On November 25, 1886, Mr. William E. Wallace was united in marriage to Miss Lua Beard, who was born March 29, 1861, and is a daughter of Andrew and Eliza (Headley) Beard. Her paternal grandparents were Thomas and Rachel (Pitzer) Beard, .who were prominent farming people of their day, while her maternal grandparents were Uzal and Elizabeth (Beem) Headley,- the latter a native of Jersey, Ohio. Uzal Headley built the historic Headley Inn, or Five-Mile House, situated on the National road five miles west of Zanesville. There he conducted a hotel business during the stage-coach period and a stone tablet bearing his name can be seen on the front of the building. It was in this house that Mrs. Eliza Beard was born. At a later date Uzal Headley moved with his family to Jackson-town and embarked in the hotel business, which he conducted for a number of years. To Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have been born three children, namely: Emma Mabel and Helen Marie, who are at home; and William Andrew, who is engaged in a general insurance business in Newark, Ohio, having offices in the Newark Trust building. He was married to Miss Cecile Babcock on September 9, 1924, and resides at 213 Fairfield avenue, Newark.

Mrs. Lua Wallace has always been prominent in the club, religious and civic life of her community, and no woman in the locality is better liked or has more warm friends. She has been secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of the Fairmount Presbyterian church since its organization ; was lady assistant steward of the Jacksontown Grange for a number of years; is a prominent member of the Jolly Stitchers Club, in which she has held offices; is a member of Eagon Chapter No. 123, O. E. S., at Hebron, Ohio; and is a leader in all church activities.

(History of Southeastern Ohio and the Muskingum Valley 1788-1928, by Thomas William Lewis, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928)