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Thomas Wally
THOMAS WALLY, general farmer and well known resident of Perry township,
Armstrong county, Pa., was born on the Wally homestead in Perry township
Sept., 29, 1838, and is a son of John and Charlotte (Truby) Wally.Thomas Wally, his paternal grandfather, was a pioneer in what is now
Fairview township, Butler county, Pa. His wife was named Rachel Hanes.John Wally, son of Thomas Wally, settled in Perry township, Armstrong
county, Pa., in 1834 cleared and improved a farm of 100 acres with the
assistance of his older sons, and died on this farm in 1885, in his
seventy-third year. This property is now owned by James M. Wally, brother of
Thomas Wally. John Wally married Charlotte Truby, daughter of Jacob and Mary
Ann (Lauffer) Truby.Thomas Wally attended the district schools in boyhood when opportunity
offered and has followed farming more or less all his life. He has owned and
occupied his present farm of 150 acres since 1886. For thirty years he was
employed in the Pennsylvania oil fields as a carpenter and a rig and tank
builder, and was considered a very competent workman. Politically he is a
Democrat and an influential one in Perry township, where his fellow citizens
have frequently elected him to public offices, the duties of which he has
discharged with efficiency. He has acceptably served as assessor, auditor, tax
collector and school director.On Dec. 16, 1860, Thomas Wally was married to Sarah A. Crawford, a daughter
of William and Jemima (Burford) Crawford, who were among the early settlers in
this township. Mr. and Mrs. Wally have had twelve children, eleven of which
grew to maturity: James C.; Perry L.; Alexander; Mackwith M.; Olive M., who is
deceased; William C.; Rebecca; Charlotte F.; John; Jane, who is the wife of
Albert A. Calhoun; and Thomas O. Mr. Wally is a progressive and well informed
farmer, and is a member of Armstrong Grange, No. 1234.Source: Pages , Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present,
J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed February 1999 by Nanci Michalkiewicz for the Armstrong County
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