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A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . earsof age resided in the old HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFXORD. 681 Coming to America with his parents in 1848,William Wallace was educated in the publicschools of Cambridge, Mass. Choosing thenthe independent occupation to which he wasreared, he worked for a number of seasons ona farm in Vermont, but was not at all satis-fied witli his financial returns. Thinking tobetter his condition, he came to the Pacificcoast in the early
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . earsof age resided in the old HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFXORD. 681 Coming to America with his parents in 1848,William Wallace was educated in the publicschools of Cambridge, Mass. Choosing thenthe independent occupation to which he wasreared, he worked for a number of seasons ona farm in Vermont, but was not at all satis-fied witli his financial returns. Thinking tobetter his condition, he came to the Pacificcoast in the early 60s, working his way acrossthe continent, and for several years was en-gaged in freighting from Los Angeles to Ari-zona and Nevada. Locating then in San LuisRey valley, he brought a ranch of one hun-dred acres and embarked in stock-raising. Hesubsequently engaged in mercantile pursuits,having a general store in San Luis Rey, wherehe built up an extensive and lucrative the same time he carried on a substantia!business as a gardener, also paying some at-tention to stock-raising. He was a man ofunquestioned integrity, possessing excellentbusiness tact and ability, and his death, whi
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