Charles L. Wallace ^{1 2}

  Research Notes:

3rd son

From History of Long Island, vol. III, , pp. 95-96:

"Charles L. Wallace, editor of the 'South Side Observer' of Rockville Center, Long Island, was born in Ponsonby, Ontario, December 13, 1855, a son of Donald and Harriet (Lasby) Wallace. His paternal grandparents were George and Margaret Wallace, who were natives of Scotland, and his maternal grandparents were Charles and Mary Lasby, natives of England. Donald Wallace, father of Charles L. Wallace, was born in Ross-shire, Scotland, February 14, 1816, from whence he emigrated to Caracas, South America, and thence to Ontario, and he subsequently removed to Pasadena, California. He was a farmer by occupation, but was also engaged for a time as a manufacturing chemist. In 1838 he was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Lasby, who was born in London, England, in 1822; nine children were born to them, namely: John D., Lavinia M., George, Charles L., Albert J. Francis S., Matilda H., Alexander H. and Mary A. Wallace.

"Charles L. Wallace, third son of Donald and Harriet Wallace, acquired his education in the public schools of his native place, and at Rockwood Academy. In 1873 he came to Rockville Center, where he learned the trade of printer, and soon possessed a thorough knowledge of the art. In 1875 he bought an interest in and became the editor of the 'Sourh Side Observer,' being then but nineteen years of age, the youngest editor in New York state. He and his brother George still own the paper. In addition to this work, he began about twenty years ago in the real estate business in Rockville Center, Freeport and vicinity; this has proven very succewssful, and he has been instrumental in locating hundreds of families in the south side villages between Rockaway and Babylon. He has also sold many large tracts of land to companies, and it wsa through his efforts that Randall & Miller, who have built up Freeport, came to invest there. He established the first bank at Far Rockaway, under the name of Wallace, Smith & Company, and was also one of the organizers and is one of the directors of the Rockville Center Bank and the Freeport Bank. He assisted in the organization of the Freeport Land Company, and has served as a director and as one of the executive committee from its beginning.

"Fraternally Mr. Wallace is a Mason and Odd Fellow. He was a charter member and acted as the first treasurer of the Odd Fellows lodge of Freeport, is also a member of the Legion of Honor, of the Foresters, and the Lincoln Club; he is also a member of the Fire Department. Politically he is an adherent of the Republican party; he has never sought public favor, but has served for a number of years on the school board, and has been an examiner of the state regents school. He was selected as one of the building committee of the Methodit Episcopal Church, of Freeport, in which he and his family attend divine worship.

"October 1, 1879, at Merrick, Long Island, Mr. Wallace was united in marriage to Miss Emily E. Smith, daughter of Carman Smith, who was born on the ancestral homestead settled by the 'Rock' Smith family, whose first representatives in this country came from England to Stamford, Connecticut, and thence to Merrick in 1654. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace are the parents of two sons, Roy Smith, who is a student in Harvard, and Clyde Carman, who is attending Pratt's Institute, Brooklyn."

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From History of Long Island, vol. III, p. 114 :

"George Wallace is descended from a Scotch family which has contributed members to every honorable and useful walk of life. His father, Donald Wallace, a native of Scotland, born in 1816, recently died in California, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. He reared a family of nine children, all but one of whom are living and occupying excellent business and social positions. The youngest son, a member of Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders' regiment, lost his life in the Spanish-American war. The eldes, John D., has long been a promient business man and a leader in Republican councils in North Dakota, and is now the county judge of Pembina county; Charles L. is editor of the leading Republican newspaper in Nassau county, at Rockville Center, also a promient operator in real estate. Albert J. and Frank S., as the firm of Wallace Bros., are at the head of large business enterprises at Los Angeles, Pasadena and elsewhere in California. Lavinia M. is the wife of R. H. Young, editor of the 'Methodist Herald,' of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Matilda H. is the wife of the Rev. James Healy, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman filling a pastorate in Southern California; and Mary A. is wife of S. Frank Johnson, a banker at Pasadena, California."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Moved: to Rockville Center, 1873, New York, United States.

• Residence, 1903, Nassau, New York, United States.

Charles married Emily E. Smith, daughter of Carman Smith and Unknown, on 1 Oct 1879 in Merrick, Long Island, [Nassau, ] New York, United States.