Wallace, William H
state legislator, congressman, governor, was born July 17, 1811, in Miami county, Ohio. He was elected to the state legislature of Iowa, and served as speaker and also as president of the state council. He removed to Washington territory in 1853, and served several sessions in the territorial legislature. In 1861 he was appointed governor of Washington territory; and was elected a delegate therefrom to the thirty-seventh congress. He was appointed the first governor of Idaho territory, and was re-elected to the thirty-eighth congress as a delegate from Idaho.
WALLACE, WILLIAM HARVEY LAMB, soldier, was born July 8, 1821, in Urbana, Ohio. He moved to Illinois and practiced law until 1846. He then volunteered as a private in the Mexican war.
He also served with distinction in the civil war, and was made brigadiergeneral of volunteers. He was engaged in the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, and subsequently served a with distinction on the field of Shiloh. He was killed in battle April 10, 1862, in Savannah, Tenn.