John Welch and Elizabeth Woodburn

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Husband John Welch ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Jan 1800 - near McConnell's Mill, Washington Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Nov 1870 1 2
 Cause of Death: Dysentery
         Buried:  - Cross Roads U. P. Cemetery, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: Robert Welch (1751-1809) 3
         Mother: Mary Caldwell (1754-1832) 3

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       Marriage: Abt 1821

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Wife Elizabeth Woodburn ^{1 4}

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           Born: 6 Aug 1801 or 1802 1 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Sep 1873 1 5
         Buried:  - Cross Roads U. P. Cemetery, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: Thomas W. Woodburn (1775-      ) 1 6
         Mother: Peggy Linnville (      -      ) 7

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Children

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1 F Mary Welch ^{8 9}

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           Born:  - Washington Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Walter Denny (1816-Aft 1893) 8 9
           Marr: 1842 10

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2 M James Maxwell Welch ^{9 11}

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           Born: 2 Oct 1823 - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: Jane Lee (1828-      ) 1 9
           Marr: 14 Apr 1853 1

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3 F Margaret Welch ^{1 12}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Samuel Ferguson (      -Bef 1904) 9

         Spouse: Capt. John F. Beatty (      -Bef 1904) 1 9

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4 F Jane Welch ^{1 9 13}

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           Born: Abt 1828
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Oct 1904 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 13 14
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Thomas Harsha (Abt 1813-1891) 1 9 13

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5 M John D. Welch ^{1 9}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Susan Henry (      -      ) 9

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6 F Elizabeth Welch ^{9 15}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Prof. William Gilman Fee (      -1905) 9 16 17

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7 M Rev. Robert Caldwell Welch ^{18 19 20}

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           Born: 19 Aug 1838 - Washington Co, PA 21
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Dec 1868 - Taylorstown, Washington Co, PA 21
         Buried:  - Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Cowden (1838-1899) 22 23
           Marr: 10 Nov 1864 20

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8 F Sarah Ann Welch ^{1 9 24}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: William W. Cockins (      -      ) 1 9 24

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9 M Thomas Patton Welch ^{1 9}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1893
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret "Maggie" Fee (      -      ) 9

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General Notes: Husband - John Welch

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After the death of his father, which occurred when he was a small boy, he went to live with a brother Robert.
He was a small man with dark hair and of a dark complexion; in disposition he was genial but not talkative.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Woodburn

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Shortly after her marriage she went with a younger sister to visit at her sister, Polly Booher's. A pet bear was chained in the yard. At nightfall Polly's hospitality was taxed to provide sleeping quarters for her guests. So her husband and her boys slept in the loft overhead and she and her two sisters occupied the bed below. They were wakened by a scratching on the logs of the house, and were told to be still and go to sleep, that it was only the bear that had broken loose, and he was not likely to run away. Presently, the bear managed to push open the door. Mrs. Booher got up to put the bruin out. The bear, apparently remembering his wrestling tussles with the boys, rose to the occasion and resisted. The more she scolded and struggled to escape bruin's rough hugs, the more was it sport for the bear. The boys came down the ladder and pulled the bear away from his lightly clad victim. "Mind you, by morning Polly's leg was as black as a pot."

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 601.

2 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 162.

3 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 167.

4 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 162, 187.

5 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 188.

6 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 187.

7 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 191.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 601, 1393.

9 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 163.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1393.

11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 602.

12 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 164.

13 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 613.

14 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 165.

15 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 601, 728.

16 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 601, 727.

17 Editor, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926), Pg 100.

18 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 372, 601.

19 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1315.

20 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 106.

21 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 155.

22 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 372.

23 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 97.

24 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 707.