WALLACE, Peter

Date of birth:  About 1836 – Scotland
Date of death: 20 Mar 1890 – Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 28, 1890,
Volume XXX Number 40, page 1 column 6

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Perry [sic] Wallace, of Edinburg, died at his home in that city on Thursday night of last week. Mr. Wallace was engaged in the merchant tailoring business in Edinburg and was a leading business man. His funeral took place on Sunday, the Odd Fellows conducting the burial.

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Notes: The 1870 & 1880 US Federal Censuses for Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana record Peter Wallace, tailor, born about 1838 in Scotland.
The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 220, referencing Book H-16, page 30, records that Peter Wallace, a fifty-four-year-old white male, died 20 Mar 1890 in Edinburg.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson