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��Hon. Rodney Wallace.
��heart, of which I have witnessed many proofs. I trust that it may be many years before his hfe is taken in any other way than in such an appre- ciative and kindly sketch as you will write of him.
Very tiiily yours,
John D. Long." Washington, D. C, Feburary 7, 1885.
December i, 1853, Mr. Wallace mar- ried Sophia Ingalls, daughter of Thomas Ingalls of Rindge, New Hampshire. She died June 20, 187 1, leaving two sons, Herbert I. Wallace and George R. Wallace. Herbert is a graduate of Harvard in the class of 1877. at the Institute of Boston. They are their father in the management of his business. Decem- ber 28, 1876 Mr. Wallace married Mrs. Sophia F. Bailey of Woodstock, Ver- mont. Mr. Bailey was a member of Con- gress from the district in which Fitch- burg is included. Mrs. Wallace is one of the well-kno\vn Billings family of Woodstock. Mr. Wallace lives in a beautiful house on Prospect street, which is surrounded with beautiful lawns and
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��green-houses which gratify his taste. From his front door he can overlook the city and its varied industries in whose development he has borne so conspicu- ous a part.
We are near the end of a stoiy which it has been a pleasure to tell. Vastly more could be told. A volume of in- cidents could be %vritten. There are precious secrets of every generous and noble man's life which no pen may pro- fane by giving them publicity. These are the choice treasures reserved only for those who know him best, and live nearest his heart. But the writer de- sires, as Mr. Wallace's pastor, to add the testimony of observation and per- sonal knowledge to the rare purity and uprightness of character, to the gener- osity of spirit, to the thoughtful kind- ness, and to the deep and reverent re- gard for spiritual things, of his distin- guished parishioner. As an example of untiring energy, of probity of character, of cleanness of soul, of uprightness of life, of sincerity of purpose, of firmness of moral principle, he may safely be held up as a model for young men.
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