George Benjamin Wallace
Birth Date
On 1817 February 16 (Born)
Death Date
On 1900 January 30 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Epson, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
1817 February 16
Mother
Mary True
Father
John Wallace
Married
Melissa Mandana King
1840 February 13 (Age 23)
Baptized
1842 December (Age 25)
Called as Captain to
Abraham O. Smoot/George B. Wallace Company (1847)
1847 June 18 – September 29 (Age 30)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Traveling Group
Melissa Mandana King (Age 24)
Mary Melissa Wallace (Age 0)
Date Details
On 1847 June 18
Joined Company
Between 1847 September 25 – 29
Company Arrived
Served in
British Mission
1849 October 19 – 1852 August 14 (Age 32)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Deseret, United States
Date Details
On 1849 October 19
Departed from Home
On 1852 August 14
Arrived at Home
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1852)
1852 May 23 (Age 35)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
On 1852 May 23
Joined Company
Circa 1852
Company Arrived
Married
Hannah Davis
1852 October 15 (Age 35)
Married
Martha Davis
1852 October 15 (Age 35)
Married
Lydia Davis
1852 October 15 (Age 35)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1869 October 10 – 1870 March 29 (Age 52)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Joseph Young
Set Apart By
Joseph Young
Date Details
On 1869 October 10
Set Apart
On 1870 March 29
Released
Died in Granger, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1900 January 30 (Age 83)
Media
George Benjamin Wallace (1817 - 1900) Profile
George Benjamin Wallace (1817 - 1900)
Sources
Person
Diary 1850-1852
Diary 1850-1852.
Diary 1855 Missionary Journal
Diary 1855 Missionary Journal.
Diary 1869-1870
Diary 1869-1870.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 19 October 1849.
Millennial Star
"Addresses (of missionaries)", Millennial Star, 13, (1 February 1851), 3. Page 48.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1869, Vol. 2, Page 15, Line 585.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1869, Vol. 1, Page 14, Line 585.
Pioneer
Cache Valley historical material, circa 1955
Cache Valley historical material, circa 1955, Item 57, Reel 4, Page 18-31.
Transcript for George Washington Hill collection in Cache Valley Historical Material, circa 1955, reel 4, item 57, 18-31
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
"Ezra T. Benson's 100, report", Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, (24 September 1849), Page 1-8.
Coalville Times
"Local Briefs", Coalville Times, (2 February 1900), Page 8.
DESERET Evening News
"Elder's Correspondence: Extract from a letter from F. D. Richards to the Editor", DESERET Evening News, (12 June 1852), Page 2.
George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company journal
George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company journal, June.
Transcript for George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company journal, 1847 June-September
Haskell, Thales Hastings, Autobiography, 1867
Haskell, Thales Hastings, Autobiography, 1867.
Transcript for Haskell, Thales Hastings, Autobiography, 1867
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 21 June 1847, Page 38.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 21 June 1847, Page 29.
James Smithies diary, 1846-1859
James Smithies diary, 1846-1859.
Transcript for James Smithies diary, 1846-1859, 3A-6A, 6B-19A
Peter Olsen Hansen papers, circa 1869-1893, Journal, circa 1876, 67-69
Peter Olsen Hansen papers, circa 1869-1893, Journal, circa 1876, 67-69.
Transcript for Peter Olsen Hansen papers, circa 1869-1893, Journal, circa 1876, 67-69
Pomeroy, Irene to Ophelia M. Andrews
Pomeroy, Irene to Ophelia M. Andrews, 5 March 1848.
Transcript for Pomeroy, Irene to Ophelia M. Andrews, 5 Mar. 1848, in Letters, court orders, and documents pertaining to the Saints in Missouri
Smoot, Abraham O., "Early Experience of A. O. Smoot," in Early Scenes in Church History, Eighth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series [1882], 25
Smoot, Abraham O., "Early Experience of A. O. Smoot," in Early Scenes in Church History, Eighth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series [1882], 25.
Transcript for Smoot, Abraham O., "Early Experience of A. O. Smoot," in Early Scenes in Church History, Eighth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series [1882], 25
Woodruff, James Jackson, Mary Ann Jackson Woodruff biographical sketch
Woodruff, James Jackson, Mary Ann Jackson Woodruff biographical sketch, April.
Transcript for Woodruff, James Jackson, Mary Ann Jackson Woodruff biographical sketch 1917 Apr., 1-2
Woolley, John Mills, Reminiscences [ca. 1851], 71-74
Woolley, John Mills, Reminiscences [ca. 1851], 71-74.
Transcript for Woolley, John Mills, Reminiscences [ca. 1851], 71-74
