Peter Wallace and Jane Craig
Husband Peter Wallace 1 2 3
Born: - Westmoreland Co, PA Christened: Died: 1839 4 Buried:
Father: Richard Wallace ( - ) 2 3 Mother: Mary Simpson ( - ) 5
Marriage: Nov 1786 3
Wife Jane Craig 6 7 8
Born: 1767 ? Christened: Died: Aug 1833 3 Buried:
Father: Lt. Samuel Craig ( -Abt 1777) 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 Mother: Jane Boyd ( - ) 6 7 10 14
Children
1 F Jane Wallace 4 15 16
Born: Sep 1787 4 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: William Barnett (Abt 1793- ) 4 15 16 17 Marr: Abt 1804
2 M Richard Wallace 18
Born: 1789 18 Christened: Died: while young Buried:
3 F Mary Wallace 18
Born: 1791 18 Christened: Died: while young Buried:
4 F Nancy Wallace 19
Born: 2 Nov 1793 18 Christened: Died: 21 Sep 1865 18 Buried:Spouse: John Lintner ( - ) 18Spouse: John Thom (1786-1863) 20 Marr: 1 Jun 1834 19
5 F Rebecca Wallace 1 18
Born: 1796 18 Christened: Died: 31 Jan 1877 18 Buried:Spouse: Maj. Wilson Knott (1790-1851/1856) 1 18 Marr: 1812 1 18
6 F Rachel Wallace 5 21 22
Born: 24 May 1798 5 22 Christened: Died: 1870 22 Buried:Spouse: John William Cunningham (1794-1865) 5 21 22 23 Marr: 26 Jun 1823 5 21 22
7 M Samuel Wallace 24
Born: 1801 24 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Sarah Thompson ( - ) 24Spouse: Mrs. Susan Adams ( - ) 24
8 M James Wallace 2 24
Born: Jun 1803 or 1805 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2 24 Christened: Died: 10 Oct 1856 24 Buried:Spouse: Isabella Kean (1808-1888) 24 Marr: 1827 or 1828 24
9 M Peter Wallace 25
Born: 15 Mar 1805 25 Christened: Died: 11 Apr 1840 25 Buried:Spouse: Margaret Sloan (1805-1867) 25 Marr: 20 Jan 1829 25
10 F Eliza Wallace 25
Born: 1808 25 Christened: Died: while young Buried:
11 M Andrew Wallace 25
Born: 1811 25 Christened: Died: while young Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Peter Wallace
His home after marriage was a one story log cabin having two rooms, but after some years he erected a stone house. A few years after their marriage they united with the Presbyterian church of "Old Salem" in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, near their home, and shortly after Peter Wallace was elected a ruling elder and held the office until his death in 1839. He was elected to the Legislature of Pennsylvania in 1811 and continued to hold the office by various elections for eleven years.
General Notes: Wife - Jane Craig
Her marriage to Peter Wallace was an elopement when preparations had been completed for her marriage to Alexander Clark, a brother of Mrs. Alexander Craig, whom her mother was desirous she should marry. But Jane preferred Peter Wallace, and helped by her younger brothers, slipped away in company of her youngest brother William, while "Joe" galloped over the Chestnut Ridge to Ligonier Valley for "Squire Hendricks", who hastened to the appointed place and "tied the knot." Her mother was much displeased and said: "My foolish Jane threw herself away on that Pete Wallace."
It has been said that in this case it was the "handsomer man" that was deserted, and also that he bore his disappointment with fortitude, for when the news reached him and the assembled guests, he raised his wine glass and drank "Long life and prosperity to Wallace's happy bride," and later married another woman.
1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 362.
2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 732.
3 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 98.
4 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 99.
5 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 359.
6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 408.
7 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 315.
8 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 16, 98.
9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 174.
10 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1082.
11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 684.
12 Thomas Lynch Montgomery, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 15 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924), Pg 178.
13 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 14.
14 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 16.
15 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 67.
16 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 421.
17 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 380.
18 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 102.
19 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 76, 102.
20 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 74, 102.
21 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 342.
22 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 104.
23 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 591.
24 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 107.
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Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 110.
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