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1234 Norfolk. In 1872 he was married to Lois Adelia, daughter of John F. Burfoot, of North Carolina, and they have five children living: J. L., Flavins B., Lois Adelia, Ida M. and Eva H.

Alexander Wellington Wallace, of Fredericksburg, a veteran of Gen. M. D. Corse's brigade, army of Northern Virginia, was born at Fredericksburg, August 20, 1843. He is the son of Dr. John Hooe and Mary (Gordon) Wallace. His father was a prominent physician and banker of Fredericksburg. He was educated at an academy in Albemarle county, and began the study of law under John B. Minor at the university of Virginia, prior to the war period. In March, 1862, he entered the Confederate States service as a private in Company C of the Thirtieth regiment Virginia infantry. Throughout the remainder of the war he was identified with the record of this regiment and General Corse's brigade of the division of George E. Pickett, and participated in the campaigns and battles in Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and Pennsylvania. In the rank of fourth corporal he commanded his company, all the other officers having been killed, wounded or captured, on the field of Appomattox, April 9, 1865. In May, 1866, Mr. Wallace, having completed his legal studies, began the practice of law at Fredericksburg, and soon attained prominence in his professional work and on account of his worthy activity in the political field. In 1875 he was elected to the legislature and served one term, then declining re-election. He was a delegate to the national Democratic conventions at St. Louis in 1876 and at Cincinnati in 1880. In 1889 he was elected judge of the corporation court of Fredericksburg, and in 189S was re-elected. His able and impartial service upon the bench has added to the high estimation in which he is held by the community and his many friends throughout the State. Judge Wallace was married in April, 1883, to Victoria B., daughter of Capt. Charles K. Stevens, of Philadelphia. He has been for twenty years a communicant of the Episcopal church and a member of the vestry of St. George's church at Fredericksburg.

Captain Casper Wistear Wallace, of Fredericksburg, a veteran of the Thirtieth regiment, was born at that city June 15, 1834, the son of Dr. John H. Wallace. His education was received at Hanson's academy, of Fredericksburg the Episcopal high school near Alexandria, and the university of Virginia. At the latter institution he gave two years each to the literary and law departments, and was graduated professionally in 1855. During the following six years he devoted himself to the practice of law at his native city and gained an excellent footing as a young attorney. But the impending conflict interrupted his legal career in the spring of 1861, and he enlisted in April, as a private in Company C of the Thirtieth Virginia infantry regiment. He shared the early service of Colonel Harrison's regiment in the department of North Carolina, brigade of Gen. J. G. Walker, with promotion to second lieutenant, and later in the capacity of quartermaster of the regiment. In March, 1862, he was elected captain of Company C, and in that rank he served up to the fall of 1864, participating in the active service of his regiment, including the Seven Days' campaign before Richmond, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor. During the last eight months of the war