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Wallace S. McElwain (1832–1882) was an American businessman.

Early life

Wallace Scott McElwain was born in 1832. He was trained in a gun factory in New York and in a foundry in Ohio.

Career

McElwain co-founded the Jones, McElwain and Company Iron Foundry in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Some of their railings in the Hillcrest Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Many railings are also present in New Orleans, Louisiana.

During the Civil War, he made guns for the Confederate States Army.

Death

McElwain died in 1882.

References

External links

• Historical marker

• 1832 births
• 1882 deaths
• People from Holly Springs, Mississippi
• 19th-century American businesspeople