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George C. Wallace

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George C. Wallace

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
4 Aug 1848 (aged 1 month)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot
C-71
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The very first interment in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. His sister, Mary, who shares this grave with her brother, was the second burial here. Prior to the deaths of the Wallace children, those who passed away in the Old Fort were laid to rest in a burial ground just to the east of the Fort, as the people were reluctant to venture far from the Fort due to troubles with local Indians. With the spring and summer of 1848, the expansion of the Mormon settlement within the Salt Lake Valley had begun in a big way, and it soon became obvious that the community would soon surround the burial ground, and thusly it's days as an active cemetery were numbered as the community would wish it's cemetery to be able to grow as the community grew, and this the Pioneer cemetery could not do. So, when poor little George breathed his last, his father set out to find another place to bury him. The father went out to a hillside a mile or so from the Fort, and there George B. Wallace laid his infant son to rest. When daughter Mary died shortly thereafter (Sept. 27, 1848), she was buried with her brother. Later, when community leaders started looking for a spot for a new cemetery, Mr. Wallace told them of his actions, and they set out for the site which the city Fathers quickly agreed was an excellent spot for a new cemetery- and thusly the Salt Lake City Cemetery began. It would soon become the favored burial spot for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as many future Church leaders would be laid to rest here as the years went by.
The very first interment in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. His sister, Mary, who shares this grave with her brother, was the second burial here. Prior to the deaths of the Wallace children, those who passed away in the Old Fort were laid to rest in a burial ground just to the east of the Fort, as the people were reluctant to venture far from the Fort due to troubles with local Indians. With the spring and summer of 1848, the expansion of the Mormon settlement within the Salt Lake Valley had begun in a big way, and it soon became obvious that the community would soon surround the burial ground, and thusly it's days as an active cemetery were numbered as the community would wish it's cemetery to be able to grow as the community grew, and this the Pioneer cemetery could not do. So, when poor little George breathed his last, his father set out to find another place to bury him. The father went out to a hillside a mile or so from the Fort, and there George B. Wallace laid his infant son to rest. When daughter Mary died shortly thereafter (Sept. 27, 1848), she was buried with her brother. Later, when community leaders started looking for a spot for a new cemetery, Mr. Wallace told them of his actions, and they set out for the site which the city Fathers quickly agreed was an excellent spot for a new cemetery- and thusly the Salt Lake City Cemetery began. It would soon become the favored burial spot for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as many future Church leaders would be laid to rest here as the years went by.

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