ELDRIDGE J. WALLACE.

     A modern home in the midst of beautiful grounds, constituting the nucleus of a splendidly developed farm at Wallingford, is the property of Eldridge J. Wallace, who was born at Prospect, New Haven county, December 8, 1854, and comes of the same ancestry as Robert Wallace, in connection with whose sketch on another page of this work mention is made of the early history of the family. His father, John Wallace, was also born in Prospect and was a brother of Robert Wallace, who founded the R. Wallace & Sons Manufacturing Company of Wallingford. John Wallace engaged in match manufacturing and also devoted considerable time to agricultural pursuits. He wedded Nancy A. Tuttle, a daughter of George and Sally (Adkins) Tuttle. She was born in Wallingford but spent the greater part of her life in Prospect. She passed away in Wallingford in September, 1897, having long survived her husband, who died in 1855, when but thirty-five years of age. Mrs. Wallace was the mother of five children: Frances, the wife of George O. Payne; Josephine, the wife of Horace Nettleton; Edward, who died in young manhood; Edgar, a farmer of Prospect; and Eldridge J., of this review.

     In the district schools Eldridge J. Wallace pursued his education and through the period of his boyhood worked upon the home farm and also in a factory. When twenty-two years of age he entered the employ of the R. Wallace & Sons Manufacturing Company and there remained for thirty-three years, employed in various capacities, being assistant superintendent of the Germany silver department for a considerable period. In 1902 he purchased a farm of forty-five acres about two and one-half miles west of Wallingford and in 1909 he resigned his position and took up his abode upon his farm, where he has since resided, devoting his efforts and his energies to the growing of asparagus and peaches. The 1917 crop of asparagus was between seven and eight tons. He has about twelve hundred peach trees upon his place and also an apple orchard of two hundred and seventy-five trees. He has closely studied the best methods of propagating asparagus and also of raising fruit, and his scientific care of his orchards leads to the gathering of large crops annually.

     In Prospect, Connecticut, on the 15th of April, 1877, Mr. Wallace was married to Miss Fannie Ives, a daughter of Willis and Delia Ives, of North Haven. Theirs is an attractive and beautiful residence in the midst of fine grounds and its hospitality is one of its pleasing features. In politics Mr. Wallace is a stanch republican but not an office seeker, preferring to concentrate his time and attention upon his business affairs, which have been wisely and carefully directed and have brought him splendid returns.

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