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Esther Test Wallace

Covington, Indiana
· 1807–1834
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Esther Test Wallace, the first wife of Governor David Wallace and mother of General Lew Wallace, soldier, author of Ben Hur, statesman and diplomat, is buried here. She influenced the lives of two important Hoosiers.
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