Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-16
Celebrated Author, Lawyer and
Diplomat Passes Away at
His Home
WROTE THE FAMOUS BEN HuR."
End of Noteworthy Career In Many
Fields of Endeavor-Most Notable
Achievement and One On Which His
Greatest LaureIs Rest Is His Fa-
nous Book.

Charlottesville, Ind, Feb. 16.--Gen-
eral Lew Wallace. author of the great
"Ben-H ur," died last night shortly at
ter o'clock.
General Wallace's death marked re-
lease from suffering protracted over
several months of time. An attack OF
stomach trouble undermined his ro-
bust health and for three years he has
been suffering decline. All his life
q man Of unusual vigor, both mental
and physical, the strain of an aggra-
waited attack of indigestion told severe
ly on. him during the last few weeks
and he became so emanciated that his
appearance alarmed his friends. His
seventy-eight years gave little encour-
agement for his recovery, and after u
brave struggle, the lawyer, soldier and
diplomat and author passed away.
During his long period of Illness and
even toward his last moments, Gener-
al Wallace with steady hand and clear
brain worked on his memoirs a labor
he had been following for some years.
To the Manor Born.
Lewis Wallace was born in Brook
Vile, Franklin county, Ind, April 10,
1927 BY every right of ancestry he
was entitled to the distinction which
he achieved. He was ito the manor
born" his father, David Wallace,
having been elected governor of In
diana in 1897 and to congress in 1912
from the Indianapolis district. The
father was man of strong parts and
illustrious ancestry.
In his youthful days Lewis Wallace
displayed a tendency to neglect the OPP
portunities which his fathers position
gave him. He hated books and schools
and remained at school only SO long as
it was impossible to avoid In this
manner he acquired but little real
foundational education.
Previous to the outbreak of the Mex
lean war Wallace had undertaken the
study of law. When the call for SOL
diers came he was among the first to
enlist. He was not yet 20 years old,
but his services We're so meritorious
that he came back from the war
lieutenant. At the close of the war
he married Susan A. IIlston, widow OF
a pioneer of Charlottesville. Their
tastes were congenial, Mrs. Wallace
herself being an author who achieved
much success in several books which
she has published.
!. Activity in the Civil War.
At the beginning of the civil war
he was appointed adjutant general OF
Indiana and soon after colonel of the
Eleventh Indiana volunteers. He serv-
ed in West Virginia and became brig
adler general of volunteers in Septem-
Der, 1861. He commanded at Donel-
son, was made major general, led
division at Shiloh and prepared the de-
Tense of Cincinnati in 1863, saving
the city from capture by General Ed
mund Kirby Smith. Later he COM
manded the middle department and the
Eighth army corps. In 1864 he inter-
cepted the march of General Jubal A.
Early, in Washington, fought the bat
tie of Monocacy and saved Washing
ton from capture. Lew Wallace was
q member of the court that tried the
assassins of Lincoln.
One Of the most important events
in the career of General Wallace was
the period Immediately following the
close of the civil war, when he was
sent to Mexico as the secret agent of
the government to aid the Mexicans
In their fight against the French under
Aaximilian