The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-09-23
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Succumbs After a Long HI
ness IF Bright s Disease
and Dropsy

H.
man Of ciarksburg. Is dead. After !.
Elong and valiant fight during wh.c,
he displayed remarkable vitality ana
Extraordinary recuperative power
the disease which kept him for sew.
eral months upon bed OF, pair
finally conquered and his spirit pass
ed into the Great Beyond Tuesda,
morning at 3:o'clock at his HON.
pm Chestnut street.
The end came quickly and peace.
fully to Col. Wallis. He passed q
fairly comfortable night Tuesday and
slept the greater part OF the night
A few minutes before 8 o'clock he
awakened and asked for a drink Of
water James. the faithful colored
nurse who attended him, handed
him the glass and as he did SO. he
noticed that the patient was breathing
heavily and seemed very pale. Mrs.
Wallis was called from her bed, but
by the time she reached her hns-
bands bedside, he had succumbed !.
|IBright's disease complicated with
dropsical trouble, was the cause OF
death.
A Native Of England.
Thomas Townsend Wallis was a
native Englishman. having been born
at Rochdale. England, in December.
1S4s. the son OF Edward and
Mary MarsdeH Wallis. He was
born in the house OF John
Bright. the noted English ora
tor and statesman. When only three
yeai, old he came with his parents
to the United States and the family
settled in Baltimore. Md, where the
decedent was reared and schoolel
and where he frst engaged in bust
ness. :, {,
Various business enterprises occu-
pied Mr.. Walliss attention in Balti-
more and he soon gained prominence
as an active, energetic young BUSH
ness man and won the lasting friend
ship of many of thu leading business
men and citizens OF thatscfty.
A Pioneer Wholesaler.
In 1871 Mr.. Wallis came to
Clarksburg and engaged in the
Wholesale business. He. was one of
the pioneers in opening and building
up the commission business in CEN
trail West Virginia. He sent repre-
sentatives throughout the central
section Of the state. and had his
goods delivered by wagon ito many
points now reached by the railroad
and otbe, rmodern means of transpor-
tation. Col. Wallis retired from the
commission business after having
been engaged in it for number OF
years. He was quite successful in
that business and after retiring be-
came identified with other business
enterprises. He was substantial,
Iactive business man OF the progress.
size sort and always took leading
part in building up the commerce
and industry of the city.
| In Various Enterprises.
AT the time of his death Col Wal
lis was vice president of the Brown
Forman Company. leading bust.
ness concern Of Louisville. KY, and
director Of the Empire National
Bank. the Clarksburg Ice & Storage
Company, the West Virginia Central
Agricultural; and Mechanical Society,
OF which he was president during two
OF the society's most successful years,
its success being due to a great ex-
tent to his constructive ideas during
his administration; and he was a
stockholder of several other bust
ness concerns of this and two or
three other West Virginia cities.
Married Miss Steel.
September Il. 1864. Colonel Wal.
lis married Miss Nora A. Steel, the
eldest daughter Of Samuel R. and
Margaret Steel, we'll known residents
of clarksburg. TO this union there
were born Ave children. all Of whom
are. living, namely. Edward Steel
Wallis. William Turner Wallis, Nina
Margaret Wallis. the wife of A. G.
Patton, a leading attorney of Par
kersburg; Nina Wallis. the wife Of
Writ Lewis, OF this city: ana For
man Brown Wallis, Of GalIipolis.
o., who is connected with the Point
Pleasant Grocery. Co., of Pt. Pleas
ant. this State The mother of thess
children died IN March. 1892.
Takes Second Wife.
Col. Wallis afterward married Miss
Margaret A. Steel, also dughter Of
Mr.. ana Mrs. Samuel R. Steel. and
to them I'VE children were born. a
follows: George Marsden Wallis,
Thomas townsend Wallis, Jr., who
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