Bio: Welch, Steven (History - 1835)

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Surnames: WELCH CUSHING SHERMAN

----Source: Biographical History of Clark and Jackson Counties, Wisconsin, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1891 Pages 380 - 381 .

STEVEN WELCH, was born in Dexter, Michigan, April 28, 1835, son of John and Ann Welch, natives of Ireland. His father lived to the advanced age of eighty years, and his mother was 102 when she died They came to Wisconsin when Stephen was six years old and made their home in Milwaukee for twelve years. He was the youngest of their six children, four of whom are still living. All are engaged in engineering except one who works in the rolling mills in Milwaukee. Mr. Welch received his education in Milwaukee and remained with his parents until the fall of 1861, the time of his enlistment in the army. He served as a private in Company F, Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry, and participated in the battles of Holly Springs and Vicksburg, Mississippi, and with Sherman to Atlanta. He was a brave and faithful soldier during the entire term of his enlistment, and received an honorable discharge in 1865, after which he returned to his home in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He saved the money he earned while in the army and after he came home he paid off the indebtedness existing on his father's farm. In 1866 Mr. Welch located permanently in Clark County. Here for twelve years he worked in the woods for one man.

After remaining single forty years, the subject of our sketch took himself a wife. Johanna Cushing, the lady of his choice, was born in 1858. This union has been blessed with three children, two of whom are living: John James and Angeline, both attending the district schools. Mr. Welch resides on a farm in section 15, Grant Township. He is a Republican and a believer in the Bennett law.

WELCH CUSHING SHERMAN