WALLACE, Harrison B. - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Harrison B. Wallace, one of the best known men in Tippecanoe county, died Thursday night from a complication of diseases at 10:25 o’clock at the family residence 1007 Union street, Lafayette. Mr. Wallace was the only son of James and Esther Wallace, of Shawnee Mound, and w T as born there June 18, 1855. He was married November 9, 1881, to Mary J. Byers, who died seven years ago. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ferdinand M. Hawthorne, of Pittsburg, Pa , and Miss Loretta M. Wallace, of Lafayette. a granddaughter, Elizabeth Wallace Hawthorne and one sister, Mrs. George O. Julian, of Lafayette. He was a kind and loving father and brother and will be greatly missed by his immediate family. Mr. Wallace was member of the Methodist church, first at Odell, but when he moved to Lafayette ten years ago, he transferred his membership to Trinity M. E. church, He was a member of the Knights of Pythias at New Richmond, of the B. P, O. E. and Lincoln club of Lafayette, in all of which organizations he was greatly interested and had many friends whose friendship he enjoyed, especially during his illness of three years. Previous to his residence in Lafayette he was engaged in farming near Shawnee Mound and was a successful and useful citizen in the community. The funeral services were held at the family residence in Lafayette at 1:80 o’clock Saturday afternoon with Rev. E. W. Dunlavy and Geo. W. Switzer officiating. The interment was made in the Wheeler Grove cemetery near Shawnee Mound. – kbz

Source: New Richmond Record 6 Aug 1914 p 1

he will of the late Harrison B. Wallace was filed for probate Thursday. It was drawn on September 30,1912, and was witnessed by C. A. West and 0. V. McAdams. It decrees that 142 acres of land in Jackson township shall go to his daughter, Loretta M. Wallace, and that 160 acres in the same township shall go to his daughter, Elsie Wallace Hawthorne. Loretta M. Wallace also receives $2,250. A sum of $500 is left in trust with Loretta M. Wal lace to be invested, and the profits are to be expended in buying flowers to decorate the graves of her grandfather, James M. Wallace, and her grandmother, Esther Wallace, and her mother, Mary J. Wallace, and the grave of the decedent. The balance of the property, personal and real, is to be divided between the two daughters, share and share alike. The will specifies that Loretta M. Wallace is to act as executrix and is to act without giving bond. —Lafayette Journal.