Joseph B. Welsh and Emily L. Taylor

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Husband Joseph B. Welsh ¹

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           Born: 10 Dec 1815 - East Bethlehem Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Welsh, Esq. (      -      ) 3
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Wife Emily L. Taylor ²

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Children

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1 F Rebecca Welsh ²

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         Spouse: Joseph Clark (      -      ) 2

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2 F Ella Welsh ²

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         Spouse: Jonas Emery (      -      ) 2

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3 F Cora Welsh ²

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         Spouse: William H. Theakston (      -      ) 2

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4 F Mary Welsh ²

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph B. Welsh

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He attended Washington and Jefferson College for a short time, but his services being required on the farm, he soon returned to assist his widowed mother in educating the younger children. He said to his mother: "I will remain with you until my sisters are educated and provided for," and that promise was kept. His sisters were educated at the seminaries in Steubenville (Ohio) and Washington (Penn.), in due time leaving the maternal roof with husbands of their choice.
He was a member of the Legislature in 1865-69, and passed most of his life on the farm where his ancestors had settled nearly a century earlier. In the halls of legislation, as executor or administrator of vast estates, as guardian of minors, in the relations of neighbor, husband and father, he was equally able and invariably faithful to every duty. In social life he possessed genial, pleasant manners, was apt in conversation or repartee, and having an unusually extensive knowledge of men and measures, was a most entertaining companion. In 1879 he was thrown from a horse, which accident caused a fibrous tumor in his left side that first began to develop in October, 1880. From that date his health rapidly declined, and he was laid to rest after a protracted illness.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1450.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1451.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 98.