was born in Upper Augusta township, November 3, 1811, a daughter of John Clark, a farmer who came from Scotland and located in Upper Augusta township, Northumberland County. Mr. Clark was the father of the following children: Elizabeth, the wife of William Cooner; Mary, the wife of Solomon Starner; William; John; Jonathan; George; Wesley; Samuel; Rebecca, the mother of our subject; and Margaret. Mr. Wallize and his wife reared the following children : Emma, the wife of Martin Gillinger of Rush township; William E., who died young; John I.; Sarah E., the wife of Thomas H. Kissner; Harry C, subject of this sketch; Annie, the wife of William Ely; Silas, a clerk in the railway shops at Grand Rapids, Michigan; and George, a liveryman of Watsontown, Pa. Mrs. Wallize at the present time resides with a daughter in Watsontown. Harry Clark Wallize was reared on the farm and attended the public schools and Warren Institute at Warrenville, Ill., living at home until he was twenty-two years of age, when he located at Huntley Station, McHenry County, Ill. He was employed there as overseer on a dairy-farm at first, but he was subsequently called upon to act in the capacity of superintendent, continuing for a period of one and one-half years. He then returned home and counted lumber in a saw-mill for a like period, after which he lived with his brother in Rush township for three years. In 1871 he was married and then engaged in farming in Upper Augusta township, near his present home, for a period of six years, but later conducted a store in East Buffalo Valley, Union County, Pa., for two years. He then sold out and returned to Upper Augusta township, where he engaged in the manufacture of brick and operated a flagstone quarry. After a period of three years spent at that business he bought his present farm of one hundred and forty-seven acres, known as the old H. G. Kline homestead, and has since lived there. He rents a major portion of the land, but carries on market gardening himself, making on an average of three trips a week to Shamokin to dispose of his produce. He has also dealt in fertilizers for some years, and his success has been great in whatsoever line of business he has undertaken, owing to his natural industry and general business capacity. On March 16, 1871, Mr. Wallize was joined in hymeneal bonds with Elizabeth C. Kline, a daughter of Harmon G. and Mary Kline of Upper Augusta township. Her father was a farmer and a school teacher and is now living in retirement in Sunbury. This union resulted in the birth of two children, namely: Arthur B., a promising young man who is now in attendance at Easton College; and Bertha Estella, who died at the age of five years. Politically our subject has always been an unswerving supporter of the Republican party, and has at various times been called into public office. He served as auditor of the township at the time East Sunbury was taken from the township; school director for six years, and was secretary of the board during the entire period. At the present time he is a director of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company, operating in Upper and Lower Augusta, Rockefeller and Mahanoy townships. In religious attachments he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is very active in its workings. He is a class-leader in the Sunday School and is now acting as superintendent of that body. He is also an active worker of the Epworth League. He is a prominent member of the Farmers' Alliance. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 6.5 Kb