BIO:  C. B. WALLACE, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 52

C. B. WALLACE was born in Chester County, Penn., October 14, 1819, and is the 
son of Thomas and Mary (Jackson) Wallace, natives respectively of Chester 
County, Penn., and Maryland.  The elder Wallace was a farmer and a justice of 
the peace of Chester County, and there he and wife died.  C. B. Wallace was 
reared a farmer, but received a good education, and for a time was engaged in 
teaching school.  In 1846 he commenced reading law with Thaddeus Stevens, of 
Lancaster.  In 1847 he came to York, taught school in the county, and read law 
under Judge Durkee.  In February, 1849, he was admitted to the York County bar, 
and has ever since been in active and successful practice.  He has been 
identified with all progressive measures, and for six years has been a school 
director of York Borough.  February 6, 1848, he married Frances A. Levergood, 
daughter of Jacob and Fanny Levergood, of Wrightsville, and to this union have 
been born three children, viz.:  Mary A. (wife of Edward M. Vandersloot, of 
York), Clayton J. (who is engaged in the wholesale boot and shoe trade with Mr. 
Vandersloot), and Louisa L.  Mrs. Wallace and family are members of the 
Presbyterian Church.