Spouse-1: Hannah Hynes Linn - b: 10/Mar/1745(1746)
 d: ~1796 - KY
 m: 17/Feb/1783 - Lincoln Co., VA

Child-1: Thomas
          2: Sally

Spouse-2: Betsy Harcourt - b: ~1760
 d: 1804 - KY
m: 17/Aug/1797 - Harrison Co., KY

Child-1: John H. - b: ~1798 - KY
                            d: ~1870 - Decatur Co., IA
                           m: Nancy Ray  - 11/Jun/1822 - Muhlenberg Co., KY
          2: Sarah (Sally) - b:  ~1799 - KY
                                    d: ~1865 - bur: Maple Grove Cem., Warrick Co., IN
                                   m: William M. Arnold - ~1830
          3: Keziah - b: 20/Jun/1800 - Harrison Co., KY
                           d: 8/Aug/1861 - Mc Donough Co., IL - bur: Argyle Cem.
                          m: Isaac Spencer  - 3/May/1838 - Mc Donough Co., IL
          4: Jesse - b: 7/May/1801 - Harrison Co., KY
                         d: 9/May/1869 - Muhlenberg Co., KY - bur: Scott Cem.
                        m: Sarah Landes  - 27/Jul/1825 - Muhlenberg Co., KY
          5: Mary (Polly) - b: 24/Jul/1802 - KY
                                    d: 3/Jun/1843 - Johnson Co., IN - bur: Atterbury Cem.
                                   m: Preston Elisha Leach  - 14/Oct/1827 - Muhlenberg Co., KY
          6: Richard - b: 7/Jan/1804 - KY
                             d: 9/Oct/1868 - Lucas Co., IA - bur: Mt. Zion Cem.
                             m: Elizabeth Leach  - 5/Mar/1826 - Muhlenberg Co., KY

Spouse-3: Elizabeth or Eliza Rowland Pauley - b: 1785 - Rowan Co., NC
 d: 15/Jun/1855 - McDonough Co., IL - bur: Argyle Cem.
m: 14/Aug/1804 - Woodford Co., KY

Child-1: Jefferson A. - b: 24/Aug/1805 - KY
                                   d: 30/Nov/1883 - Emmet Twp., McDonough Co., IL - bur: Argyle Cem.
                                  m: Addella Caldwell  - 14/Feb/1833 - McDonough Co., IL
          2: George Washington - b: 26/Feb/1807 - KY
                                               d: 17/Dec/1868 - McDonough Co., IL - bur: Argyle Cem.
                                              m: Mary D. Caldwell  - 7/Aug/1835 - McDonough Co., IL
          3: Mahala - b: 5/Dec/1808 - KY
                            d: 14/Jun/1880 - McLean Co., KY - bur: Poplar Grove Cem.
                           m: David S. Baker - 25/Nov/1825 - Muhlenberg Co., KY
          4: James R. - b: ~1810 - Logan Co., KY
                              d: 8/Aug/1848 - McDonough Co., IL - bur: Atkinson Cem.
                             m: Margaret McCord - 5/Apr/1842 - McDonough Co., IL
          5: Malinda - b: 16/Jan/1813 - Logan Co., KY
                             d: 18/Dec/1850 - McDonough Co., IL - bur: Argyle Cem.
                            m: John J. James - 28/Nov/1831 - Muhlenberg Co., KY
          6: William Rowland - b: 20/Jun/1815 - Logan Co., KY
                                          d: 1886 - KS
                                         m: Lavina Butler - Mar/1836 - Muhlenberg Co., KY
          7: Elizabeth  - b: 16/Aug/1816 - Logan Co., KY
                                d: 19/Jul/1897 - Henry Co., MO - bur: Bethlehem Cem.
                               m: Absalom Vickers - 5/Oct/1837 - Muhlenberg Co., KY
          8: Benjamin J. - b: 14/Aug/1818 - Muhlenberg Co., KY
                                   d: 15/Jul/1898 - Sangamon Co., IL - bur: Auburn Cem.
                                  m: Malinda Kirk - 16/Nov/1837 - McDonough Co., IL
          9: Isaac R. - b: 27/Feb/1821 - Muhlenberg Co., KY
                             d: 20/Nov/1897 - Colchester Twp., McDonough Co., IL - bur: Webster Cem., Hancock Co., IL
                            m: Achsah Wooley - 17/Nov/1844 - McDonough Co., IL

Biographical Details:

As might seem obvious, the surname "Welch" likely descends as an ethnic name for someone from the historical country of Wales, which is currently an integral part of the United Kingdom.¹  Various forms, e.g., "Welsh", "Walsh", etc., are thought to be associated with England, Ireland, or Scotland.  Alternatively, "Welch" may be an Americanization of a similar German surname; however, for any particular family this seems less likely than an origin within the British Isles.  As a matter of history, although Celtic people had lived in Great Britain for hundreds of years before the invasion of Germanic tribes from the Continent, viz., Friesland and Jutland, in the fifth and sixth centuries, it was the Celts rather than the German invaders that became identified as "wealh", i.e., stranger or foreigner, in the Old English language.  Moreover, the Celtic tribes were eventually confined to the mountainous western region of Britain, which subsequently became recognized as their homeland, Wales.  Consequently, the modern proper noun,"Wales" evidently descends from the plural form "wealas", which literally means strangers or foreigners and eventually became associated specfically to "Celts".  Likewise, an Old English adjective derived from "wealh", viz., "wælisc" or "welisc", descends into modern English as "Welsh".  In the more distant past, the cognate proto-Germanic root is reconstructed as "*walh-", meaning foreign.  As a further example, the etymology of the modern English noun "walnut" can be regarded as descending from a compound of "*walh-" with the proto-Germanic root "*hnut-", which derives from the reconstructed proto-Indo-European root "*kneu-", denoting a hard seed.  Although, quintessentially identified as English, the walnut is native to Asia (and, perhaps, also to parts of Eastern Europe).  Concomitantly, the Roman author of the first century, Pliny the Elder, indicates that walnut trees were originally imported to Greece from Persia.  Subsequently, walnuts became cultivated extensively in Western Europe by the Romans and Gauls (i.e., Celts), and, as such, were identified by invading Germans as "foreign nut" or "foreigner's nut".  Hence, "valhnot" appears in Old Norse, "walnote" in Middle Dutch, and "walhhnutu" in Old English (which in written form is attested in a manuscript from the middle of the eleventh century) and descends into Middle English as "walnotte" and; thus, into Modern English as "walnut".

Census records of 1810, 1820, and 1830 imply that Osias Welch was born between 1760 and 1766; however, his birthplace remains entirely uncertain.  Perhaps, the earliest record of Osias Welch affirms his service from July 19 to August 19, 1780, in the militia of Jefferson County, Virginia, on the payroll of Captain William McCluer's Company and then in Colonel William Linn's Battalion, which was under the command of Colonel George Rogers Clark.²  He was a private and was reportedly paid two pounds for his service.  Indeed, during the spring of 1780 near the close of the Revolutionary War, British authorities prepared a comprehensive plan to recapture the Illinois Country and attack St. Louis, New Orleans, and other Spanish outposts on the Mississippi River.  Accordingly, in June of that year as one of four simultaneous planned movements, a mixed force of British and Indians, including Shawnee, Delaware, Wyandot, and others under the command of British Captain Henry Bird invaded Kentucky with cannon, capturing two fortified settlements and deporting many prisoners.  However, in August, Colonel Clark led a retaliatory force that won a victory at the Shawnee village of Peckuwe, which was located along the Mad River five or six miles west of the present city of Springfield, Ohio.³  Perhaps for his service in the militia, Osias Welch was identified among those entiteld to four hundred acres of land in Jefferson County.⁴  Civil records affirm that Osias Welch married a widow, Mrs. Hannah Hynes Linn (or Lynn) on February 7, 1783, in Lincoln County, Virginia, which was one of the three counties, viz., Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln, formed when the original Kentucky County, Virginia, was partitioned in 1780 and, as such, included the original pioneer settlement of Boonesborough.  (Kentucky was not formally separated from Virginia until 1792 when it was admitted as the fifteenth state.)  Nathan and Hannah Linn had left the Redstone Country of western Pennsylvania and settled along Hingston's Fork of the Licking River in 1779.  Nathan was killed in 1781 and his estate was subsequently probated in the Lincoln County Court; his widow and Ozias (sic - Osias) Welch were executors.  Naturally, the estate was divided between Hannah and her surviving three daughters according to prevailing common law.  Clearly, this arrangement suggests that Osias Welch was closely associated with the Linn family and, moreover, that he was probably born in 1760 or shortly before, since he was evidently at least twenty-one years of age in 1781.  (He would have been required to "be of age" to own property or to serve as executor of an estate.)  Evidently, the Welch family remained in this locality since a list of letters at the Post Office in Lexington in October of 1794 includes a letter addressed to "Ozias Welch in care of Alexander M'Connel near Lexington".  Even so, according to a deed recorded at the April session of the Court of Harrison County, in March of 1795 Osias Welch purchased sixty-eight acres of land.  This is consistent with the presumption that he was among the first settlers of central Kentucky, but later moved some distance northeastward in 1794 or 1795.  As a matter of history, Harrison County was formed in north central Kentucky in 1793, for the most part from territory that sequentially had been included in Kentucky, Fayette, and Bourbon Counties.  In addition, a small area included in northwestern Harrison County was separated from Scott County, which had been formed in 1792 by partition of Woodford County, which was itself an earlier partition of Fayette County.  It would appear that Hannah Welch was fifteen to twenty years older than her husband (this unusual situation was, perhaps, a consequence of the presence of relatively few unmarried women in pioneer communities) and that she died in the middle of the 1790's.  Accordingly, a marriage bond for Osias' second marriage to Betsy Harcourt was executed in Harrison County in 1797.⁵  Even so, the family seems to have moved back to central Kentucky since a bond for the marriage of Osias Welch to a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Pauley, was executed in Woodford County in 1804.⁶  The marriage was solemnized by Robert Marshall.  As a matter of geography, Woodford County had originally extended all the way to the Ohio River, but by the first decade of the nineteenth century it had been reduced to a small territory just west of the present city of Lexington.  Subsequently, Osias Welch, undoubtedly with his wife and children, moved southwest and settled in Warren County, Kentucky.  Indeed, in February of 1806, he purchased approximately one hundred and fifty acres on the south side of the Big Barren River.  Even so, the Welch family apparently remained in this locality for only a year or so and in February of 1807 Osias and his wife, Elizabeth, sold one hundred and eleven acres in Warren County for one hundred pounds and moved further west to Hopkins County.  The parcel was described as "on the waters of Barron River" and, evidently was all or part of the land they had purchased the previous year.  Although. the name of Osias Welch appeared on an early tax list for Hopkins County, Kentucky,.the household of "Ozias Welch" appeared in the population schedule of the 1810 US Census for Logan County, Kentucky, and consisted of eight free persons, viz., an adult male and female and four male and two female children all less than ten years old, and one slave.  Clearly, this implies that the family moved again between 1807 and 1810.  Moreover, in 1814, Osias was party to a civil suit against Thomas Butler for which in settlement and for a consideration of one dollar, he received two one hundred and fifty acre tracts, one on Spring Creek and the other on a branch of the Red River in Logan County.  Concomitantly, on October 21, 1816, Osias Welch gave a deposition, recorded in Logan County, in which he stated that he "met Thomas Butlers family in the state of Tennessee and formerly of Kentucky in the fall of 1806".  It appears that the Welch family remained resident in this locality until July of 1817 at which time they sold their land in Logan County for one thousdand five hundred dollars and moved to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  Indeed, in 1819 the name of Osias Welch appeared on a tax list for Muhlenberg County for the first time and appeared on subsequent tax lists (often with several of his sons) until 1830 when his name appeared for the last time.  Likewise, the household of Osias Welch was included in the population schedules of both the 1820 and 1830 US Censuses for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and, in addition, in 1820 they were indicated specifically as "citizens of Lewisburg".  Geographically, Muhlenberg County is adjacent to Logan County just to the north and slightly west and as a consequence of more recent territorial changes, at present the town of Lewisburg is actually located within Logan County just a few miles south of the boundary between the two counties.  This suggests that the Welch family probably lived in northern Logan and/or southern Muhlenberg Counties.  According to family tradition, Osias' health began to fail and in April of 1832 he and his wife, Elizabeth, sold their farm in Muhlenberg County to their son, George Washington Welch, for the sum of one humdred and fifty dollars and is described on the deed as being "on the waters of Cypress Creek, a branch of the Pond River."  Osias Welch evidently died in Muhlenberg County in 1833, likely shortly after making his will in early March of that year.⁷  Accordingly, the will names sixteen living children.⁸

The origin of Osias Welch remains a vexed question.  Indeed, of his six children that survived until 1880, viz., Jefferson, Mahala, William, Elizabeth, Benjamin, and Isaac, and, concomitantly, who appear in census records of that year when respondents were asked to indicate birthplaces of their parents, two indicated Osias' birthplace as Pennsylvania, one as Virginia, one as North Carolina, one as New Jersey, and one even as England.  Therefore, it would seem that none of these six individuals really had a clear idea where their father had been born.  Even so, in census records of 1880, Osias' son, William, in addition to indicating his father's birthplace as Pennsylvania also indicated that he was a "Minister of Gospel", which might imply that he was rather more literate than his brothers and sisters.  Furthermore, until the 1860's William and his family remained in Kentucky living in close proximity to his older half brother, John, and his family.  These circumstances suggest that William might have known the family history more accurately than his siblings living elsewhere, i.e., in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa.  Therefore, considering these different alternatives, perhaps, Pennyslvania would seem most likely.

1. Patrick Hanks (ed.), Oxford Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, periodically updated.
     "English: ethnic name for someone of Welsh origin.  This is the usual form of the surname in England; the usual form in Ireland is Walsh and in Scotland Welsh.  German: variant of Welk.  Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Welsch."
     "German: from Middle High German welsch, walsch 'person from a Romance country (especially Italy)', 'foreigner', hence an ethnic name or in some cases perhaps a nickname for someone who had trading or other connections with the Romance countries."
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2. Linda M. Worstell, Osias Welch of Muhlenberg County Kentucky and His Descendants, privately published, 2218 E. 10000 South, Sandy, UT, 1988: pg. unk.
     "He (Osias Welch) is recorded to have served in the Jefferson County Virginia militia on the payroll of Captain William McCluer's Company from July 19 to August 19, 1780 and then in Colonel William Linn's Battalion under the command of Colonel George Rogers Clark against the Shanaway Indians.  He was a private and was paid 2 pounds for his service."
     "By 1795 he was living in Harrison County, Kentucky.  Hannah must have died by 1797 as he married Betsy Harcourt.  Osias was on the tax list of Harrison County in 1800.  In February 1806, Osias bought approximately 150 acres on the south side of the Big Barren River in Warren County Kentucky.  A year later, in February 1807, he sold the land and moved to Hopkins County Kentucky.  He appears on the 1810 Logan County Kentucky census which lists him with 4 male and 2 female children under the age of 10.  Osias' age is listed as between 25 and 45 and Elizabeth's is listed as being between 16 and 26.  In 1814, Osias received two 150 acre tracts of land in settlement of a court case, one on Spring Creek and the other on a branch of the Red River in Logan County.  He and Elizabeth lived there until July 1817 when they moved to Muhlenberg County Kentucky.  His health began to fail by 1832 and he and Elizabeth sold their land to their son, George Washington Welch, for $150.  It is described on the deed as being 'on the waters of Cypress Creek, a branch of the Pond River'.  On March 3, 1833, he wrote his will.  It was probated in the same month.  He gave all his possessions to his wife, Elizabeth, and $2.00 to each of his 16 children: Thomas, John, Sally Arnold, Keziah, Richard, Jesse, Polly Leach, Jefferson, Washington, Mahala Baker, James, Malinda James, William, Elizabeth, Benjamin, and Isaac."
     "The WELCH surname has Scottish roots (among others) and is associated with the Edinburgh District in Scotland."  (Anonymous, "Osias Welch", mykindred.com/cloud/TX/, 2004.)
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3. "George Rogers Clark Park   The Battle of Piqua (also called the Battle of Peckuwe) was the largest military engagement of the Revolutionary War west of the Allegheny Mountains and would greatly influence a 12 year old boy named Tecumseh.  The Shawnee had settled near the Mad River in 1754.  They were known as fierce warriors, aggressive and proud.  This settlement was the combination of 2 Shawnee towns Peckuwe and Kispoko, but altogether these villages were known as Piqua.  In time this community expanded with over 50 well-built log homes surrounded by 800 acres of corn.  Piqua spread out even larger with the arrival of Mingo, Wyandot and Delaware tribes until the village supported over 4000.  The British built a triangular stockade as well as making improvements in other village fortifications.  With this massive food base and British support, war parties were free to attack American forts and settlements in Kentucky.  In June of 1780 a combined Shawnee and British army attacked and took possession of Fort Liberty and Martins Station and took scores of prisoners.  It was the mission of Colonel George Rodgers Clark to strike back at the Shawnee to end their constant threat to American settlers who were migrating into the area.  Colonel Clark along with Colonels Logan and Lynn mobilized both American regulars and Kentucky Militia.  On July 31 over 1000 men arrived at the mouth of the Licking River in Kentucky.  Within the militias ranks were 2 men who would later become American heroes: Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton.  Colonel Clark's plan was to move across the Ohio river and secure a supply fortification. Once in place the Militia would then move north into the Ohio Country, destroying the Shawnee raider's supply bases in Chillicothe and Piqua. Step one was completed with the construction of a blockhouse on what is today the site of Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. It is believed that Daniel Boone was one of the men left behind to protect the supplies. Simon Kenton would continued on as a scout for Colonel Clark. The Kentuckians reached Chillicothe on August 7 and finding it abandoned, went about the task of destroying everything possible. During the night a massive rain storm came up, just as their scouts were reporting in that the Shawnee were preparing to stand and fight at Piqua. Clark ordered his troops to advance through the heavy down pour. Upon reaching the Mad River, Clark divided his forces into 3 divisions. Colonel Logan moved his men along the river to prevent the Shawnee from escaping to the east. Colonel Clark crossed the river with the regulars and artillery, driving through the center towards the British stockade. Colonel Lynn moved against the left under heavy fire. The stockade was the last defensive position to fall and continued to fight until Clark?s artillery was brought to the line. The Indians fled the battle field to the east. Colonel Logan and his 400 calvary were never able to find a way across the river due to high cliffs and swamps. This enabled the retreating Indians to escape. The Militia completely burned the corn fields, and destroyed the settlement before returning home. After the battle, the Shawnee moved northward and would settle in what is today Piqua, Ohio, about a 45 minute drive up Interstate 75. Today the location of the Shawnee Village Piqua and battlefield is being preserved and is located just outside the George Rogers Clark Park. A monument of Colonel Clark overlooks the battle site honoring both sides of this important conflict. The Davidson Interpretive Center is located at the battle site and offers displays and exhibits concerning both the battle and Shawnee village life. The center is open Monday - Friday. Every Labor Day weekend, the Fair at New Boston is held on the grounds overlooking the site of the Battle of Piqua."  (Anonymous, "Springfield Ohio History", www.springfieldohiohistory.net/apps/photos/album?albumid=15052891, 2016.)
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4. "At a Court held for Jefferson County, the 3rd of December, 1781, it appearing to the Court that the following Persons, are entitled by virtue of an Act of Assembly passed May last, to four hundred acres of land, each.  Orders that the County Surveyor lay off to them accordingly, ... John James ... Richard James, John Kennedy, Pursley, Ozias Welch ... this was testified to by Meridth Price, Clerk Jefferson Court."  (Minute Book A (1781 - 1783), Jefferson County, Louisville, KY:   pgs. 14-6.)
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5. Know all men by these Presents that we Ozias Welch and Richard Harcourt are held & firmly Bound to James Garrard Esq. Governor of Kentucky & his Successors in the just and full Sum of fifty Pounds Current money and for Payment well and truely to be made to our s.^d Governor his Successors &c we bind ourselves our heirs Exec'rs & admrs Jointly & Severally firmly by these Presents Sealed with our seals & Dated this 17^th day of August 1797 --
     The Condition of the above Obligation is Such that whereas William Moore Clerk of Harrison County hath this day issued a License for the Marriage of Ozias Welch and Betsy Harcourt now should there be no Lawfull Cause to Obstruct the Marriage then the above Obligation shall be void else remain in force
     Teste /s/W. Moore   /s/O Welch (seal)   /s/Rich^d Harcourt (seal)
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6. Know all men by these presents that we Ozias Welsh & George Brooke are held and firmly bound unto James Garrard  Governor of Kentucky for the Time being and his successors in the sum of Fifty Pounds to the payment whereof we bind ourselves our Heirs Executors and aministrators (sic) firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 14^th day of August 1804
     Whereas there is a Marriage Intended to be Solemnized between the said Ozias Welsh & Elizabeth Pauley for which a license has Issued now if there be any lawfull cause to obstruct the said Marriage then this obligation be void or else remain in force
/s/Osias Welch (seal)   /s/G Brooke (seal)
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7.  In the name of God Amen. I Osias Welch of the County of Muhlenberg & state of Kentucky being sick & weak though of sound mind & perfect recollection think fit to make my last will & testament in the following manner towit.
    First it is my will & desire that all my just debts & funeral expenses be faithfully & speedily paid.
    2ndly I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Welch my plantation with all the stocks, farming utensils, household furniture & all belonging to me at my decease during her lifetime.
    3rdly I give & bequeath unto my son Thomas Welch two dollars in cash.
    4thly I give & bequeath unto my son John Welch two dollars in cash.
    5thly I give & bequeath unto my daughter Sally Arnold two dollars in cash.
    6thly I give & bequeath unto my daughter Keziah Welch two dollars in cash.
    7thly I give & bequeath unto my son Jesse Welch two dollars in cash.
    8thly I give & bequeath unto my daughter Polly Leatch two dollars in cash.
    9thly I give & bequeath unto my son Richard Welch two dollars in cash.
    10thly I give & bequeath unto my son Jefferson Welch two dollars in cash.
    11thly I give & bequeath unto my son Washington Welch two dollars in cash.
    12thly I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mahalah Baker two daughters in cash.
    13th I give & bequeath unto my son James Welch two dollars in cash.
    14th I give & bequeath unto my daughter Malinda James two dollars in cash.
    15th I give & bequeath unto my son William Welch two dollars in cash.
    16th I give & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Welch two dollars in cash.
    17th I give & bequeath unto my son Benjamin Welch two dollars in cash.
    18th I give & bequeath unto my son Isaac Welch two dollars in cash.
    19th After the decease of my wife Elizabeth I give & bequeath my landed estate & personal property (if any remain) to the aforesaid Heirs to be equally divided or the proceeds thereof except my son Thomas Welch,  I have given him heretofore his full portion in a horse, saddle, bridle, and saddle bags and cash.
    Lastly I appoint, ordain, and constitute my son Washington Welch & my wife Elizabeth Welch my Executor & Executrix of this my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal, this 3rd day of March 1833.
/s/Osias (his X mark) Welch (seal)  Witnesses present: P. Shaver, William M. Arnold, John James, Christian Tinkle
    Muhlenberg County Sst.  March County Court 1833
The last will and testament of Osias Welch deceased was exhibited into court & proven to be the act & deed of the said Welch by the oaths of Peter Shaver and Christian Tinkle subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be Recorded.   att. Chs. F. Wing Clk.  (Will Bk. 3, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pg. 4.)
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8.

First Generation

Osias Welch, born ~1760, died Mar 1833 in Muhlenberg Co., KY; married (1) on 17 Feb 1783 in Lincoln Co., VA (later KY), Mrs. Hannah Hynes Linn, born 10 Mar 1745 (1746 N. S.), died ~1796 in KY.

1. Sally Welch, born in VA (later KY).
2. Thomas Welch, born in VA (later KY).

married (2) on 17 Aug 1797 in Harrison Co., KY, Betsy Harcourt, born ~1760, died 1804 in KY.

3. John Welch, born ~1798, died ~1875 in Decatur Co., IA; married 11 Jun 1822 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, Nancy Ray, born ~1799 in VA, died ~1885 in Decatur Co., IA.
4. Sarah (Sally) Welch, born ~1799 in KY, died ~1865 in Warrick Co., IN; married William M. Arnold, born ~1795 in  KY, died 15 Dec 1842 in Warrick Co., IN; buried originally in the Arnold Family Cem., relocated to Maple Grove Cem.
5. Keziah Welch, born 20 Jun 1800 in Harrison Co., KY, died 8 Aug 1861 in McDonough Co., IL, buried in Argyle Cem.; married on 3 May 1838 in McDonough Co., IL, Isaac Spencer, Sr., born 3 May1800 in NY, died 1 Apr 1869 in McDonough Co., IL, buried in Argyle Cem.
6. Jesse Welch, born 7 May 1801 in Harrison Co., KY, died 9 May 1869 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, buried in Scott Cem.; married on 27 Jul 1825 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, Mrs. Sarah Landes or Landis Gish, born 4 Mar 1793 in VA, died 16 Apr 1872 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, buried in Scott Cem.
7. Mary (Polly) Welch, born 24 Jul 1802 in KY, died 3 Jun 1843 in Johnson Co., IN, buried in Atterbury Cem.; married on 14 Oct 1827 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, Preston Elisha Leach, born 9 Jun 1806 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 14 Jun 1873 in Jackson Twp., Lucas Co., IA, buried in Rose Hill Cem.
8. Richard Welch, born 7 Jan 1804 in KY, died 9 Oct 1868 in Lucas Co., IA, buried in Mt. Zion Cem.; married on 5 Mar 1826 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, Elizabeth Leach, born 8 Aug 1804, died 10 Aug 1888 in Lucas Co., IA, buried in Mt. Zion Cem.

married (3) on 14 Aug 1804 in Woodford Co., KY, Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland Pauley, born ~1785 in Rowan Co., NC, died 15 Jun 1855 in McDonough Co., IL, buried in Argyle Cem.

9. Jefferson A. Welch, born 24 Aug 1805 in KY, died 30 Nov 1883 in Emmet Twp., McDonough Co., IL, buried in Argyle Cem.; married on 14 Feb 1833 in McDonough Co., IL, Addella Caldwell, born 26 Oct 1813 in Green Co., KY, died 5 May 1907 in McDonough Co., IL.
10. George Washington Welch, born 26 Feb 1807 in KY, died 17 Dec 1868 in McDonough Co., IL, buried in Argyle Cem.; married on 7 Aug 1835 in McDonough Co., IL, Mary D. Caldwell, born 1 Dec 1815 in KY, died 14 Nov 1887 in McDonough Co., IL.
11. Mahala Welch, born 5 Dec 1808 in KY, died 14 May or Jun 1880 in McLean Co., KY, buried in the old section of Poplar Grove Cem.; married on 29 Nov 1825 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, David S. Baker, born 10 Feb 1799 in Logan Co., KY, died 15 Sep 1859 in McLean Co., KY, buried in the old section of Poplar Grove Cem.
12. James R. Welch, born ~1810 in Logan Co., KY, died 8 Aug 1848 in McDonough Co., IL, buried in Atkinson Cem., Emmet Twp.; married on 5 Apr 1842 in McDonough Co., IL, Margaret McCord, born 18 Sep 1819 in Overton Co., TN, died 14 Apr 1895 in Hot Springs, Garland Co., AR, buried in Greenwood Cem.
13. Malinda Welch, born 16 Jan 1813 in Logan Co., KY, died 18 Dec 1850#* in McDonough Co., IL, buried in Argyle Cem.; married on 28 Nov 1831 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, John J. James, born 9 Sep 1810 in TN, died 24 Apr 1866 in Henry Co., MO, buried in Bethel Baptist Ch. Cem.
14. William Rowland Welch, born 20 Jun 1815 in Logan Co., KY, died 1886 in KS##; married Mar 1836 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, Lavina Butler, born ~1819, died 27 Feb 1882 in McDonough Co., IL, buried in Lower Cem., Colchester Twp.
15. Elizabeth Welch, born 16 Aug 1816 in Logan Co., KY, died 29 Jul 1897 in Henry Co., MO, buried in Bethlehem Cem.; married on 5 Oct 1837 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, Absalom Vickers, born 21 Sep 1817 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 21 Dec 1899 in Henry Co., MO.
16. Benjamin J. Welch, born 14 Aug 1818 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 15 Jul 1898 in Sangamon Co., IL, buried in Auburn Cem.; married on 16 Nov 1837 in McDonough Co., IL, Malinda Kirk, born 29 Aug 1816 in OH, died 16 May 1895 in Sangamon Co., IL.
17. Isaac R. Welch, born 27 Feb 1821 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 20 Nov 1897 in Colchester Twp. McDonough Co., IL, buried in Webster Cem., Hancock Co., IL; married on 17 Nov 1844 in McDonough Co., IL, Achsah R. Woolley, born 25 Sep 1827 in Otsego Co., NY, died 21 May 1894 in Hancock Co., IL, buried in Webster Cem.

# There is some indication that his full name may have been Thomas Jefferson Welch; however, if so he seems never to have used this first name, presumably to avoid being confused with his older half brother.
#* Several researchers have asserted 1859 to be the correct year of Malinda's death.  However, this is probably erroneous and the result of a mistake in transcription since, coincidence of her death in December of 1850 with the birth of her youngest child only a few days earlier suggests that she may have died in childbirth, as was a common occurrence in pioneer communities of the nineteenth century.
## It is reported that W. R. Welch remained active in church work until his wife died in 1882 and that he traveled to Kansas to visit one of his children where he died in 1886.  Presumably, this would have been his son, Sylvester, who reportedly died in Miami County, Kansas, in 1913.

Second Generation

3. John Welch married Nancy Ray.  In population schedules of both 1850 and 1860, John indicated that he had been born in Pennsylvania. but in the 1870 census he indicated his birthplace as Kentucky.  Indeed, there is no evidence that Osias Welch left Kentucky for even a short interval in the years between 1797 and 1800, therefore, it would seem that likely that Kentucky is correct.  In addition, these population schedules imply a probable birth year of 1798.  Although early census records indicate that they may have been the parents of several children, it appears that only one daughter survived to adulthood.

3-1. Fredonia (Done) E. Welch, born 28 Oct 1845 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 4 July 1931 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO, buried Maple Hill Cem., Osceola, Clarke Co., IA; married 26 May 1867 in McLean Co., KY, Eli D. Beasley born Mar 1843 in KY, died 1929, buried Maple Hill Cem., Osceola, Clarke Co., IA.  They had Eddie, Mattie, John T., Jessie, and Nannie R. Beasley.

d. 1830 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 92, (microfilm: roll M19_40; imgs. 183-4); 1840 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 349, (microfilm: roll M704_120; imgs. 705-6); 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 233A, (microfilm: roll M432_214; img. 466); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for McLean County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 99, (microfilm: roll M653_384; img. 100); & 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Decatur County, Iowa, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 313A, (microfilm: roll M593_386; img. 630).

x. Death Certificates, Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO, (Death Certificate No. 24957 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO).

s. Maple Hill Cemetery, Clarke County, Iowa (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=95393&CScn=Maple+Hill&CScntry=4&CSst=14&CScnty=566&, continuously updated).

4. Sarah (Sally) Welch was the second wife of William M. Arnold, who had married Mary Minton (or Winter) in Muhlenberg Co., KY in 1817.  They had six children, viz., Sarah Whitten, Hannah McKim, Joseph Minton, Dinnah Douglas, Margaret Faith, and Elizabeth Arnold.  Mary evidently died about 1829 after which William married Sarah.  Within this context, William Arnold is believed to have been the son of Joseph Arnold, who was an early settler of Warrick County, Indiana.*  Even so, it would seem that after their marriage William and Sarah Arnold lived in Kentucky, presumably Muhlenberg County, but evidently had moved to Warrick County, Indiana, by 1840.

4-1. Polly Arnold, born 1831
4-2. William Franklin Arnold, born 1832, died 4 Jun 1914, buried originally in the Arnold Family Cem., relocated to Maple Grove Cem.; married (1) on 21 Aug 1854 in Warrick Co., IN, America Songer.  They had Mary E. Arnold; married (2) on 14 Dec 1856 in Warrick Co., IN, Harriet Severs, born 1840 in IN.  They had Francis and Wesley Arnold.
4-3. Martha Thompson Arnold, born 1834 in KY; married on 10 Jun 1854 in Warrick Co., IN, George Force.
4-4. Synthia Jane Arnold, born 1836 in KY; married on 28 Dec 1854 in Warrick Co., IN, George Powell, born 1835/1836 in the Kingdom of Bavaria.  They had Sarah and Riley Powell.
4-5. Francis Marion Arnold, born 1842 in IN, died 26 Feb 1906, buried originally in the Arnold Family Cem., relocated to Maple Grove Cem., Warrick Co., IN; married Olivia Ann Hall, born 1840 in KY, died 13 Dec 1912, buried originally in the Arnold Family Cem., relocated to Maple Grove Cem., Warrick Co., IN.  They had Lucy, Charles, George W., Francis, and Cornelius Arnold.

*Will Fortune (ed), Warrick and its Prominent People, pub. by The Courier Co., Evansville, IN, 1881:  pg. 46.
     "On April 19, 1817, Joseph Arnold, Isaac B. Wright and Jos. Robinson, the first boatd of commissioners of Warrick county, met at the court house in Darlington.  Their first business was to order the election of justices of the peace in the different townships."  This is affirmed by a family stone set in Maple Grove Cemetery on which is inscribed, "The Arnold Family was one of the first to settle in Warrick Co. with Joseph Arnold being the first Justice of the Peace in the Twp. (Ohio) and a county commissioner prior to 1818."

d. 1830 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 92, (microfilm: roll M19_40; img. 183); 1840 US Census Population Schedule for Warrick County, Indiana, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 35, (microfilm: roll M704_97; img. 78); 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Warrick County, Indiana, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 137B, (microfilm: roll M432_179; img. 89); & 1860 US Census Population Schedule for Warrick County, Indiana, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 946, (microfilm: roll M653_305; img. 498).

5. Keziah Welch was evidently thirty-eight years old when she married Isaac Spencer, Sr., in McDonough County, Illinois.  Although Isaac was Keziah's first marriage, he had been married previously to an unknown spouse and had four putative children, viz., Eli, Cynthia Mariah, Elias, and Lucretia Adeline Spencer.  Isaac Spencer, Jr., was the only known child of Isaac and Keziah Welch Spencer.  For completeness, after Keziah's death, Isaac Spencer married Mrs. Comfort Carroll in McDonough County on August 30, 1866.

5-1. Isaac Spencer, Jr., born 20 Aug 1839 in IL, died 11 Feb 1862, buried in Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL; married Mary *****.  They had Emma J. Spencer.

d. 1850 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 265A, (microfilm: roll M432_116; img. 374) & 1860 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 636, (microfilm: roll M653_201; img. 276).

6. Jesse Welch married Mrs. Sarah Gish, who was the widow of Joseph G. Gish.  She and Joseph had married in Muhlenberg County on October 12, 1815, and had four children, viz., Daniel Joseph, Anna, Jacob G., and Sarah Jane Gish.  He died in December of 1821 after which Sarah married Jesse Welch, who was evidently eight years her junior.  Jesse and Sarah were active in the Bethlehem Baptist Church.  Indeed, he was elected as a trustee in December of 1865.  In addition, it is reported that in 1858 Jesse deeded a half acr of land for a church known as United Baptist; however, the exact location and further details are not known.  Jesse Welch made his will on May 1, 1869, in which in addition to his wife, Sarah, he named three daughters, viz., Mary Welch, Catherine Shaver, Elizabeth Conway, and three sons, viz., Benjamin, Samuel and William.  The will was witnessed by Charles K. Karnes, Jacob Hill and Walter Sparks.  Jesse, Sarah, and their unmarried daughter, Mary, were buried in the Scott Cemetery in Muhlenberg County, which is located at the intersection of Kentuucky Routes 175 and 181 near the town of Bremen.  The cemetery is on land once owned by James H. Scott and the oldest gavestone is that of Catherine Coffman Landes, who died in 1824.

6-1. Mary (Polly) Welch, born 15 Oct 1826 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 4 Jul 1879 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, buried Scott Cem.  Evidently never married.
6-2. Catherine Welch, born 24 Jun 1828 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 29 Jan 1919, buried in Shaver's Cem., Muhlenberg Co., KY; married John Miller Shaver, born 17 Dec 1826, died 2 Apr 1879, buried in Shaver's Cem., Muhlenberg Co., KY.  They had Henry J., Pingree, Ophelia, Allen, and Ephraim Shaver.
6-3. Benjamin Osias Welch, born 22 Apr 1830 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 10 Mar 1880 in Christian Co., KY, buried in Riverside Cem.; married Mary Matilda Gregory, born 31 Mar 1830 in Christian Co., KY, died 21 Oct 1903 in Christian Co., KY, buried in Riverside Cem.  They had Gano H., Katie C., Sarah Emma, Annie Douglas, James Welch.
6-4. Samuel Howard Welch, born 1 Sep 1833 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 18 Dec 1916, buried in Brush Creek Cem., Sangamon Co., IL; married Arminda Catherine Orr, born 27 Dec 1840 in Sangamon Co., IL, died 1 Apr 1932 in Montgomery Co., IL, buried in Brush Creek Cem., Sangamon Co, IL.  They had  Charles Edward, Elinor, John William, James Clifford, Benjamin Osias, Margaret May, Samuel Newton, Mary E., and Ethel Etta Welch.
6-5. William Welch, born 1 Mar 1835 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 22 Sep 1931 in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., CA; married Mary Amanda Hemingway, born 11 Jul 1838 in Daviess Co., KY, died 25 Feb 1926 in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., CA.  They had James W., Sarah E., Florence, Willis H., Samuel A., George D., Benjamin S., Mildred May, and Myrtle Gish Welch.
6-6. Elizabeth Welch, born 1838 in Muhlenberg Co., KY; married Edward Conway, born 1836/1837 in KY.  They had Jesse, Harriet, and George Conway.

d. 1840 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 363, (microfilm: roll M704_120; imgs. 733-4); 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 198A, (microfilm: roll M432_214; img. 396); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 652, (microfilm: roll M653_388; img. 657); & 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 544B, (microfilm: roll M593_490; img. 456).

u. Shaver's Cemetery, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=75979&CScn=Shavers&CScntry=4&CSst=19&, continuously updated).

u. Riverside Cemetery, Christian County, Kentucky (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=75751&CScn=Riverside&CScntry=4&CSst=19&CScnty=1012&, continuously updated).

x. Brush Creek Cemetery, Sangamon County, Illinois (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=104921&CScn=Brush+Creek&CScntry=4&CSst=16&CScnty=773&, continuously updated).

7. Mary (Polly) Welch was the first wife of Preston Elisha Leach.  They had nine known children.  After her death, possibly as a result of the birth of their youngest child who also did not survive, he married Nancy Mathias in 1844 in Johnson County, Indiana.  It does not appear that they had any children of their own and she evidently moved to Iowa with ther husband and step-children in 1854.  After the death of his second wife on February 17, 1864, Preston Leach married a widow Mrs. Sarah Jane Hanks Wagoner on June 20, 1865, in Lucas County, Iowa.  They had one son, Preston Leach.

7-1. Thomas J. Leach, born 1828/1829 in IN; married on 21 Aug 1851 in Johnson Co., IN, Nancy Furgason, born 1828/1829 in KY.  They had Mary E. and Laura Leach.
7-2. William E. Leach, born 7 Feb 1830 in IN, died 27 Mar 1911, buried in Rose Hill Cem., Lucas Co., IA; married (1) Emily Jane Henderson, born 1 Mar 1839, died 22 Apr 1875, buried in Rose Hill Cem., Lucas Co., IA.  They had George Washington, Edward F., and Sarah Catherine Leach; married (2) in 1880, Mary Ellen Scott, born 19 Nov 1846 in Monroe Co., IA, died 23 Sep 1912 in Des Moines, Polk Co., IA, buried in Last Chance Cem., Lucas Co., IA.  They had Helen Leach.
7-3. Elisha Leach, born 11 Jul 1831 in Johnson Co., IN, died Jackson Twp., Lucas Co., IA, buried in Rose Hill Cem.; married on 16 Feb 1854, Sarah Jane Mathes, born 15 Apr 1835 in IN, died 28 Oct 1916 in Lucas, Lucas Co., IA, buried in Rose Hill Cem.  They had Amanda Alice, Mary Lavinia, Sarah Angeline, Alonzo, Egbert, Marietta or Loretta, and William A. Leach
7-4. Sarah Ann Leach, born 3 Oct 1832 in Johnson Co., IN, died 19 Jun 1903 in Lucas Co., IA, buried in Rose Hill Cem.; married Dudley Rogers, born 13 Dec 1827 in KY, died 12 Aug 1914 in Lucas Co., IA, buried in Rose Hill Cem.  they had Edwin P., Travis, Mary Ann, Joseph C., Fidelia, Albert L., and Ada Elizabeth Rogers.
7-5. Isaac Leach, born 1835/1836 in IN.
7-6. John A. Leach, born 1836/1837 in IN; married on 30 Oct 1863 in Lucas Co., IA, Alice A. Buckingham.  They had Elzy Leach.
7-7. Daniel Leach, born 29 Oct 1838 in IN, died 9 Nov 1914 in Rock Co., NE; married 1859/1860, Sarah Elizabeth Gressell, born 7 Oct 1839 in VA, died 1 Dec 1923 in Brown Co., NE.  They had William S., John Albert, Margaret, Oliva Charity, Melvina Freelove, Charlotte V., America Adaline, Hallie, Laura Ellen, and Bernice B. Leach.
7-8. Mary Elizabeth Leach, born 23 Oct 1839 in IN, died 18 Jul 1918, buried in Atlantic Cem., Cass Co., IA; married (1) on 27 Aug 1866 in Lucas Co., IA, John Woods.  They had Alfred Woods; married (2) on 22 Feb 1878 in Lucs Co., IA, Frederick Scherdin, born 1 Jan 1833 in Kingdom of Prussia, died 20 Dec 1884, buried in Rose Hill Cem., Lucas Co., IA.  They had Clarence and George Scherdin.
7-9. George W. Leach, born 1 May 1843, died 18 Jul 1843, buried in Atterbury Cem., Johnson Co., IN.

**""Mrs. Mary E. Leach, who with her daughter Helen resided until recently in this city, died at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines on Monday morning, Sept. 23, at 3:00 following a stroke of paralysis which she sustained on Wednesday of last week.
     Mrs. Leach had gone from here but a few days previous to Des Moines where her daughter is employed and where they expected to reside.  The remains were brought here on Wednesday and taken to Last Chance where funeral services were held and where interment took place.
     Deceased was born near Albia in this state on Nov. 19, 1846, she married William Leach in 1880.  To them were born two daughters, one of whom, Helen, is living.
     Four step-sons and three step-daughters are also living.  Two sisters, Mrs. M.A. McReynolds of Creation and Mrs. Jonathan Smith of Humeston are also living and were present at the service.  Mrs. Leach was a member of the Christian Church for many years.  She was a noble woman and enjoyed the high regard of those who knew her.  A large circle of friends will mourn her demise and extend their sympathy to the sorrowing daughter and all other relatives.  (obituary: The Chariton Herald-Patriot; Chariton, IA, Thur., Sep. 26, 1912.)
**"ELISHA LEACH    Elisha Leach, one of the oldest and best known residents of this county, died at his home in Jackson township on Saturday, August 10, 1901, at the age of seventy years and one month, after and extended illness with consumption and a complication of diseases.  Funeral services, conducted by Rev. M. S. Clark, were held at his late home after which the remains were interred in the Rose Hill cemetery.
     Elisha Leach was born in Johnson county, Indiana, on July 11, 1831. He was married to Miss Sarah Jane Mathes and to them seven children were born, six of whom are living. The children present at the last sad rites were Mrs. Venie Windle and Mrs. Retta Sigler of Long Pine, Nebraska, and Alonzo and Egbert Leach of this county.  Deceased came to Lucas county in 1854 and farmed in Jackson township most of the forty-seven years since.
     At the age of thirty-four years he was converted and united with the Goshen Baptist church, of which he has since been a consistent member.  He came to Iowa with an ox team and for many years took his children to church and Sunday school many miles distant with an ox team and wagon or sled, with hay or straw for seats.  He was one of our sturdy pioneers and assisted materially in the growth and progress of Lucas county. Honest and upright, he was held in high esteem by all who knew him and his death is mourned by a large circle of friends."  (obituary: The Chariton Democrat; Chariton, IA, Thur., Aug. 22, 1901.)
**"DEATH OF MRS. LEACH    Sarah Jane Mathes was born in the state of Indiana, April 15, 1835.  She grew to womanhood in her native state and was united in marriage to Elisha Leach on February 16, 1854.  Seven children were born to this union, four daughters and three sons.
     In 1854 she and her husband came to Iowa, stopping for a season at Keokuk, later locating in Lucas county, and this has ever since been her residence place. The husband, one son and one daughter preceded her in death.  The remaining children were present to pay their respects in sadness, all except two daughters, Mrs. Retta Sigler, of Scandia, Iowa, and Mrs. Angie Walker, of Des Moines, who were not able to be present.
     After the death of her husband she resided in Lucas until the Master called her home on October 28, 1916, at the advanced age of 81 years, 6 months and 13 days.  In 1864 she was converted and united with the Baptist church and lived a consistent Christian life.  She was a faithful and loving mother who was ever ready to do all that a mother could for her children and leaves to mourn her loss the five children, 18 grandchildren and two great grandchildren and a host of friends.
     The funeral was conducted from the Methodist church in Lucas on Monday, October 30, in the presence of a large concourse of friends, by Rev. M. S. Clark, and interment was made in the Rose Hill cemetery.  Thus ends the earthly career of a faithful and loving mother.  The family have the sympathy of a large circle of friends, and the children feel deep gratitude to the neighbors and friends for the kindly assistance and consolation."  (obituary: The Chariton Leader; Chariton, IA, Thur., Aug. 22, 1901.)

x. 1830 US Census Population Schedule for Johnson County, Indiana, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 27, (microfilm: roll M19_27; imgs. 56-7); 1840 US Census Population Schedule for Johnson County, Indiana, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 289, (microfilm: roll M704_84; imgs. 593-4); 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Johnson County, Indiana, National Archives, Washington DC:  pgs. 134A-B, (microfilm: roll M432_155; imgs. 145-6); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for Lucas County, Iowa, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 632, (microfilm: roll M653_333; img. 142); & 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Lucas County, Iowa, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 614B, (microfilm: roll M593_406; img. 486).

d. Rose Hill Cemetery, Lucas County, Iowa (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1984661&CScn=Rose+Hill&CScntry=4&CSst=14&CScnty=605&, continuously updated).

x. Last Chance Cemetery, Lucas County, Iowa (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1989764&CScn=Last+Chance&CScntry=4&CSst=14&CScnty=605&, continuously updated).

8. Richard Welch married Elizabeth Leach..

8-1. Jesse Welch, born 6 May 1828 in Johnson Co., IN, died 2 Nov 1914 in Lucas Co., IA, buried in Mt. Zion Cem.; married Mary Ferguson, born 6 May 1828 in KY, died 27 Feb 1918 in Lucas Co., IA, buried in Mt. Zion Cem.  They had Mary C., Elizabeth J., and William E. Welch.
8-2. George W. Welch, born 28 Aug 1829 in Johnson Co., IN; married (1) on 16 Dec 1852 in McDonough Co., IL, Sarah Ledgerwood or Durant, born 1832 in Morgan Co., IL, died 1860, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL.  They had Edward, Joseph, William, and Carrie Welch; married (2) on 15 Feb 1866 in McDonough Co., IL, Margaret Elizabeth Young, born Jan 1846 in OH.  They had Florence L., Estella, Haley, Jesse C., and Myrtle Welch.
8-3. Tabitha Welch, born 27 Sep 1832 in Johnson Co., IN, died 21 Feb 1921 in Saunders Co., NE, buried in Ashland Cem.; married on 1 Feb 1849 in Johnson Co., IN, Hale C. Russell, born 1827 in TN, died 21 Mar 1896, buried in Ashland Cem., Saunders Co., NE.  They had Mary E., Sarah J., Lucinda, Ann, William H., Laura B., Emma, and James Washington Russell.
8-3. Elizabeth Welch, born 7 Mar 1834 in Johnson Co., IN, died 11 Jun 1904, buried in Mt. Zion Cem., Lucas Co., IA; married on 18 Feb 1856 in McDonough Co., IL, her first cousin, William Jefferson James.
8-4. Louisiana Welch, born 10 Jan 1837 in Johnson Co., IN, died 1886 in Lucas Co., IA; married on 27 Sep 1856 in McDonough Co., IL, John Bennett Rogers, born 21 Dec 1833 in OH, died 1881 in Lucas Co., IA.  They had Emma I., Richard, James William, Elnora, and David Sylvanus Rogers.
8-5. Mary Welch, Sep 1839 in Johnson Co., IN; married on 12 Jul 1857 in Lucas Co., IA,  David H. DeVore, born 1833/1834 in IN.  They had James S., Henry A., Martha, Arthur, Charles J., W. J., and H. F. DeVore.
8-6. Richard Welch, born Mar 1841 in Johnson Co., IN, died 1920, buried Ashland Cem., Saunders Co., NE; married on 15 Mar 1873 in Chariton, Lucas Co., IA, Sarah Jennie Russell, born Oct 1852 in IN, died 1920, buried Ashland Cem., Saunders Co., NE.  They had James, Charles, Elemer C., and Viola Welch.
8-7. William L. Welch, born 27 Jan 1842 in Johnson Co., IN, died 30 Mar 1934 in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, buried Ashland Cem.; married on 8 Oct 1866 in Lucas Co., IA, Martha E. Garrard, born 13 Mar 1844 in Westom, Lewis Co., VA (later WV), died 29 Oct 1923 in Buchanan Co., MO, buried Ashland Cem.   They had Louesella, Flora, Emerson, Minnie, and Everett Welch.
8-8. Martha A. Welch, born 7 Jan 1844 in Johnson Co., IN, died 20 Jan 1881, buried Mt. Zion Cem., Lucas Co., IA; married on 16 Mar 1859 in Lucas Co., IA, Samuel B. Holloway, born 27 Nov 1837 in Cherokee Co., AL, died 5 Feb 1905, in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, buried Workman Cem., Linn Co., OR.  They had Rosella, William Oscar, and Henry C.. Holloway.
8-9. Bennett Welch, born 1844/1845 in Johnson Co., IN.  Evidently died young.
8-10. Hale Columbia Welch, born 19 Feb 1849 in Johnson Co., IN, died 26 Dec 1903 in Lucas Co., IA, buried Russell Cem; married (1) on 2 Sep 1871 in Whitebreast Twp., Lucas Co., IA, Mary Catherine Core, born 2 Nov 1845 in Cynthiana, Pike Co., OH, died 13 Jan 1918 in Saunders Co., NE, buried Chariton Cem., Lucas Co., IA.  They had no children and evidently divorced; married (2) on 26 Dec 1895 in Lucas Co., IA, Katherine E. Stearns, born May 1876 in IA.

**"JESSE WELCH   Mr. Jesse Welch, one of the pioneer citizens of Lucas county, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. S. Kelly, on north Grand street, on Monday morning, Nov. 2, 1914, at one o'clock, at the age of 86 years, 5 months and 27 days.  Death was due to infirmities of old age.
     Funeral services were held at Mt. Zion church near Oakley on Tuesday forenoon at eleven o'clock, conducted by Rev. Milton Young, pastor of the Baptist church at Indianola, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
     Jesse Welch was born in Indiana on May 6th, 1828.  He was married there to Miss Mary Ferguson, who survives him.  Three children were born to them, all of whom are living and were present at the funeral services.  They are Mrs. L. N. Edson and Mrs. W. S. Kelly, of this city, and W. E. Welch, of Ottumwa.
     He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. D. H. Devore, of Lincoln, Neb., and Mrs. Tabitha Russell, of Ashland, Neb., and three brothers, G. W. Welch, of Macomb, Ill., Richard Welch, of Ashland, Neb., and W. L. Welch, of St. Joseph, Mo.
     He was highly regarded by a large circle of friends, who will learn of his demise with sorrow and who will extend heartfelt sympathy to the sorrowing relatives."  (obituary: The Chariton Herald-Patriot; Chariton, IA, Thur., Nov. 12, 1914.)
**"MRS. JESSE WELCH   As announced in this paper last week, Mrs. Jesse Welch passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. S. Kelly, in Chariton, on Wednesday forenoon, Feb. 27, 1918, at 10:30 o'clock, at the age of 89 years, 3 months and 22 days.  Death was due to the infirmities of old age.
     Funeral services were held at the Mt. Zion church on Friday afternoon at two o'clock, conducted by Rev. Earnest P. Taggart, pastor of the Christian church of this city, after which the remains were laid to rest by the side of her husband in the Mt. Zion cemetery.
     Mary Ferguson was born on May 6, 1828.  On Feb. 23, 1853 she was united in marriage to Jesse Welch.  They resided for some time in Indiana, moving to this county later, where the remainder of their lives were spent.
     Mrs. Welch was a member of the Christian church for many years and had lived a faithful Christian life.  Her husband passed away three years ago last November.
     Mr. and Mrs. Welch were the parents of three children, two daughters and one son, Mrs. W. S. Kelly and Mrs. L. N. Edson, of this city, and W. E. Welch, of Ottumwa, all of whom survive their parents.  She also leaves five grandchildren and two great-granddaughters and numerous friends to mourn her demise.
     The son, W. E. Welch, was unable to be present at the last sad rites as his own wife was to be buried the same day in Ottumwa, but he came here and viewed the remains of his mother after her death and spent a few hours with relatives.
     Mrs. Welch was a good woman, a noble wife and mother, and was held in high regard by all who knew her.  Her passing will be greatly regretted and the sympathy of the community will be extended to the sorrowing children."  (obituary: The Chariton Herald-Patriot; Chariton, IA, Thur., Mar. 7, 1918.)
**"HALE WELCH   Mr. Hale Welch died at his home in Russell on Saturday morning, December 26, 1903, at two o'clock, after an illness of only eleven days with kidney trouble.
     Funeral services, conducted by Rev. Carl Brown were held at the M. E. church in Russell on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, after which the remains were interred in the Russell cemetery.
     Hale Welch was born in Johnson county, Indiana, on February 19, 1849.  When but ten months old his parents moved to Illinois where he lived until he was seven years of age, when he came to this county where he has since resided.
     He was a carpenter by trade and had a large circle of acquaintances by whom he was highly regarded and who will learn of his death with the deepest regret.
     He is survived by his wife and a number of other relatives.  His brother, Jesse Welch of this city, and two sisters, Mrs. W. J. James and Mrs. Mary Devore of Oakley, were at his bedside when death came.  These sorrowing ones have the sympathy of a host of friends in their great bereavement."  (obituary: The Chariton Democrat; Chariton, IA, Thur., Dec. 31, 1903.)
**"MRS. MARY C. WELCH   Mary C. Core, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Core, was born November 2nd, 1845, at Cynthiana, Ohio, and departed this life January 13th, 1918, at the home of her brother at Ashland, Nebraska.
     The departed one leaves to mourn her loss one sister and one brother and a host of friends.
     She began to teach school at the age of sixteen and has taught continually until three years ago when she resigned her school work on account of failing health.
     On September 2nd, 1871, she was united in marriage to Hale C. Welch at Whitebreast, Iowa.  Mrs. Welch was the oldest teacher in Lucas county in point of service, which she always rendered in a most creditable and commendable manner.
     When she first came to Lucas she conducted a private school and later was employed by the school board of the Lucas schools where she had remained a number of years.  Mrs. Welch was a member of the Lucas M. E. church and led an exemplary Christian life.
     She was of a kind and lovable disposition, having at all times a word of encouragement for the one who was trying to seek better things and always a word of comfort and consolation for the discouraged and downcast.
     At the time of her death she was 71 years, 2 months and 11 days of age and had been ill but a short time.  A brother and a sister survive her, Mrs. W. W. Hinsley, of Denver, Colorado, and Mr. E. I. Core, of Ashland, Nebraska.
     Her remains were brought to Chariton Monday, where funeral services were held in the M. E. church and interment was in the Chariton cemetery."  (obituary: The Chariton Leader; Chariton, IA, Thur., Jan. 17, 1918.)

x. 1830 US Census Population Schedule for Johnson County, Indiana, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 27, (microfilm: roll M19_27; imgs. 56-7); 1840 US Census Population Schedule for Johnson County, Indiana, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 289, (microfilm: roll M704_84; imgs. 593-4); 1850 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pgs. 264B-265A, (microfilm: roll M432_155; imgs. 145-6); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for Lucas County, Iowa, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 612, (microfilm: roll M653_333; img. 122); & 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Lucas County, Iowa, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 619B, (microfilm: roll M593_406; img. 496).

c. Death Certificates, Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO, (Death Certificate No. 7975 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO & Death Certificate No. 29308 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO).

d. Ashland Cemetery, Saunders County, Nebraska (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1115887&CScn=Ashland&CScntry=4&CSst=31&CScnty=1881&, continuously updated).

d. Workman Cemetery, Linn County, Oregon (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=Workman&CScntry=4&CSst=39&CScnty=2226&, continuously updated).

d. Russell Cemetery, Lucas County, Iowa (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=96022&CScn=Russell&CScntry=4&CSst=14&CScnty=605&, continuously updated).

d. Chariton Cemetery, Lucas County, Iowa (/www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=267451&CScn=Chariton&CScntry=4&CSst=14&, continuously updated).

9. Jefferson R. Welch, , Addella R. Caldwell,   himself born in Kentucky, father born in England, mother born in Pennsylvania.  By 1880, Jefferson was the oldest survivor of the family and, as such, might be expected to have remembered his father better than any of the others; however, it does not seem likely that Osias came directly from England.  It is possible that this reflects misunderstanding and error on the part of the census taker.  One of the first settlers of McDonough County, Illinois.  Served in the Black Hawk War of 1831-1832.  In April of 1832 he was on the muster roll of Captain Levi W. Goodan's Company of the Brigade of Mounted Volunteers, commanded by Brigadier General Samuel Whitesides. He was discharged on May 28, 1832 at the mouth of the Fox River, about 175 miles from his home.  He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

9-1. William Davis Welch, born 17 Jan 1834, died 15 Jul 1913 in Richland Co., ND, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL; married (1) on 6 Nov 1856 in McDonough Co., IL, Margaret Bean, born 20 Sep 1834, died 6 Dec 1867.  They had J. Franklin, Samuel Edward, and Anna D. Welch; married (2) on 5 Sep 1870 in McDonough Co., IL, Sophia Anna Brent, born 3 Oct 1845, died 6 Mar 1876, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL.  They had Verne and James Arthur Welch; married (3) on 28 Feb 1878 in McDonough Co., IL, Eliza J. Huffman, born Jan 1861 in MO.  They had Pearlie E., Bill, Jefferson Roland, Essie, Robert Thomas, and Charles Melvin Welch.
9-2. Samuel H. Welch, born 1838/1839 in IL, died 25 Oct 1860, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL.
9-3. Mary F. Welch, born 18 Sep 1842 in IL, died 25 Oct 1897, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL; married on 10 Apr 1864 in McDonough Co., IL, Joseph Bean, born 4 Sep 1837, died 15 Oct 1912, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL.  They had Ella, Daniel E., Clyda, Bert, and Vilasco Bean.
9-4. Thomas J. Welch, born 1845 in IL, died 23 Dec 1908 in Guadalupe Co., NM; married 14 Sep 1869 in McDonough Co., IL, Rebecca J. Guy, born 1846/1847 in IL, died Dec 1911 in Carlsbad, Eddy Co., NM.  They had Laura E., Clarence M., Mary Della, William L., Elsie M., Fred, and George Welch.
9-5. John S. Welch, born 18 Jan 1848 in IL, died 2 Dec 1851, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL.
9-6. Nancy Isabel Welch, born 9 Oct 1850 in McDonough Co., IL, died 30 May 1944; married on 19 Sep 1867 in McDonough Co., IL, David Tinsley Guy, born 8 Sep 1837 in McDonough Co., IL, died 20 Aug 1907 in McDonough Co., IL, buried Oakwood Cem.  They had Charles Jefferson, Iva Tinsley, and Della Guy.
9-7. Charles Washington Welch, born 10 Feb 1853 in McDonough Co., IL, died 18 Aug 1926 in McDonough Co., IL, buried Oakwood Cem.; married 25 Dec 1878 in McDonough Co., IL, Emma F. Reese,born 19 Jul 1860 in IL, died 4 Jul 1920, buried Oakwood Cem., McDonough Co., IL.  They had Glenola, Roland Verne, Blanche, Cleveland Charles, Ralph Reese, Homer William, and Hazel Emma Welch.
9-8. Lee Anna Welch, born 1856 in IL; married (1) on 31 Aug 1871 in McDonough Co., IL, Thomas J. Hill, born 1854/1855 in IA.  They had Dora and Lawrence Hill; married (2) on 20 Jul 1890 in McDonough Co., IL, Leon David May.
9-9. Laura A. Welch, born 1858 in IL, died 5 Feb 1864, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL.

x. Federal Land Sale: October 28, 1835.  40 Acres: Northeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 5 North, Range 4 West of Principal Meridian 4 (Colchester formerly Tennessee Township) in McDonough County, Illinois.  Purchaser: Jefferson Welch; Rate: $1.25 per acre; Price: $50.00.
Federal Land Sale: March 8, 1848.  80 Acres: West Half of Southeast Quarter of Section 27, Township 6 North, Range 4 West of Principal Meridian 4 (Hire Township) in McDonough County, Illinois.  Purchaser: Jefferson A. Welch; Rate: $1.25 per acre; Price: $100.00.
     Federal Land Sale: September 8, 1848.  40 Acres: Northeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter of Section 27, Township 6 North, Range 4 West of Principal Meridian 4 (Hire Township) in McDonough County, Illinois.  Purchaser: Jefferson A. Welch; Rate: $1.25 per acre; Price: $50.00.
     Federal Land Sale: December 22, 1849.  40 Acres: Southeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter of Section 27, Township 6 North, Range 4 West of Principal Meridian 4 (Hire Township) in McDonough County, Illinois.  Purchaser: Jefferson A. Welch; Rate: $1.25 per acre; Price: $50.00.  (Field General Land Office Register, Vol. 698, pgs. 148 & 158, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL, 1957.    (Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database, http://www.ilsos.gov/isa/landsrch.jsp, 2015.))

a. 1840 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 214, (microfilm: roll M704_65; imgs. 50-1); 1850 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 266B, (microfilm: roll M432_116; img. 377); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 667, (microfilm: roll M653_201; img. 308); 1870 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 165A, (microfilm: roll M593_256; img. 666); & 1880 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 365B, (microfilm: roll T9_227; img. 734).

b. "Jefferson Welch, one of the oldest settlers of McDonough County died at his home north of Colchester in Emmet township on November 30th.  He came to McDonough County before 1835.  He married a sister of Thomas Caldwell of this city and was the father of a large family.  He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.  His wife survives.  Burial was in the Argyle Cemetery."  (obituary: Macomb Journal; Macomb, IL, Thur., Dec. 6, 1883.)  (Linda M. Worstell (tr), McDonough County ILGenWeb Archives, www.macomb.com/~ilmcdono/Obituaries/McDonough_obits4.html, 2004.)

c. "Mrs. Adella Welch, an old and well known resident of the west part of the county, died at her home, two and one half miles northwest of Colchester, at 6:50 o'clock Monday evening of old age.  She was one of the oldest residents of the county, being 93 years, 6 months and 10 days old.  Funeral services will be held at the Argyle church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. R. B. Fisher of this city, interment in the cemetery at that place.
     Adella Caldwell was born in Green County, Kentucky, October 26, 1813 and came to this state in 1830, locating in Sangamon county, where she lived only a short time, when she removed to this city.  She lived here until 1832, when she came to the farm near Colchester, on which she lived the rest of her life.  She was married to Jefferson Welch in 1832, they locating on the farm mentioned, he dying November 20, 1883.  She has long been a faithful member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and was a woman esteemed by all who knew her, one of the sturdy pioneers whose lives will ever be an example of self sacrifice and righteousness for the younger generation.  She is survived by one brother, John Caldwell of Elvaston and five children - Wm. D. of Hire; Charles who lives on the home place; T.J. of Carlsbad, N.M.; Mrs. David Guy of Macomb and Mrs. Lee May of Atlanta, Ga."  (obituary: Macomb Daily Journal; Macomb, IL, Tues., May 7, 1907.)  (ibid.)

z. Oakwood Cemetery, McDonough County, Illinois (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=107286&CScn=Oakwood&CScntry=4&CSst=16&CScnty=744&, continuously updated).

z. Mt. Auburn Cemetery, McDonough County, Illinois (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=107005&CScn=Mt.+Auburn&CScntry=4&CSst=16&CScnty=744&, continuously updated).

10. George Washington Welch, , Mary D. Caldwell, born   He was know as Washington or G.W.  He gave liberally to the building fund of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Hire township and organized the First Sabbath School.

10-1. Amanda M. Welch, born 29 May 1836 in McDonough Co., IL, died 16 Sep 1923; married 19 Sep 1864 in McDonough Co., IL, Anthony Thornton, born 19 Mar 1827 in Marion Co., KY, died 9 Nov 1910.  They had Mary E., Kate, and Carrie Alleyne Thornton.
10-2. Elijah A. Welch, born 31 Mar 1838 in McDonough Co., IL, died 17 Dec 1913, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL; married (1) on 19 Feb 1868 in McDonough Co., IL, Harriet (Hattie) Guy, born 12 Oct 1842 in McDonough Co., IL, died 26 Oct  1883 in McDonough Co., IL, buried Argyle Cem.  They had George W., Angeline, Myra or Mary, Elsia A., James A., and Henry T. Welch; married (2) 10 Feb 1887, Emma P. Briggs, born 9 Mar 1854 in Boone Co., IL, died 17 Apr 1890, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL; married (3) on 23 Nov 1892 in McDonough Co., IL, Mrs. Almira Helen Snodgrass McMahan, born 15 Feb 1850 in IN, died 9 May 1929, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL.
10-3. Elisha C. Welch, born 31 Mar 1838 in McDonough Co., IL, died 30 Jun 1860, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL.
10-4. Nancy J. Welch, born 28 Sep 1839, died 13 Feb 1849, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL
10-5. James M. Welch, born 12 Feb 1842 in McDonough Co., IL, served as a Corporal with Company D of the Union Twenty-eighth Illinois Infantry and died 6 Apr 1862 at the Battle of Shiloh, Hardin Co., TN, buried Shiloh National Military Park.
10-6. David L. Welch, born 23 Feb 1846, died 30 Jun 1846, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL
10-7. George S. Welch, born Apr 1848 in McDonough Co., IL, died 5 Nov 1905; married on 10 Jun 1869 in McDonough Co., IL, Martha (Mattie) Hamilton, born Jun 1852.  they had May L., George Clifton, Lizzie Pearl, and Winnie H. Welch.
10-8. Mary Adaline Welch, born 28 Oct 1848, died 29 Aug 1849, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL
10-9. Sarah J. Welch, born 2 Jul 1850, died 2 Sep 1850, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL
10-10. Charles T. Welch, born 24 Nov 1851, died 23 Dec 1852, buried in Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL.
10-11. John H. Welch, born 18 Apr 1854, died 1 Sep 1854, buried in Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL.
10-12. William Joseph Welch, born 18 Aug 1857, died 27 Sep 1857, buried in Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL.
10-13. Albert B. Welch, born Jun 1860 in McDonough Co., IL; married on 8 Sep 1881 in McDonough Co., IL, Nancy E. Copeland, born Dec 1862 in PA.  They had Herbert, Ethel, Howard, Norris, Ruth, Earl, and Rachel Welch.
10-14. Emma T. Welch, born Sep 1862 in McDonough Co., IL, died 1952, buried Oakwood Cem., Travis Co., TX; married on 10 Feb 1886 in McDonough Co., IL, Rev. Robert Wakefield Norris, born 15 Mar 1850 in Cumberland Co., KY, died 1934, buried Oakwood Cem., Travis Co., TX

x.  Federal Land Sale: June 18, 1835.  69.50 Acres: East Half of Northwest Quarter of Section 1, Township 5 North, Range 4 West of Principal Meridian 4 (Colchester formerly Tennessee Township) in McDonough County, Illinois.  Purchaser: George W. Welch; Rate: $1.25 per acre; Price: $86.88.
     Federal Land Sale: June 18, 1835.  69.50 Acres: West Half of Northwest Quarter of Section 1, Township 5 North, Range 4 West of Principal Meridian 4 (Colchester formerly Tennessee Township) in McDonough County, Illinois.  Purchaser: George W. Welch; Rate: $1.25 per acre; Price: $86.88.  (ibid., Vol. 698, pg. 148.  (ibid.))

r. "Mrs. (George) Washington Welch, mother of George S. Welch, well-known of this city, Mrs. A. Thornton, Albert Welch of Colchester and Mrs. Emma Norris, died at her home near Argyle Church, 2 miles north of Colchester, the present week.
     She was a lady of high Christian character, and among the pioneer inhabitants."  (obituary: Macomb Journal; Macomb, IL, Thur., Nov. 17, 1887.)  (op. cit. (Linda M. Worstell (tr)))

a. 1840 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 214, (microfilm: roll M704_65; imgs. 50-1); 1850 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 266B, (microfilm: roll M432_116; img. 377); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 659, (microfilm: roll M653_201; img. 300); 1870 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 139A, (microfilm: roll M593_256; img. 614); & 1880 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 364B, (microfilm: roll T9_227; img. 732).

x. Civil War Military Service Records, National Archives, Washington DC, (microfilm: roll roll M539_96).  (Database searchable online at Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service, www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm, 2004.)

z. Shiloh National Military Park, Hardin County, Tennessee (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=18454&CScn=Shiloh&CScntry=4&CSst=45&CSsr=21&, continuously updated).

z. Oakwood Cemetery, Travis County, Texas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=5704&CScn=Oakwood&CScntry=4&CSst=46&CScnty=2746&, continuously updated).

11. Mahala Welch, , David S. Baker,   herself born in Kentucky, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Pennyslvania.  Coincidentally, the date of the corresponding page of the population schedule was June 11, 1880, which implies that Mahala died only three days later on June 14th.  Concomitantly, some researchers indicate that she had died exactly a month earlier in May; however, this clearly cannot be correct since she was obviously still living at the time the census was taken.  They were married at the residence of her father, Osias Welch, by the Rev. Joseph Roland.  David was deeded land on Cypress Creek in Muhlenberg County.  He built a log home there and all their children were born there.

11-1. Jacob Israel Baker, born 2 May 1828, died 5 Aug 1912 in Major Co., OK, buried Rusk Cem.; married Mary Catherine Hinton, born 30 Oct 1829 in Daviess Co., KY, died 25 Apr 1913 in Major Co., OK, buried Rusk Cem.  They had Millard fillmore, Zebulon M., and Lafayette (Lafe)  Baker.
11-2. Elizabeth Josephine Baker, born 23 Dec 1829, died 30 Jan 1917, buried Poplar Grove Cem., McLean Co., KY; married on 25 Mar 1846 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, Henry Clay McEuen, born 28 Jun 1823 in Madison Co., KY, died 30 Jan 1894 in McLean Co., KY, buried in Poplar Grove Cem.  They had Henrietta Clay, Charlotte, Lucretia Jane, Leonora Mahala, Walker, Edgar Baker, David Henry Hart, Ellsworth, James Shackleford, Molly, Ruth, and May McEuen.
11-3. Mary Anne Salome Baker, born 2 May 1832 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 9 Feb 1874 in Moultrie Co., IL; married on 29 Jul 1850 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, Ben Kelley, born 28 Jul 1824 in Ohio Co., KY, died 1902 in Douglas Co., IL, buried Kelley Cem., Moultrie Co., IL.  They had Vitura Ann, Florence Idella, David J.,  Fanny Betty, Mary Ellen, John Carson, Ada Mahala, Lafayette Carter, Archie Rowen, and Lena Baker Kelley.
11-4. Elisha C. Baker, born 20 Dec 1834.
11-5. John Airhart Baker, born 6 Nov 1837 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 26 Jun 1924 in Natrona Co., WY, buried Highland Cem.; married Antonette (Nettie) Vickers, born 18 Jan 1848, died 1 Jun 1940, buried Highland Cem., Natrona Co., WY.  They had Paul and Volney Manford Baker.
11-6. C. F. Volney Baker, born 23 Mar 1839 in KY, died 21 Jan 1877, buried Hickory Grove Cem., Scotland Co., MO; married Fidelia Anna Hoy, born Jul 1845 in KY, died 3 Apr 1934 in Olympia, Thuston Co., Wa, buried Odd Fellows Memorial Park  They had Inez, David S., Bush Thomas, and Clara Volney Baker..
11-7. David Hume Baker, born 7 Oct 1841, died 1 Jun 1917 in Orange Home, Sumter Co., FL, buried Arlington National Cem., Arlington Co., VA; married Mary Hannah Matthis, born Jun 1844 in hardin Co., KY, died 1 Jun 1932 in Orange Home, Sumter Co., FL, buried Arlington National Cem., Arlington Co., VA.  They had David M. Baker
11-8. (unnnamed son) Baker, born

d. 1830 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 92, (microfilm: roll M19_40; imgs. 183-4); 1840 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 348, (microfilm: roll M704_120; imgs. 703-4); 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pgs. 195B-196A, (microfilm: roll M432_214; imgs. 391-2); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for McLean County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pgs. 100-1, (microfilm: roll M653_384; imgs. 101-2); 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Henry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 294B, (microfilm: roll M593_778; img. 594); & 1880 US Census Population Schedule for McLean County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 253A, (microfilm: roll T9_430; img. 511).

z. Rusk Cemetery, Major County, Oklahoma (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99426&CScn=Rusk&CScntry=4&CSst=38&CScnty=2174&, continuously updated).

z. Highland Cemetery, Natrona County, Wyoming (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=84045&CScn=Highland&CScntry=4&CSst=53&CScnty=3131&, continuously updated).

z. Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=49269&CScn=Arlington+National&, continuously updated).

12.  James R. Welch, and Margaret McCord,

12-1. Mary E. Welch, born 2 Feb 1843, died 27 Mar 1859, buried Atkinson Cem., McDonough Co., IL
12-2. Permelia or Pamela Ann Welch, born 3 Nov 1845, died 6 Jan 1932 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, buried Greenwood Cem., Garland Co., AR; married on 15 Nov 1860 in McDonough Co., IL, William H. Ledgerwood, born 29 Oct 1837, died 7 Apr 1897 in Hot Springs, garland Co., AR.  They had John J., William H., James E., Albert O., and David E. Ledgerwood.
12-3. John Taylor Welch, born Apr 1846, died 25 Nov 1883, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL; married on 29 Sep 1870 in McDonough Co., IL, Jane Murray, born 28 Apr 1848 in Nelson Co., KY, died 26 Feb 1913, buried Argyle Cem., McDonough Co., IL.  They had Willie Horace, John Eugene, and Ivan G. Welch.

**"Taylor Welch of Emmet twp was killed by lightning Sunday night near his home.  He was born in Emmet twp and has spent his whole life there.  He was a son of James Welch who died several years ago and a cousin of Mrs. A. Thornton of this place and of Geo. S. Welch, the bookdealer.  He was married some 14 years ago to Miss Murray whose parents reside in KY.  They had 3 children, 2 of whom have died; the surviving child is less that 3 years of age."  (death notice: The Macomb Journal, Macomb, IL, Thur., Nov. 29, 1883.)

x. Welch, James R. & Margaret, his wife, to James Hendricks
    Muhlenberg DB 13:355
    Date: 15 Aug 1848
    Parties: James R. Welch & Margaret, his wife, of McDonough Co., IL by their attorney William R. Welch, to James Hendricks
    Property: 150 acres on Cypress Creeek
    Payment: $650
    Adjacent: Jacob Coffman corner, Thomas Worthington corner, William Sketoe corner, James Nall corner

x. 1850 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 254A, (microfilm: roll M432_116; img. 356); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 585, (microfilm: roll M653_201; img. 225); 1870 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 452B, (microfilm: roll M593_256; img. 234); & 1880 US Census Population Schedule for Woodson County, Kansas, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 223A, (microfilm: roll T9_400; img. 130).

z. Greenwood Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=54123&CScn=Greenwood&CScntry=4&CSst=4&, continuously updated).

13. Malinda Welch, and, John J. James,   Following the death of his first wife, John married a widow, Mrs. Esther Francis Gleason, on August 26, 1851, in McDonough County, Illinois.  She had one son, William, from her first marriage.  About 1855, they evidently settled with relatives in Henry County, Missouri, and had four more children, viz., Francis J., John Douglas, Thomas H., and Annie Letitia James.

13-1. William Jefferson James, born 12 Sep 1832 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 27 Feb 1905, buried in Mt. Zion Cem., Lucas Co., IA; married on 18 Feb 1856 in McDonough Co., IL, his first cousin, Elizabeth Welch.  They had Amos Manford, Floretta, Edgar Courtney, Ishmael O., (unnamed son), Mary Leota, and Oscar Herbert James.
13-2. George W. James, born 29 Mar 1834, died 1898, buried Cedarvale Cem., Woodson Co., KS; married Martha Ann Hart, born Sep 1837 in MO, died 1916, buried Cedarvale Cem., Woodson Co., KS.  They had Martha M., John A., Lou E., and Charles E. James.
13-3. Isaac S. James, born Aug 1836
13-4. Mary E. James, born 18 Oct 1838 in KY, died Aug 1921, buried Oakwood Cem., McDonough Co., IL; married 9 Oct 1854 in McDonough Co., IL, John W. Russell, born Apr 1833 in VA, died 15 Feb 1914, buried Oakwood Cem., McDonough Co., IL.  They had Malinda C., Adaline C., Marion Edgar, James William, Carrie C., (unnamed daughter), and Mary Louise Russell.
13-5. Francis M. James, born 27 Jan 1841
13-6. Eliza Jane James, born 16 May 1842 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 27 May 1929 in Henry Co., MO, buried Bethlehem Cem.; married (1) on 17 Feb 1859 in Henry Co., MO, Richard Lee, born 1832 in Henry Co., MO, enlisted at Osceola, MO, on 1 Aug 1862, served with Company K of the Confederate Sixteenth Missouri Infantry, died 4 Jul 1863 at the Battle of Helena, buried Confederate Cem., Phillips Co., AR.  They had Mary M. Lee; married (2) in 17 Mar 1864 in Henry Co., MO, Cyrus Davis, born 1824 in OH, died 1881, buried Bethlehem Cem., Henry Co., MO.  They had George H., Charles Marion, Jefferson S., Ira Lee, Willis F., Wilbur, Reid A., and Rose Davis.
13-7. Sarah A. James, born 2 Sep 1844
13-8. Malinda A. James, born 1847/1848 in IL.  Evidently died young.

**"W. J. James of Liberty Township Answers the Final Call   With heartfelt sorrow the Leader notes the death of W. J. James of Liberty Township who died at his residence in Oakley on Monday, February 27, 1905 at 11:50 a.m., after an illness of only six days with rheumatism of the heart, although he had been in ill health for several years.
     Funeral services were held at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Wednesday forenoon at 11 o'clock, after which the remains were gently laid to rest, to await the resurrection morn.  W.J. James was born in Mulenburge, Kentucky on September 12, 1832.  While yet in his teens he moved from there with his parents to Colchester, Ill., where he grew to manhood.  On February 18, 1856, he was married in McDonough County, Ill. to Miss Elizabeth Welch of the same place, who died on June 11th of last year.
     They were the parents of seven children, two of whom died in infancy.  The five who survive are A.M. & Floretta James of Oakley; E.C. of Chariton; Mrs. C.H. Stierwalt of Murray; and Bert James of St. Joe, Mo.  In 1856 Mr. James and family came to Lucas County where he resided until his death.  He was always cheerful and pleasant and was everybody's friend.  He was a model, upright man whose life is well worthy of emulation.  At the age of twenty years he united with the Primitive Baptist Church and has since been a devoted and conscientious follower of Christ.
     During his residence of almost fifty years in this county he won the high regard of all with whom he came in contact and his death is mourned by a host of friends who will extend heartfelt sympathy to the sorrowing children."  (obituary: The Chariton Leader; Chariton, IA, Sat., Mar. 2, 1905.)

x. 1850 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pgs. 266A-B, (microfilm: roll M432_116; imgs. 376-7) & 1860 US Census Population Schedule for Henry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pgs. 831-2, (microfilm: roll M653_201; imgs. 342-3)

x. Civil War Military Service Records, National Archives, Washington DC, (microfilm: roll M380_9).  (Database searchable online at Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service, www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm, 2004.)

z. Cedarvale Cemetery, WoodsonCounty, Kansas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=92166&CScn=Cedarvale&CScntry=4&CSst=18&CScnty=987&, continuously updated).

14. William Rowland Welch, , Lavina Butler,  himself born in Kentucky, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Kentucky.  Moreover, he had not moved to Illinois at the same time as his five brothers, but had remained behind in Muhlenberg County and later McLean County until 1861.  Within this context, the corresponding census population schedules of 1850 and 1860 clearly indicate that while resident in Kentucky,   He was a Baptist minister, helping start the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, near where the current church now stands on the West side of Kentucky Highway 81, between Bremen and Sacramento.  He was the first pastor of this church.  He served as minister to several churches and was with the Tennessee Baptist Church, Union Baptist Church in Berwick, St. Marys in Colmar, Bethel Baptist in Industry, Cedar Creek in Blandinsville, Baptist Church in Youngstown, and the Baptist Church at Mt. Pleasant.    He wrote of his work at Bethel Church in 1867 in the Western Recorder, a Baptist newsletter and in 1868 he wrote of a meeting he held for 10 days at the Caloma schoolhouse in McDonough County.

14-1. Azro Butler Welch, born 1839 in McLean Co., KY, died 18 Feb 1882, buried East Libert Cem., McDonough Co., IL;
14-2. Sylvester Butler Welch, born
14-3. Amanda J. Welch, born
14-4. Kincheon Hay Welch, born
14-5. Mary Elizabeth Welch, born

x. William L. Winebarger, A History of the Muhlenberg County Baptist Association in Kentucky, The Western Recorder, Louisville, KY, 1966: pgs. 98-9.
     "One hundred years ago, on Saturday, May 28, 1853, Elders K. G. Hay and William Bennett met at Scott's Schoolhouse with nine Baptists, who brought their letters and requested that they be constituted a United Baptist Church.  Scott's Schoolhouse stood in a beautiful woodland about a mile northwest of Bremen, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky; near the spot where the Bethlehem Baptist church-house now stands on the west side of Kentucky Highway 81, between Bremen and Sacremento.  These nine Baptists were: Daniel Harris, Thomas Drake, Elder William Welch, Mary Welch, Elizabeth Drake, Nancy C. Gossett, Mary E. Drake, and Sarah K. Drake.  Their letters of dismission being in regular order, they were approved and duly constituted a United Baptist Church, and thereupon immediately went into a business session, in which they chose Bethlehem as their name; Saturday before the second Sunday in every month for their conference meeting; and Elder William Welch for their pastor.  During the pastorate of Brother Welch, Bethlehem Church ordained her first deacons: Thomas Page and Walter Sparks; made her first mission offering; elected her first Mission Board member, Brother J. N. Rhoades; and took her first Foreign Mission offering, Brother John Noffsinger giving one-third of it.  Brother Welch continued his pastorate of the church till 1861 and his membership in the church till 1922, a total of 69 years during which time he remained a useful and honored member of the church.
     On May 11, 1861, the church called Elder John M. Peay as pastor and he made a proposition to the church to which 'the church agreed.'  If this refers to the pastor's salary, it is the first record of paying the pastor a salary.  Elder K. G. Hay accepted the call of the church as pastor in July of 1862, and continued till June 1866, a period of four years.  During his pastorate Bethlehem ordained her first minister of the Gospel, Elder Charles Karnes, on April 7, 1866; and elected her first trustees: Jesse Welch, John Danner, and J. N. Rhoades on December 9, 1865.  On June 9, 1866, Bethlehem called Elder W. H. Woodson who accepted and served the church till sometime in 1870.  It was during his pastorate that the church erected its first house of worship in 1869, having used the schoolhouse for a period of sixteen years."  ("Baptist History Homepage MUHLENBERG COUNTY (KY) BAPTISTS INDEX", baptisthistoryhomepage.com/ky.muhlenberg.index.html)

x. ibid: pgs. 26-7.
     "Song Services    In the early churches there were few or no hymn books.  In his 'History of Bethlehem Baptist Church' Brother John W. T. Givens says, 'On October 9, 1858, Bethlehem Church voted to have a pulpit Bible and hymn book.  Before this, and doubtless afterward, Pastor Welch 'lined out the hymns' for the congregation to sing, inasmuch as he possibly still had the only hymn book in the congregation.'"

e. S. J. Clarke, History of McDonough County, Illinois, D. W. Lusk, State Printer and Binder, Springfield, IL, 1878: pgs. 568-9.
     "Tennessee (Baptist Church).--This church was organized February 8, 1860, by Elders Farris, and Garnett.  Held meetings in schoolhouse until 1863, when present church structure was erected, and at a cost of $2,000.  It is a good frame building thirty-six feet by forty-four.  The following are the names of the original members: Michael Stookey, Lucinda Stookey, Joseph Wood, Mary Wood, Carolina Samuel, B. Smith, Sarah Smith, John Carroll, Elizabeth Hawker, Thomas Howell, Sarah Howell, G. D. Mourning, Rebecca Mourning, and J. G. Eastwood.  The present membership is thirty-five; a few years ago it numbered one hundred and forty, but two or three churches have been organized through the country by members attending here, and this of course largely diminished the membership.  The following are the pastors serving this church respectively: Elders D. J. Garnett, J. D. Ward, W. R. Welch, H. H. Parks, T. N. Lowe, and Elder W. R. Welch the present pastor, who has labored with this people before.  James L. Trower, moderator; D. J. Garnett, clerk."

f. Anonymous, History of McDonough County, Continental Historical Co., Springfield, IL, 1885: pg. 467.
     "BAPTIST CHURCH AT TENNESSEE   The Baptist church at Tennessee was erected in the fall of 1865, and was organized by Rev. W. R. Welch, with a class of about 25.  The edifice is a frame structure, 40x60 feet in dimensions.  E. Corfield has held service in the church for the past two years and a half, every four weeks.  The present deacons of the church are M. Stewart and A. T. Salisbury, having served in that capacity for about four years.  M. Stewart, S. Moore and, A. T. Salisbury, act as trustees of the church at present, and also have retained that position for four years past.  The present membership numbers about 20."

x. From "The History of McDonough County Illinois" vol. 1 by Ruth Chenoweth and Sara Wisslead Semonis, pub by the McDonough County Genealogical Society, p. 498.
    Welch, Azro Butler (F731) by Douglas Haeussler.  Fought for the Union in the Civil War, enlisting on August 10, 1861 in the Illinois 28th Infantry, Company D.  His papers list him as being 21 years old, 5 feet 5-1/4 inches tall, brown hair, hazel eyes with a fair complexion.  He was discharged due to a disability (deafness), re-enlisted and was finally mustered out on September 25, 1865 at Camp Irwin, Texas.  He was a farmer and a broom maker.

g. 1840 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 349, (microfilm: roll M704_120; img. 235); 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 233A, (microfilm: roll M432_214; img. 466); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for McLean County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pgs. 99-100, (microfilm: roll M653_384; imgs. 100-1.); 1870 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 145A, (microfilm: roll M593_256; img. 626); & 1880 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 558B, (microfilm: roll T9_228; img. 208).

15. Elizabeth Welch, born 16 Aug 1816 in Logan Co., KY, died 29 Jul 1897 in Henry Co., MO, buried in Bethlehem Cem.; married on 5 Oct 1837 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, Absalom Vickers, born 21 Sep 1817 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 21 Dec 1899 in Henry Co., MO.  herself born in Kentucky, father born in Virginia, mother born in Kentucky.  It cannot be known why Elizabeth thought her father had come from Virginia (or even if this was her response to the census taker, since it might have been given by her husband), but this is not affirmed by any other source and does not seem likely.

15-1. Laura Vickers, born
15-2. Mildred Vickers, born
15-3. Adeline Vickers, born
15-4. Florence Vickers, born
15-5. Antoinette (Nettie) Vickers, born
15-6. Sarah Elizabeth Vickers, born
15-7. John William Vickers, born
15-8. Mary Ellen Vickers, born

h. 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 187B, (microfilm: roll M432_214; img. 375); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for Henry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 833, (microfilm: roll M653_622; img. 344); 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Henry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 298A, (microfilm: roll M593_778; img. 601); & 1880 US Census Population Schedule for Henry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 388A, (microfilm: roll T9_689; img. 652).

16. Benjamin J. Welch, born 14 Aug 1818 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 15 Jul 1898 in Sangamon Co., IL, buried in Auburn Cem.; married on 16 Nov 1837 in McDonough Co., IL, Malinda Kirk, born 29 Aug 1816 in OH, died 16 May 1895 in Sangamon Co., IL  himself born in Kentucky, father born in North Carolina, mother born in North Carolina.  In 1880, Benjamin appears to have been a prosperous merchant living with his wife and two adult unmarried daughters in the town of Auburn, Illinois.  Therefore, his assertion that his father had been born in North Carolina would seem to be credible; however, it clearly is in disagreement with all of the others.  Of course, he was one of the youngest members of the family and, therefore, simply might not have known where his father (and mother) had been born.

16-1. Paulina C. Welch, born
16-2. John T. Welch, born
16-3. Araminta D. Welch, born
16-4. Mary M. Welch, born
16-5. Alice A. Welch, born
16-6. Carrie L. Welch, born
16-7. Samantha Welch, born

i. 1840 US Census Population Schedule for McDonough County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 222, (microfilm: roll M704_65; img. 64); 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Hancock County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 298B, (microfilm: roll M432_109; img. 59); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for Hancock County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 293, (microfilm: roll M653_184; img. 38); 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Hancock County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pgs. 146B-147A, (microfilm: roll M593_226; imgs. 296-7); & 1880 US Census Population Schedule for Sangamon County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 171B, (microfilm: roll T9_248; img. 545).

17. Isaac R. Welch, born 27 Feb 1821 in Muhlenberg Co., KY, died 20 Nov 1897 in Colchester Twp. McDonough Co., IL, buried in Webster Cem., Hancock Co., IL; married on 17 Nov 1844 in McDonough Co., IL, Achsah R. Woolley, born 25 Sep 1827 in Otsego Co., NY, died 21 May 1894 in Hancock Co., IL, buried in Webster Cem.  himself born in Kentucky, father born in New Jersey, mother born in Virginia.  Isaac was the youngest member of the family.  Nevertheless, his assertion that his father was born in New Jersey would seem to be somewhat consistent with Pennsylvania.  Within this context, one might speculate that his assertion was motivated merely out of a vague sense of direction, again, as the result of imperfect memory.

17-1. Rosetta Welch, born
17-2. Arthur H. Welch, born
17-3. Edna L. Welch, born
17-4. Dewitt O. Welch, born
17-5. Charles Welch, born
17-6. Minnie Welch, born

j. 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Hancock County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 296B, (microfilm: roll M432_109; img. 55); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for Hancock County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 748, (microfilm: roll M653_184; img. 495); 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Hancock County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 121B, (microfilm: roll M593_226; img. 244); & 1880 US Census Population Schedule for Hancock County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 120A, (microfilm: roll T9_211; img. 241).
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Additional Citations:

x. 1810 US Census Population Schedule for Logan County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 172, (microfilm: roll M252_7; img. 177).

x. 1820 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 136, (microfilm: roll M33_20; img. 146).

x. 1830 US Census Population Schedule for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 103, (microfilm: roll M19_40; imgs. 205-6).

x. Deed Bk. 3, Warren Co., KY, pg. 246.

x. Duane Lester, Rural Cemeteries of McDonough County, Illinois, Vol. XII, Good Hope, IL, printed by Schuyler-Brown Historical and Genealogical Soc. and The Schuyler Jail Museum, Rushville, IL: pgs. 1-17.

x. Argyle Cemetery, McDonough County, Illinois (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2225673&CScn=Argyle&CScntry=4&CSst=16&CScnty=744&, continuously updated).

x. Karen Mauer Green, Kentucky Gazette 1787-1800- Genealogical and Historical Abstracts, Frontier Printing Co., Galveston TX, 1986.

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p. Marriage Bk. 1, Muhlenberg County, Greenville, KY: Nos. 542, 717, 731, 773, 815, 1023, & 1208.   (Jonathan P. Johnson (tr), "White Marriage Book 1", www.rootsweb.com/~kymuhlen/Marriages/marriages.htm, 2005.)

q. Marriage Bk. 2, Muhlenberg County, Greenville, KY: No. 26.   (Jonathan P. Johnson (tr), "White Marriage Book 2", www.rootsweb.com/~kymuhlen/Marriages/marriages.htm, 2005.)

5. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Illinois State Archives & Illinois Genealogical Society, Springfield, IL, 2014.  ("Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900", www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html)

x. op. cit. (Lester): pgs. xxx.

Duane Lester, Rural Cemeteries of McDonough County, Illinois, Vol. XII, Good Hope, IL, printed by Schuyler-Brown Historical and Genealogical Soc. and The Schuyler Jail Museum, Rushville, IL: pgs. 1-17.

s. Maple Grove Cemetery, Warrick County, Indiana (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=85782&CScn=Maple+Grove&CScntry=4&CSst=17&CScnty=878&, continuously updated).

u. Scott Cemetery, MuhlenbergCounty, Kentucky (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=75948&CScn=Scott&CScntry=4&CSst=19&CScnty=1077&, continuously updated).

v. Atterbury Cemetery, Johnson County, Indiana (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1665181&CScn=Atterbury&CScntry=4&CSst=17&, continuously updated).

w. Poplar Grove Cemetery, McLean County, Kentucky (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=548591&CScn=Poplar&CScntry=4&CSst=19&CScnty=1063&, continuously updated).

x. Mount Zion Cemetery, Lucas County, Iowa (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=522187&CScn=Mt.+Zion&CScntry=4&CSst=14&CScnty=605&, continuously updated).

y. Atkinson Cemetery, McDonough County, Illinois (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2399786&CScn=Atkinson&CScntry=4&CSst=16&CScnty=744&, continuously updated).

z. Bethlehem Cemetery, Henry County, Missouri (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2161920&CScn=Bethlehem&CScntry=4&CSst=26&CScnty=1438&, continuously updated).

aa. Webster Cemetery, Hancock County, Illinois (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=108773&CScn=Webster&CScntry=4&CSst=16&CScnty=723&, continuously updated).

x. World War I Draft Registration Cards, National Personnel Records Center, National Archives-Southeast Region, Morrow, GA, (microfilm: roll XX-xxxxxxx; img. xxx).

x. Death Master File, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC, continuously updated.

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