William Wallace and Rachel Forrest

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Husband William Wallace ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

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           Born: Oct 1768 - Hanover Twp, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 1 3 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 May 1816 3 7
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church

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         Father: Capt. Benjamin Wallace (1727/1738-1803) 7 8 9
         Mother: Elizabeth Culbertson (      -      ) 7 10 11

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       Marriage: 1803 1

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   Other Spouse: Eleanor Maclay (1774-1823) 1 4 6 7 - 1806 1 7

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Wife Rachel Forrest ^{1 2 5}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1804 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 1 5
         Buried: 

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         Father: Dr. Andrew Forrest (Abt 1754-1818) 1 12
         Mother: Jane Graydon (      -      ) 2

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - William Wallace

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He received a classical education, graduated at Dickinson College, studied law at Harrisburg under Galbraith Patterson, and was admitted to the bar at the June term, 1792. He became interested in the Harrisburg and Presqu' Isle Land Company, and about 1800 removed to Erie, in the affairs of which place and in the organization of the county he took an active and leading part. About 1810 he returned to Harrisburg, and partly resumed his profession. Besides being a member of the bar he was a partner of his brother-in-law, John Lyon, at Pennsylvania Furnace. He was nominated by the Federalists for Congress in 1813, but was defeated. He was elected the first president of the old Harrisburg Bank, and was burgess of the borough at his death. His remains are interred in Paxtang Church grave-yard. Although actively engaged in business, it did not destroy his social life. To his friends his house was always open. None of these were more welcome than his brethren of the legal profession. In those days there was a good deal of circuit-traveling by lawyers. Members of the Lancaster and Carlisle bars practiced at Harrisburg as well as at their homes. Many of these were frequent visitors at Mr. Wallace's house. Chief among these was Chief justice Gibson. He and Mr. Wallace had become friends when the latter was a student at Dickinson College, and their friendship continued until his death. He was a polite, urbane man, of slight frame and precise address.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 545.

2 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 46.

3 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 372.

4 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 823.

5 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 553.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 82.

7 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 148.

8 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 543.

9 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 379, 458.

10 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 19.

11 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 380.

12 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 44.