Sylvester Butler Welch
1842 - 1913 (71 years)-
Name Sylvester Butler Welch Born Apr 04, 1842 Kentucky, USA 
Gender Male Died Apr 19, 1913 Paola, Miami county, Kansas, USA Buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska, USA Notes - He served in the civil war in the 28th Illinois Infantry, Company D, along with his brother Azro. His description, on his enlistment papers, is given as 5 feet 8-1/2 inches tall, with blue eyes and dark hair. He was discharged on March 15, 1866 at Brownsville, Texas.
Person ID I2457 mykindred Last Modified Feb 6, 2003
Father Rev. William Rowland Welch, b. Jun 20, 1815, Kentucky, USA , d. 1886, Kansas, USA (Age 70 years) Mother Lavinia Butler, b. 1819, d. Feb 27, 1882 (Age 63 years) Married Mar 1836 Muhlenberg county, Kentucky, USA Notes - They moved to McDonough County in 1861 to join William's brothers and sisters who were early settlers there. (The "History" -- below -- implies that his siblings that came to McDonough county were Jefferson, George W., James, Benjamin, Isaac and Keziah.)
See "The History of McDonough County Illinois" vol. 1 by Ruth Chenoweth and Sara Wisslead Semonis, pub by the McDonough County Genealogical Society, p. 499. Welch, William Rowland (F733) by Erika Peterson (niece of Linda Peterson Worstell).
He remained active in church work until his wife died, in 1882. He traveled to Kansas to visit a child and died there in 1886.
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1850 census, KY, Muhlenberg, Muhlengerg, Aug 10
-- HH 103
John WELCH, 53, M, PA
Nancy WELCH, 53, F, PA
-- HH 104
Wm B WELCH, 35, M, KY
Savinia WELCH, 35, F, KY
Azro B WELCH, 10, M, KY
Sylvester B WELCH, 8, M, KY
Amanda A WELCH, 5, F, KY
Kincheon H WELCH, 1/12, M, KY
Elizabeth WELCH, 65, F, KY
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Family ID F755 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Elizabeth Ellis, b. circa 1845, d. Sep 19, 1878 (Age ~ 33 years) Married Nov 28, 1866 Children + 1. Gertrude Welch, b. Dec 1871, McDonough county, Illinois, USA , d. Y2. J. Welch, d. Y 3. John W. Welch, d. Aft 1913, Omaha, Wayne county, Nebraska, USA Family ID F990 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Margaret Catherine Osborn, b. Aug 01, 1853, Bloomfield, Green county, Indiana, USA , d. Y Married Aug 14, 1881 Roseville, Warren county, Illinois, USA Children 1. Tessie Welch, b. circa 1881, Kansas, USA , d. Y2. Fred L. Welch, b. Aug 1884, d. Y 3. Edna M. Welch, b. Oct 1885, d. Y 4. Osborne J. Welch, b. Nov 1893, d. Y 5. Rose Welch, d. Y Family ID F991 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- He served in the civil war in the 28th Illinois Infantry, Company D, along with his brother Azro. His description, on his enlistment papers, is given as 5 feet 8-1/2 inches tall, with blue eyes and dark hair. He was discharged on March 15, 1866 at Brownsville, Texas.
