John Welsh

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Husband John Welsh ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Bef 1770 - Ireland
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           Died:  - Connoquenessing Twp, Butler Co, PA
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1 M William Welsh ¹

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2 M James Welsh ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: Abt 1785 - Westmoreland Co, PA
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           Died: 1878 - Connoquenessing Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 4
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         Spouse: Eliza Mallison (Abt 1812-1868) 4

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3 M Thomas Welsh ¹

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4 M John Welsh ¹

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5 F Susan Welsh ^{6 7}

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            AKA: Sarah [Unk] 5
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         Spouse: John Brandon (1782-1873) 7 8 9
           Marr: 1804 - ? Butler Co, PA 7 8

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6 F Elizabeth Welsh ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Shannon (      -      ) 1

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7 F [Unk] Welsh

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         Spouse: [Unk] Morrow (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Welsh

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He was a Revolutionary War pensioner; he was shot through the body at the battle of Brandywine. He settled on a farm in Butler County, Pennsylvania, previous to 1800. He was one of the early temperance workers and for many years was a total abstainer.

He was a native of Ireland, came to America about 1770, when a mere lad, grew to manhood in this country, and served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution, being shot through the body at the battle of Brandywine, from which wound, however, he recovered. After the war closed with the triumph of the Colonies and the establishment of independence, he settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He came to Butler County about 1800, purchased a tract of land containing 250 acres in what is now Connoquenessing township, built his cabin in the midst of the primitive forest, and began the work of making a home for himself and family. He lived to see the country thickly settled, and to enjoy the satisfaction of a well improved homestead, upon which he died at a very advanced age.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 186.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 904.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1265.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 905.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 911.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 186, 235.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1184.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 71.

9 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 643, 911.