Wallace, Benjamin John, D.D., an eminent Presbyterian divine, was born at Erie, Pa., June 10, 1810. He made a profession of religion when in his twelfth year; received an appointment of a cadetship to the West Point Military Academy. N.Y., in 1827; graduated at the Princeton (N..).) Theological Semi- nary in 1832; was licensed by tlie Donegal Presbytery the same year; ordained by the Muhlenburg Presbytery as pastor of the Church at Russellville, Ky., in 1834; be- came pastor of the Church at York, Pa., in 1837; was elected professor of languages in Newark College, Del., in 1846, where he was faithful as an instructor; chosen editor of the Piesbyieriun Quarterly Review in 1852, and for ten years he sustained it with great ability. This was the most important labor of his life. Much of the interest of the Review was created by his own ar- ticles. In all his reviews of books and editorials there were an earnestness, a vivacity, and a freshness that made them readable, and some were marked by great elo- ipience and power. He wrote all the book-notices dur- ing the ten years of his editorial charge, and forty-one articles on various subjects. He published two single Sermons, and was a contributor to the Bihliotheca Sticra, etc. He died July 25, 1802. See Wilson, Presh. Hist. A Imanac, 1863, p. 311 : Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. Authors, S.V.; Presh. Quar. Rev. Oct,'l862, p. 284-305. (J. L. S.)
Wallace, Cranmore, a clergyman of the Protes- tant p4jiscopal Church, was born in Ackworth, N. H., Feb. 27, 1802. Mr. W. was educated at Dartmouth College, graduating in 1824, and engaged for a short time in teaching at Boston and other towns in Massa- chusetts. As early as 1830 he removed to South Caro- lina, where for the first ten years of his residence he was the principal of the Cheraw Academy'. Here he began the study of theology; became principal of the South Carolina Male School, Charleston; was ordained deacon in 1836, and priest a year thereafter. His early clerical labors were spent as a missionary in the upper part of the state, after which he became rector of St. David's Church, Cheraw. Subsequently he was in charge of the parishes of St. James, James's Island; St. John's, Berkeley ; and in 1848 he accepted an in- vitation to St. Stephen's Chapel, in Charleston. He was also rector of the Church Home, and was for many years secretary' of the Diocesan Convention and a member of the standing committee of the diocese. He died in Charleston, Feb. 3, 1860. See A mer. Quar. Church Rev. 1860, p. 181.
"Wallace, George "W., a minister of the Baptist denomination, was born at Berkeley, Mass., Feb. 19, 1814. At the age of sixteen he professed his faith in Christ, and united with the Free Baptist Church in Pawt ticket, R. I. In 1836 he was licensed to preach by the Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting. For several years, such was the state of his health that he was able to preach only occasionally. During this time he im- proved his mind by study, and thus prepared himself for more extensive usefulness. He was ordained at Rehoboth, Jlass., Aug. 23, 1848. The churches of which he was pastor were at Hebronville, Rehoboth, and Far- inmiville, ]\Iass. ; Georgiaville and Apponaug, R. I. ; East Killingly, Conn. ; and in one or two other places. His ministry in Apponaug, from 1870 to 1877, was one of marked success. When his age and failing health com- pelled him to retire from his pastoral work, he returned to his native village, where he spent the remainder of his life, with the exception of the last few months. He died in Providence, R. I., Sept. 11, 1880. See obituary notice in the Providence Journal. (J. C. S.)
"Wallace, Henry C, a jMethodist Episcopal min- ister, was born in Winchester, 111., Nov. 5, 1832. He
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was converted in his nineteenth year, and in 1858 join- ed the Illinois Conference and was a|)p<)inted to Ikitler- ville. The next year he was disuontiiuied. In 18Co he was again received and filled the following charges: Petershurgh and Athens, Sangamon, Springfield Cir- cuit, Petersburgh, Pawnee, Girard, Whitehall, White- hall Circuit, Topeka, and Sangamon Circuit, where he (lied, Sept. 29, 1876. Mr. Wallace was a man of great faith, earnest consecration, and exemplary life. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1876, p. 144.
"Wallace, James, embarked in November, 1845, as a Wesleyan missionary for the island of Ceylon, which he reached in safety. In June, 1846, he was driven out to sea while on his way from Jaifna to Bat- ticaloa, and for six days suffered great privations and dangers in a small craft in the Bay of Bengal. From the effects of this exposure he never appears to have recovered. He died at Colombo, April "21, 1847, deeply regretted by those who had witnessed his zeal for the conversion of India. See Minutes of Wtsleyan Confer- ences, 1847.
"Wallace, John (l),a Methodist Episcopal minis- ter, was born in North Carolina in 1766. He spent the early part of "nis life in ignorance and wickedness; was converted at the age of twenty-six; received license as a local preacher two years later; labored with ac- ceptance in that capacity about twenty-ft)ur years; and in 1818 joined the Missouri Conference, and work- ed with success Yincennes and Patoka circuits. In 1821 he united with the Ohio Conference and served on Blue River Circuit until his death, Aug. 27, 1822. Mr. Wallace was not a brilliant speaker, yet substan- tial and powerful. The law and the promises were his great themes. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1824. p. 424.