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Rev. William Rowland Welch[1, 2]

Male 1815 - 1886  (70 years)


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  • Name William Rowland Welch 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Born Jun 20, 1815  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1886  Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • He was a Baptist minister, helping start the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, near where the current church now stands on the West side of Kentucky Highway 81, between Bremen and Sacramento.  He was the first pastor of this church.  He served as minister to several churches and was with the Tennessee Baptist Church, Union Baptist Church in Berwick, St. Marys in Colmar, Bethel Baptist in Industry, Cedar Creek in Blandinsville, Baptist Church in Youngstown, and the Baptist Church at Mt. Pleasant.
          He wrote of his work at Bethel Church in 1867 in the Western Recorder, a Baptist newsletter and in 1868 he wrote of a meeting he held for 10 days at the Caloma schoolhouse in McDonough County.
    Person ID I1934  mykindred
    Last Modified Oct 9, 2006 

    Father Osias Welch, R.S.,   b. 1760, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1833  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Rowland,   b. 1785, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 15, 1855, McDonough county, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married Aug 04, 1804  Woodford county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    •     Marriage records of Woodford county, Kentucky show an Ezias Welch married Eliza Conley on August 4, 1804 and also that an Ozias Welch married Elizabeth Pantry on August 14, 1804.
    Notes 
    • A search of marriages on www.ancestry.com shows an Ezias Welch marrying an Eliza Conley on August 4th, 1804 in Woodford County.  It also lists an Ozias Welch as marrying an Elizabeth Pantry on August 14th of the same year in the same county.
    Family ID F780  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lavinia Butler,   b. 1819,   d. Feb 27, 1882  (Age 63 years) 
    Married Mar 1836  Muhlenberg county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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
      -
    Children 
     1. Azro Butler Welch,   b. 1839, McLean county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 18, 1882  (Age 43 years)
     2. Sylvester Butler Welch,   b. Apr 04, 1842, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 19, 1913, Paola, Miami county, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     3. Amanda Jane Welch,   b. May 1844, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Dec 1902, Center, Pontotoc county, Indian Territory, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years)
     4. Kincheon Hay Welch,   b. May 1850, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     5. Mary Elizabeth Welch,   b. circa 1854, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 12, 1880, Warren county, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 26 years)
    Family ID F755  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Welch, Rev. William Rowland (1815-1886)    		Welch, Rev. William Rowland (1815-1886)
    Welch, Rev. William Rowland (1815-1886)    		Welch, Rev. William Rowland (1815-1886)

  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Worstell, Linda: "Osias Welch ....".

    2. [S34] The History of McDonough County Illinois; Vol. 1, p. 499.