Background
Wallace, George Selden was born on September 6, 1871 in Greenwood Station, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Irving and Maria Logan (Sclater) Wallace.
Wallace, George Selden was born on September 6, 1871 in Greenwood Station, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Irving and Maria Logan (Sclater) Wallace.
Educated Public school and Mechanics’ Institute, Richmond. Bachelor of Laws, West. Virginia University, 1897.
Elizabeth Logan (Mistress J. A. Cook), Margaret Sclater (Mistress Buel B. Whitehill), William, and George Selden. Began law practice, 1897. Was director, president and 1st vice president Union Bank & Trust Company, Huntington, 30 years.
Press of Rockbottom Land Company.
Secretary and treasurer Blackberry, Kentucky, and West Virginia Coal & Coke Company. Vice-president Jeff Newberry Shoe Company.
City attorney, Central City, West Virginia, 1902-1904. Prosecuting attorney, Cabell County, 1905-1908.
Member Democratic city, county and state commissions.
Delegate Democratic National Convention, Baltimore, 1912. Special judge of Circuit Court (Cabell) Company) 1937-1941. President board park commissioner, Huntington, West. Virginia, 1925-1950.
Served as 2d and 1st lieutenant 2d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Spanish-American War, 1898-1899. Member West Virginia, National Guard, 1900-1916, advancing lieutenant colonel. Member American Bar Association, Cabell County Bar Association (ex-president), Society of Cincinnati in Virginia, Phi Sigma Kappa.
Clubs: Army and Navy, Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Frances Bodine Gibson, October 4, 1905 (deceased June 25, 1951). Children: Frances Gibson, Champe Carter (Mistress Huddleston Haynes).