James A. Wallace
James A. Wallace was born in Estill County on August 5, 1867. He was educated in the local public schools, including the Estill Seminary or Estill Collegiate, and had four terms in the Kentucky State College at Lexington (now the University of Kentucky).
Leaving college in 1888, he spent two years as manager of the local mills and camps along the Kentucky River for the Asher Lumber Company. For another two years he was the storekeeper and gauger for the United States internal revenue department. .James then became the Circuit Court Clerk of Estill County, in 1891, at the age of 24. James served two terms as Clerk for a total of 12 years of service.
In 1905, James established the Farmers Bank of Estill County, which later consolidated with the W.T. B. Williams Bank and another bank to become the Union Bank & Trust Company. James was president of the Oleum Refining Company of Pryse, Kentucky, and for twenty years a prominent merchant in Estill County, at one time operating as many as five stores in the county.
James was chairman of the Republican County Committee of Estill County for sixteen years. He was an alternate for the state at large to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia. He was a delegate to the convention in Chicago when Taft was nominated in 1908, representing the Tenth Kentucky District. In the notable triumph of the Republican Party in the state election of 1919, he was chosen State Treasurer, and began his official term of four years, January 1, 1920. He ran for the office of State Auditor in 1927 and lost by a few votes.
In 1902, at Winchester, Kentucky, he married Mrs. Hattie B. Clay Hardwick, who died, May 10, 1903. On May 29, 1908, in Louisville, Mr. Wallace married Mrs. Olive (Price) Breeding, daughter of David and Lucy A.( Brandenburg) Price. In this union, they had two children: James A. Jr., born January 11, 1911 and Mary Elizabeth, born July 10, 1916.
James A. Wallace is laid to rest in the Oakdale Cemetery in Irvine.
Leaving college in 1888, he spent two years as manager of the local mills and camps along the Kentucky River for the Asher Lumber Company. For another two years he was the storekeeper and gauger for the United States internal revenue department. .James then became the Circuit Court Clerk of Estill County, in 1891, at the age of 24. James served two terms as Clerk for a total of 12 years of service.
In 1905, James established the Farmers Bank of Estill County, which later consolidated with the W.T. B. Williams Bank and another bank to become the Union Bank & Trust Company. James was president of the Oleum Refining Company of Pryse, Kentucky, and for twenty years a prominent merchant in Estill County, at one time operating as many as five stores in the county.
James was chairman of the Republican County Committee of Estill County for sixteen years. He was an alternate for the state at large to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia. He was a delegate to the convention in Chicago when Taft was nominated in 1908, representing the Tenth Kentucky District. In the notable triumph of the Republican Party in the state election of 1919, he was chosen State Treasurer, and began his official term of four years, January 1, 1920. He ran for the office of State Auditor in 1927 and lost by a few votes.
In 1902, at Winchester, Kentucky, he married Mrs. Hattie B. Clay Hardwick, who died, May 10, 1903. On May 29, 1908, in Louisville, Mr. Wallace married Mrs. Olive (Price) Breeding, daughter of David and Lucy A.( Brandenburg) Price. In this union, they had two children: James A. Jr., born January 11, 1911 and Mary Elizabeth, born July 10, 1916.
James A. Wallace is laid to rest in the Oakdale Cemetery in Irvine.