Robert Wallace
Robert Wallace, a prominent citizen and trustee of Marlborough Township, whose farm of 123½ acres is credited with being one if the finest in this section, was born February 2, 1847. m Troy Township, Delaware County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Margaret (Giffin) Wallace.
The parents of Mr. Wallace were born in Scotland and the father came to America when nineteen years of age. and the mother was brought across the Atlantic when she was a child of four years. For a number of years, John Wallace resided in Belmont County, Ohio, coming from there to Troy Township, Delaware County, where he lived until his death, when aged seventy-four years. He was a very successful farmer and was a highly respected man in every relation of life. For a long period he was one of the pillars so to speak, of the Presbyterian Church at Radnor. He gave his political support to the Republican party. His death removed one of Delaware County's valued citizens.
Robert Wallace was reared in Troy Township, and he obtained his education in the district schools, and remained in that section until 1878, when he settled on his present farm in Marlborough Township. His interests here have been largely of an agricultural nature, but during seventeen years, in addition to carrying on his farm, he maintained also a warehouse at Ashley, Ohio, where he engaged in buying grain, hay, seeds and other farm produce. He has also been a very successful stock raiser. While closely attending to his own affairs, Mr. Wallace has always found time, however, to give a good citizen's attention to public matters in his community, and has served both on the School Board and as township trustee.
Mr. Wallace was married (first) to Margaret Klee, who was a native of Marlborough Township. She had two children, namely: Maud F., who married Harry Blair, residing at Ashley, Ohio; and Benjamin F., residing in Brown Township. Delaware County. Mr. Wallace was married (second) to Nettie Lewis, who was born in Oxford Township, Delaware County, and is a daughter of Jerome Lewis. Mrs. Wallace accompanied her parents when they removed from Oxford to Marlborough Township, she at that time being four years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have a beautiful home, the residence being of brick construction and its surroundings exceedingly attractive. Mr. Wallace is a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at West Oxford, Oxford Township, and has been a church official for a considerable period.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908