Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Wallace and Eleanor Maclay


Husband William Wallace 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

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


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


       Marriage: 1806 1 7

   Other Spouse: Rachel Forrest (      -1804) 1 2 5 - 1803 1

Wife Eleanor Maclay 1 4 6 7 

           Born: 17 Jan 1774 6 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jan 1823 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church


         Father: Hon. William Maclay (1737-1804) 12 13 14 15 16 17
         Mother: Mary McClure Harris (1750-1809) 7 14 16 18


Children
1 F Mary Eleanor Wallace 5 21 22 

            AKA: Mary Elizabeth Wallace 7 19 20
           Born: 7 May 1807 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rev. Dr. William Radcliff DeWitt, D.D. (1792-1867) 20 23 24 25
           Marr: 15 Mar 1825 7

2 M Dr. William Maclay Wallace 5 7 20 21 

           Born: 15 Aug 1808 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Jun 1877 5 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

3 M Rev. Benjamin John Wallace 7 20 21 

           Born: 10 Jun 1810 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1862 - Philadelphia, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Cochran (      -      ) 7 26
           Marr: 5 Nov 1832 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 7

4 M Irwin Maclay Wallace 5 7 26 

            AKA: Irvine M. Wallace 21
           Born: 10 Oct 1813 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1894 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Reid (      -Bef 1896) 27

General Notes: Husband - William Wallace


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.

General Notes: Wife - Eleanor Maclay


She was a woman of fine talents and great force of character. As a young lady, she had gone with her father to Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, and acted as his private secretary. While she enjoyed society, she was more deeply interested in the political questions which came before the first Congress for settlement. It was in harmony with those early tastes that after her marriage she read more than one elementary work in her husband's legal library. She was a woman of profound piety, of fine social qualities, and of notable gifts and attainments of mind.

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Sources

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

7 Editor, 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 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 518.

13 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 81.

14 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 822.

15 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 147.

16 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 395.

17 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1469.

18 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 80.

19 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 479.

20 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 826.

21 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 969.

22 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 481.

23 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 478.

24 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 148, 481.

25 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 39.

26 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 827.

27 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 575.

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