Clay County Biographies
GEORGE H. WALLIS
~ farmer and stock-raiser, post office, Liberty ~
When the Mexican War broke out, Mr. Wallis was a young
man about 19 years of age, and had been reared in Clay
county.
Animated by the ardor of youth and the patriotic impulses
which are inherent in every true son of Missouri, he
promptly and gallantly offered himself as a volunteer to
assist at the risk of his life in carrying the flag of
his country down in triumph to the capital of the
Montezuma's.
He became a member of Capt. Moss' company, under COL.
DONIPHAN, and accompanied the old Missouri hero,
Doniphan, throughout all his campaigns in New Mexico and
beyond the Rio Grande in the land of the Cactus Republic.
Mr. Wallis received an honorable discharge with the
balance of his company after the way, at New Orleans, and
came thence to his home in Henry county. From the
hardships and dangers of military life he now took upon
himself the labors and responsibilities of farm life.
He at once went to wkr with energy and resolution, and
soon had the satisfaction of seeing the substantial
evidences of prosperous industry accumulate around him.
In a word, Mr. Wallis made gratifying progress in the
direction of becoming a well-to=do and prominent farmer
and stock-raiser.
In August, 1848, he was married to MISS MARY H. MOSBY, a
daughter of WADE & REBECCA MOSBY, referred to in the
sketch of their son, JOHN H. MOSBY. 7 children have
blessed the married life of Mr. and Mrs. Wallis, but 2 of
these, alas, have been taken away by the merciless hand
of death.
The children living are MARY H., SARAH M., MARGARET J.,
ARTIMESIA, JOHN H., WILLIAM D. and ROBERT H. The two
deceased are GEORGE N., and KATIE. Mrs. W., is a member
of the Christian Church.
Mr. W's farm contains 240 acres, which is well improved.
His residence was erected as a cost of $5,000 and he also
has comfortable and commodious outbuildings. Mr. Wallis
makes a specialty of raising and feeding hogs for the
market, and is quite successful.
In 1854 he was elected justice of the peace of Fishing
River township, and he served in that office for 4 years.
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