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- SOURCE: HISTORY OF OUTAGAMIE COUNTY
Anthony Wallace was born in Ireland, August 15, 1825. Mr. Wallace came to the United States when about twenty years of age, landing at New York City and working on the old Vanderbilt Estate. Later he came west and settled in Michigan, but after a short time came to Outagamie County, Wisconsin and purchased land in Ellington Township which he claimed from the timber and cultivated into an excellent farm, adding from time to time to his acreage. He lived on this property until three years before his death, when he retired and moved to the home of his son Anthony, and there he died August 6, 1907 at the age of of 82 years. He married Mary McKeefry, who was born in Ohio, March 4, 1837, her parents having located in that state after coming from Ireland, and later moved to Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace had six sons and three daughters. The children were as followed; KATHERINE, May 4, 1860; THOMAS, April 27, 1862; JOHN,March 21, 1864; JAMES, April 11, 1866; MARY, October 5, 1868; ANTHONY, November 23, 1870; PATRICK, April 24, 1872; JANE, November 3, 1875; and MICHAEL, June 6, 1878.
SOURCE: APPLETON EVENING CRESCENT OBITUARY
Monday August 12, 1907
THE DEATH OF AGED PIONEER
ANTHONY WALLACE, WHO LIVED IN THIS COUNTRY 55 YEARS, DIED AUGUST 6, 1907
Anthony Wallace, aged 82 years, an old and highly respected pioneer, of Outagamie County, died at the home of his son, Anthony Wallace, in Ellington, on Tuesday, August 6, from heart disease and old age; he had been confined to his bed for four weeks.
Mr. Wallace was born in Ireland in 1825, came to America while still a young man. In 1855 he came to Wisconsin, where he settled on a farm in Ellington on which he lived until his death.
He is survived by his aged wife and six children, Mrs. Louis Nichols, Patrick, Anthony, Michael and Jane of Ellington and John of San Jose, California.
The funeral was held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock from the Catholic Church at Stephensville.
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1825 - 1907 (81 years)