Past and present of the city of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois . incorporated as a city,^luch of the land in the county was consideredworthless because of its swampy condition andthe sale price was very low. Robert Wallace,however, secured his claim and began farming,which occupation he followed for the remainderof his life. He became the owner of an exten-sive tract of land and as the county became morethickly settled this rose in value. He served aspostmaster for a number of years of the town ofBloom, now a part of Chicago Heights, and therehe died in 1885, when more than seventy-fi
Past and present of the city of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois . incorporated as a city,^luch of the land in the county was consideredworthless because of its swampy condition andthe sale price was very low. Robert Wallace,however, secured his claim and began farming,which occupation he followed for the remainderof his life. He became the owner of an exten-sive tract of land and as the county became morethickly settled this rose in value. He served aspostmaster for a number of years of the town ofBloom, now a part of Chicago Heights, and therehe died in 1885, when more than seventy-fiveyears of age. In his family were ten children,but S. W. Wallace and one sister are the onlyones now living. S. W. Wallace, spending his boyhood daysunder the parental roof, pursued his education inthe public schools and in his boyhood aided inthe work of the farm, gaining a practical knowl-edge of all the duties and labors that fall to thelot of the agriculturist. He was engaged infarming until twenty years of age, when helearned tlie trade of wagon-making, which he.
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