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History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

           [248-249]

                  JOHN WALLACE. For a quarter of a century or more MR.
               Wallace was identified  with the history of the Great Lakes,
               and for quite the same length of time has his name been
               associated with some of the leading business enterprises of
               St. Joseph. He was born March 7, 1835, in Dundee, Scotland.
               MR. WALLACE inherited and brought with him the character-
               istics which the Scotch seem to possess, and which makes
	       everything they undertake a success. His parents, JOHN and
	       MARY (REED) WALLACE, were natives of Scotland, and when our
	       subject was six years of age came to America and settled in
	       Wayne county, Mich., where the father followed his trade,
	       that of a molder. At the age of sixteen the son was
               apprenticed to learn the trade of a machinist, and for some
               years followed it. Later he sailed the propeller Montezuma
               as second engineer, under the command of CAPTAIN TITUS, who
               was master of the steamer Erie when she foundered in Lake
               Erie. He became chief engineer of the same propeller, and
               was on her several seasons, when he put the machinery in the
               propeller Lady Franklin, commanded by CAPTAIN HICKIE, and
               was with her several years as chief engineer. He next served
               in the same capacity on the propeller Ottawa, under CAPT.
               JOHN WARREN. He then sailed on the Favorite, of which NELSON
               W. NAPIER was master. MR. WALLACE put the machinery in her,
               and worked on it through its construction in Chicago and at
               Howard, Wis., where the boat was built. He then went to
               Buffalo, and built the tug John T. Edwards, which was owned
               by himself and MR. EDWARDS, and an interest in her was taken
               by MR. MARION BARNES, and for some sixteen years the firm of
               WALLACE & BARNES carried on the tug business about St.
               Joseph and Benton Harbor.
                  Engineer WALLACE also embarked in  other lines of busi-
               ness, and by carefully watching the de-tails of each, and
               through good management and close appli-cation, he has
               become a successful business man, andone of the leading
               spirits of the city of St. Joseph, to whose growth he has
               contributed no small part of his energies. He had but
               limited educational advantages in his youth, but by self
               instruction and reading, and by coming in contact with the
               world, he has become a well informed man, and his opinions
               are highly respected.
                  He has served the people of St. Joseph creditably in dif-
               ferent public capacities, having served as alderman of the
               city several times, and has been city collector, as well
               as city treasurer. He is a director in the Union Banking
               Company, and has other business connections, carrying on for
               many years an extensive lumber yard, and keeps builders'
               materials in stock, and a line of coal, wood, lath, etc. He
               is a most reliable man in all his business dealings.
                  In February of 1860 MR. WALLACE was married to MISS
               ALICE, a native of Detroit, Mich., and daughter of JAMES
               McMAHON, of Irish nativity, and their union has been
               blessed with the following children: LEWIS D., WILLIAM G.,
               MAUD M., JAMES, ALEXIS J., EDITH A.. ROY F., DUDLEY B.,
               JOHN, JR., and ALICE V. In politics MR. WALLACE is a
               Republican; socially he is a member of Occidental Lodge No.
               56, A. F. & A. M.

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