Notes for Chamer H. WALLIS

Notes for Chamer H. WALLIS Doug & Nancy Russell's Homepage

Notes for Chamer H. WALLIS

History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin,
F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. p. 206. [Cadiz Precinct]
C. H. WALLIS was born July 3, 1827, in Trigg County, about three miles
south of Cadiz. He is the eldest of nine children born to William and
Elizabeth (Wallis) Wallis. The father was born in South Carolina, February
2, 1802. He came to Trigg County, in 1824, and now lives on the farm where
he first settled. The mother was born April 30, 1809, in Trigg County.
She died in 1849, and was buried on their farm. Our subject was brought up
on his father's farm. There he remained till [sic] the age of twenty, when
he removed to the Cumberland River; there he worked at the carpenter's
trade about five years. In 1852, he went to Christian County, where he was
overseer of a plantation about ten years. He then returned to Trigg
County, and worked about three and one-half years in a still-house. In
1865, he removed to his present locality, and operated a wheel-wright shop,
and has since been engaged at this business; he has also been toll-keeper
at this point since coming here. Mr. Wallis was married in 1847, to
Caroline Stokes. She was born in Tennessee; she died in 1877, aged
forty-seven. They had a family of fourteen children, seven of whom are
now living. Mr. Wallis is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.

| HOME | EMAIL | SURNAMES |