Hopkins Co., TX - Obit:  B.J. Wallace

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WALLACE, B. J. - Matt Ashcroft Camp No. 170 U.C.V. resolutions - Another comrade
has passed on. On Sun. morning, Oct. 25, 1908, Comrade B. J. Wallace passed away
at the age of 76 years after a brief illness. Wallace volunteered in Co. I,
19th, Mississippi Regt. He served on the firing line at Manassa, Seven Pine,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and at the siege of
Richmond, in fact in every important battle engaged in by the army of Northern
Virginia. Was so devoted to the Southern Cause that he never asked for or
received a leave of absence. To his bereaved wife, we extend our sympathy.
Committee: B.W. Foster, W.F. Henderson, and H.P. Acker. Later Report - Died of
heart trouble at 1:15 Sun. morning at his home in this city after an illness of
only a few hours duration. He was taken sick at his tailor shop Saturday
afternoon about three, then had another spell about five and another about one
o'clock Sun. which ended in death. Mr. Wallace was an old Confederate. His
remains were laid to rest in the City cemetery with Masonic honors. He leaves a
wife and two brothers. (S.S. Gazette)