CLASS OF 1867

Robert Moore Wallace, formerly chief justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, died April 5 at his home in Milford, N. H., after a long illness.

Judge Wallace was the son of Jonas and Mary (Darling) Wallace, was born in Henniker, N. H., May 2, 1847, and prepared for college at Henniker Academy. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. After graduation he studied law in the office of Mason W. Tappan of Bradford, N. H., and began practice at Milford January 1, 1872, as the partner of United States Senator Bainbridge Wadleigh. In 1879 the latter removed to Boston, and thereafter Mr. Wallace practiced alone. He represented Milford in the legislatures of 1877 and '8, and in the constitutional convention of 1889, and was county solicitor of Hillsborough county from 1883 to 1893.

In April, 1893, he was appointed by Governor Smith associate justice of the Supreme Court of the state. In 1901, upon the establishment of the dual court system, he was transferred to the Superior Court and made its chief justice. Owing to ill health he resigned his position the first of last November,

Before his promotion to the bench Judge Wallace had attained high distinction as a lawyer, excelling as an advocate as well as an examiner. From 1906 to 1911 he served as a trustee of Dartmouth.

August 25, 1874, he was married to Ella M., daughter of Abel F. and Deborah H. Hutchinson of Milford, who survives him. Of their five children, three are living.