[p. 856] who owns and resides upon a farm of 140 acres in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, located on the Small's Ferry road, eight miles west of New Castle, comes of a prominent old family of that vicinity. He was born on the home farm, January 1, 1880, and is a son of John H. and Lizzie J. (Patterson) Wallace.
James Wallace, grandfather of J. Clifford, was the first of the family to locate in Lawrence County, and was an important figure in North Beaver Township in the early days. He was born in Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, which village was founded by his father, Thomas Wallace, who was of Irish descent, and had come to Franklin County at a very early period. The town of Waynesboro was originally known by the name of Wallace. James Wallace was a young man when he left his native county for North Beaver Township, and there followed farming during most of his active career, and also for some years he conducted a store at Hillsville, and became postmaster about the year 1830 or 1831. He located upon the farm now owned by his grandson, J. Clifford Wallace, about the year 1848. He was three times married, his first union being with Margaret Adair, by whom he had five children. He was next married to Margaret Patterson, and they became parents of four children, as follows: Elizabeth Hasson; Margaret; Alice, who died when a child; and John H. Mrs. Wallace died in 1852, and her husband married for his third wife, Sarah Vanderbilt. His death occurred in 1871.
John H. Wallace was born on the same farm as his son, January 30, 1852, and there was successfully engaged in farming all his life. He died October 1, 1901, and his death was mourned as a loss to the community in which he had lived so many years, and where his friends were reckoned by the number of his acquaintances. He was joined in marriage with Miss Lizzie J. Patterson who was born and reared in North Beaver Township, and was a daughter of James Patterson, who was born and always lived on the farm on which he died, located about one and a half miles south of Mt. Jackson. He bore the rank of major in the State Militia of Pennsylvania. He married Nancy Douglass, who was born and reared on the old Douglass farm in North Beaver and was a daughter of George Douglass. Major Patterson was a son of John Patterson, who came to the township from near Baltimore, Md., and was of Irish parentage. John H. and Lizzie J. (Patterson) Wallace became parents of two children, a daughter, in March, 1878, who died in infancy; and a son, J. Clifford, who owns and farms the old home place. Religiously, Mr. Wallace was a member of the Westfield Presbyterian Church.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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