Harbird B. Wallace

Harbird B “Bird” Wallace
BIRTH 9 Sep 1813
DEATH 19 Apr 1892 (aged 78)
Cobb County, Georgia, USA
BURIAL
Marietta City Cemetery
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
MEMORIAL ID 59124630 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 4
FLOWERS 2
Marietta Journal, 21 Apr 1892
"Death of Mr. H. B. Wallace
Mr. H. B. Wallace, familiarly known as "Bird" Wallace, died at his home in this place on last Tuesday morning at 4 o'clock. The immediate cause of death was pneumonia. He was in the 79th year of his age. He raised a large family, most of whom, with his widow, survive him to mourn his loss. He came to Marietta about fifty years ago from North Carolina. He was a mason by trade and took large contracts. When the W & A Railroad was being built, he did a large amount of the mason work at points between Atlanta and Chattanooga. Nearly every business house in Marietta was built under his contract. He was a joint contractor in building the rock wall around the National Cemetery, a structure that will remain almost as long as time itself. He built the county court house before the war and after it was burned he contracted for and erected the one now used for this purpose. He was a member of the Methodist Church and acted well his part in life and has now gone to his reward, which the Righteous Judge will give him for his faithfulness and loyalty to His cause."

My research indicates that Harbird B. Wallace was the second of two sons born to James M. Wallace and Martha "Patsy" Eaves in Rutherford County, NC. Family tradition states that he came to Cobb County about 1842. He was certainly there by 1848 when he appears on the tax roll. He married Martha Johnson 20 October 1845 (marriage bond date) in Rutherford County. His siblings were: Toliver Wallace (1809-1882), Elizabeth (Wallace) Bedford (1811-1886), Ellen (Wallace) McEntire (1816-1863), Martha (Wallace) McGinty (1823-1900), Nancy (Wallace) McGinty (ca1825-?) and Ursilla (Wallace) Eaves (ca1829-ca1895).

Gravesite Details
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Family Members
Parents
James Wallace
1784–1860

Martha Patsy Eaves Wallace
1794–1842

Spouse
Martha Wallace
Martha Matilda Johnson Wallace
1830–1907 (m. 1845)

Children
Joseph Wallace
Joseph Paschall Wallace
1846–1885

Martha Young
Martha Ann Wallace Young
1849–1920

Mary Waters
Mary Isabella Wallace Waters
1852–1891

Laura Bedford
Laura V. Wallace Bedford
1854–1902

Donnie Wallace
Donnie Wallace
1859–1873

William Wallace
William M. Wallace
1862–1936

James Wallace
James H. Wallace
1863–1902

John Wallace
John B. Wallace
1865–1931

Grace Venable
Grace N. Wallace Venable
1871–1952

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