John Wallace
1819–1895
Brother of Alfred Russel Wallace. Carpenter and builder in London and Wales. Settled in California, 1849. Engineer and later president of the Tuolumne Water Company, 1851–63. County surveyor of Stockton, 1868–76. Chief engineer, San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad.
Sources
Sal Manna, "Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, evolution and the man after whom the Calaveras county town of Wallace is named", Society for the Preservation of West Calaveras History
westcalaverashistory.org/node/42 (accessed 10 February 2012).
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