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WALLIS, James
WALLIS, James. (Middleton-In-Teasdale, England, Sept. 25, 1813--Dubuque, IA, Dec. 31, 1898). Merchant. Wallis came to America in 1842; he spent one year in Ohio, and, in 1843, came to Dubuque;. He was involved in MINING for some years, then went to Mineral Point, Wisconsin where he had charge of a furnace and sold exchange for James Carter & Co., bankers of Galena.
He returned to Dubuque and took charge of a merchant flouring-mill at ROCKDALE for several years. In 1862 he entered the mercantile business and became a member of the wholesale dry-goods house of John Bell & Company, wholesale dealers in dry goods and notions at 445 Main Street.
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Source:
The History of Dubuque County. Chicago: Western Historical Press. 1880
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