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'''Hugh Maxwell Wallis''' (November 12, 1836 – December 23, 1903) was a [[physician]], [[newspaper]] [[publisher]], and [[politician]] from Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana, sixty miles west of [[New Orleans]].

'''Hugh Maxwell Wallis, Sr.''' (November 12, 1836 &ndash; December 23, 1903)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51082309/hugh-maxwell-wallis|title=Dr. Hugh Maxwell Wallis, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 23, 2020}}</ref> was a [[physician]], [[newspaper]] [[publisher]], and [[politician]] from Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana, fifty-seven miles west of [[New Orleans]].

Wallis was born in Kent County, [[Maryland]], the son of Hugh Wallis and the former Hannah Brooks Wright. He was educated at Jefferson Medical College in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], from which he graduated in 1860. That same year, he married the former Mary Howard Price (1840-1908), a native of Natchez in Adams County in western [[Mississippi]], and a  daughter of Dr. Isaac Mitchell Price and the former Louise C. Howard. The couple had twelve children, one of whom died at the age of one year.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-w/|title=Wallis, Hugh Maxwell|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 23, 2020}}</ref>

Wallis was born in Kent County, [[Maryland]], the son of Hugh Wallis and the former Hannah Brooks Wright. He was educated at Jefferson Medical College in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], from which he graduated in 1860. That same year, he married the former Mary Howard Hyland Price (1840-1908), a native of Natchez in Adams County in western [[Mississippi]], and a  daughter of Dr. Isaac Mitchell Price and the former Louise C. Howard. The couple had twelve children, one of whom died at the age of one year.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-w/|title=Wallis, Hugh Maxwell|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 23, 2020}}</ref>

Dr. Wallis located his practice in Houma in 1861. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he was from 1878 to 1882 a post-[[Reconstruction]] [[mayor]] of Houma. He founded and published ''The Terrebonne Times,'' a Republican-oriented journal. An [[Episcopalian]], he died in Covington in St. Tammany Parish at the age of sixty-seven and is interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Houma.<ref name=lahist/>

Dr. Wallis located his practice in Houma in 1861. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he was from 1878 to 1882 a post-[[Reconstruction]] [[mayor]] of Houma. He founded and published ''The Terrebonne Times,'' a Republican-oriented journal. An [[Episcopalian]], he died in Covington in St. Tammany Parish at the age of sixty-seven and is interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Houma.<ref name=lahist/>