Historical Marker
Colonel Joseph Worthington Elliott Wallace
Historical marker location:
Columbus, Texas
( (Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery) (markers in NE corner of old section))
Marker installed: 1970
United States Consul to the colonies in Texas, 1829-1832. A native of Philadelphia, PA. He later joined Austin's Colony, serving in campaigns leading to Texas War for Independence.
In 1837, with W. B. DeWees, he platted the town of Columbus. In 1840 he was in Battle of Plum Creek, repulsing Comanche Indians; in 1842, served under Gen. Edward Burleson in defense against Mexico's invasions.