BORN IN: Salem, Mass.
DIED: 12/28/1898
AGED: 73
CAUSE OF DEATH: Broncho-Pneumonia
DEATH LOCATION: Mayfield
OCCUPATION: Attorney
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CURRENT EVENTS:- 1831 Reaper (Cyrus McCormick)
- 1836 Revolver (Samuel Colt)
- 1845 Texas annexed into U.S.
- 1846 Mexican-American War
- 1849 California Gold Rush
- 1850 California became the 31st State
- 1860 The Pony Express
- 1861 Abraham Lincoln elected President
- 1861 American Civil War
- 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated
- 1866 Ku Klux Klan
- 1869 National Woman Suffrage Assoc.
- 1871 The Great Chicago Fire
- 1876 Telephones (Alexander Graham Bell)
- 1876 Baseball's National League
- 1877 Phonograph (Thomas Edison)
- 1879 Light Bulb (Thomas Edison)
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OBITUARY ---------------JUDGE WALLIS
Redwood City Democrat
January 5, 1899
Judge Wallis, a pioneer of California, died Wednesday morning at Mayfield, where he had resided many years. He was born in Salem, Mass. And was 73 years of age. He leaves a widow and four children: Talbot H. Wallis, Mrs. Bounds, Mrs. Josephine Ingalls and Wm A. Wallis. Deceased was well known in this city.
Judge Wallis was admitted to the bar in 1855 and has been recognized as one of the most able and active men in the legal profession. He has always taken an active interest in public affairs, having been a State Senator, and in early days one of Santa Clara County’s Associate Judges. He was a member of the Free Soil Convention that nominated Van Buren and Adams.
The interment took place at Union Cemetery, this City, Friday.
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