"Aunt Jenny" Wallace

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Wife "Aunt Jenny" Wallace ¹

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General Notes: Wife - "Aunt Jenny" Wallace

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She was long and well known in later years as the keeper of the toll-bridge across the Youghiogheny River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Inseparable from the history of the old bridges is the memory of "Aunt Jenny" Wallace, who held the position of toll-taker at the bridge for many years. Mr. David Barnes speaks of his recollection of her "with that uninviting face and old black dress; we can see her grab her dress on the right side with her left hand, whilst the right would enter the pocket to make change from the old fip.' We remember a little joke that was played upon her. A stranger approached the gate of the bridge and asked the charge for crossing. He was told one cent. 'Does it make any difference what you carry?' 'No, it does not.' Giving her the cent, he skipped back and shouldered his comrade and started for the bridge. She tried to stop him, but he went on, and the old lady stood with both hands hanging straight down her sides, body bent forward, face raised, and eyes strained, to see if he would drop his load; but she saw him pass over with it, then, straightening up, with a long sigh, exclaimed, 'He will never do that again.'"

1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 365.