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History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
The Western Historical Company, Chicago - 1883

Page 345

   WILLIAM WALLS, of the firm of WATSON & WALLS, merchants,
 was born in Cornwall, England, May 12, 1846; he came to America
 in 1849 with his parents, and passed his boyhood days in Pennsyl-
 vania, and in May, 1863, came to Lake Superior; he located at the
 Copper Falls Mine and engaged in mining, and worked at mining
 eleven years in the copper region; he was a merchant clerk for four
 years.  In September, 1873, he formed the present partnership with
 Mr. WATSON. (See business history of Watson & Walls.)
 
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