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William Morris WELCH 1820–1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 NOV 1820

Birth Location: Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri

Death Date: 31 JUL 1898

Death Location: Ebenezer Cemetery, Laflin, Bollinger Co., Missouri

Father: Thomas WELCH

Mother: Margaret [MAT-JUDY]

Spouse(s): Keziah [STEVENS], Serrilda SNIDER, Grace CALDWELL

Children(s): Margaret WELCH, Josiah WELCH, John WELCH, Edward WELCH, Miles WELCH, Richard WELCH, Missouri WELCH, Thomas WELCH, Franklin WELCH

William Morris WELCH was born in 1820 in Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri, the child of Thomas Welch And Margaret Young Mat Judy. William Morris WELCH married Grace Ellen Caldwell, Keziah Jane Stephens Stevens, Serrilda Jane Cinderella Jane Snider, and had children including Edward Hubbard Dock Welch, Franklin Pierce Hotch Welch, John Robert Welch, Josiah Bartlett Welch, Margaret Abigail Welch, Miles Monroe Welch, Missouri Elizabeth Welch, Richard J Welch, Thomas Martin Welch. William Morris WELCH passed away in 1898 in Ebenezer Cemetery, Laflin, Bollinger Co., Missouri.

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Biography

  • William Morris WELCH was born in 1820 in Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri, the child of Thomas Welch And Margaret Young Mat Judy.
  • William Morris WELCH married Grace Ellen Caldwell, Keziah Jane Stephens Stevens, Serrilda Jane Cinderella Jane Snider, and had children including Edward Hubbard Dock Welch, Franklin Pierce Hotch Welch, John Robert Welch, Josiah Bartlett Welch, Margaret Abigail Welch, Miles Monroe Welch, Missouri Elizabeth Welch, Richard J Welch, Thomas Martin Welch.
  • William Morris WELCH passed away in 1898 in Ebenezer Cemetery, Laflin, Bollinger Co., Missouri.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas WELCH
1796–1829
Birth Location: Rowan Co., North Carolina
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Margaret [MAT-JUDY]
1801–1845
Birth Location: Kentucky
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Spouses(s)

Keziah [STEVENS]
1835–1883
Birth Location: –
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Serrilda SNIDER
1828–1854
Birth Location: Missouri
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Grace CALDWELL
1833–1900
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Children(s)

Margaret WELCH
1868–1952
Birth Location: –
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Josiah WELCH
1857–1917
Birth Location: –
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John WELCH
1860–1940
Birth Location: –
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Edward WELCH
1871–1946
Birth Location: –
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Miles WELCH
1874–1936
Birth Location: –
MW
Richard WELCH
1845–1905
Birth Location: Bollinger Co., Missouri
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Missouri WELCH
1846–1903
Birth Location: –
MW
Thomas WELCH
1849–1874
Birth Location: –
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Franklin WELCH
1852–1934
Birth Location: –
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William WELCH's Ancestors

Self
William WELCH
1820–1898
Birth Place: Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
Parents
Thomas WELCH
1796–1829
Rowan Co., North Carolina
Margaret (YOUNG) [MAT-JUDY]
1801–1845
Kentucky
Grandparents
William (Washington) WELCH
1763–1820
Rowan Co., North Carolina
Eve CHRONISTER
1763–1825
Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania
Morris (YOUNG) [MAT-JUDY]
1778–1855
New Jersey
Hannah LEGGETT
1777–1855
Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Thomas WELCH
1736–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John WELCH
1712–1769

William WELCH's Descendants

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William (Morris) WELCH (25 NOV 1820–31 JUL 1898) m. Keziah (Jane STEPHENS) [STEVENS] (ABT 1835–ABT 1883) m. Serrilda (Jane ‘Cinderella Jane’) SNIDER (16 APR 1828–11 APR 1854) m. Grace (Ellen) CALDWELL (ABT 1833–8 OCT 1900)
  1. 1. Margaret (Abigail) WELCH 1868–1952 m. William (Harvey) CALDWELL 1862–1898
    1. 1. Flora (Pearl) CALDWELL 1893–1967 m. Levi (WHYBARK) [WEYBERG] 1891–1914 m. James (Franklin) SHACKLES 1892–1966
      1. 1. Dorothy (Nadine) SHACKLES 1927–2005 m. Elliston (Delouis ‘Pete’) GRIZZLE 1926–1974
        1. 1. Elliston (Lyle ‘Butch’) GRIZZLE 1947–2017
      2. 2. William (Franklin) SHACKLES 1918–1997
      3. 3. Opal (Luckille) SHACKLES 1920–2004
      4. 4. Willard (Paul) SHACKLES 1922–1992
      5. 5. Leonard (Benjamin) SHACKLES 1922–1985
      6. 6. Mary (Margaret) SHACKLES 1925–1925
      7. 7. Thomas SHACKLES 1928–1952
      8. 8. Everett (Lyle) SHACKLES 1931–1994
  2. 2. Josiah (Bartlett) WELCH 1857–1917
  3. 3. John (Robert) WELCH 1860–1940
  4. 4. Edward (Hubbard ‘Dock’) WELCH 1871–1946 m. Lydia (Ann) RAMSEY 1875–1943
    1. 1. Marie (O.) WELCH 1898– m. Romer (George) CALL 1895–1980
      1. 1. Viola (Sedona Ann) CALL 1917–2000 m. George (Robert NEILSON) II 1921–2001
    2. 2. Irene WELCH 1911–2001 m. John (J.) MEYER 1902–1979 m. Charles (‘Chalk’) ALEXANDER 1894–1975
    3. 3. Connell (Bryan) WELCH 1896–1963 m. Marie (Elizabeth) BERRY 1905–1981 m. Mabel (Eugenia) LUCKEY 1902–
      1. 1. Letha (LEITHE) [WELCH] 1928–2017
        1. 1. Harold (Bradley ‘Brad’) TROUT –2018
      2. 2. Edward (Eugene) WELCH 1922–1969
      3. 3. Lois (Lucille) WELCH 1927–2012 m. Lloyd (Truman NISWONGER) [NEIGHSWONGER] 1925–2012
      4. 4. Bryan (Lavon) WELCH 1924–2015
      5. 5. Donald (Joe) WELCH 1925–2003
      6. 6. Wendell (William) WELCH 1929–2001
  5. 5. Miles (Monroe) WELCH 1874–1936
  6. 6. Richard (J.) WELCH 1845–1905 m. Louisa (Elmira) LESSLEY 1849–1881 m. Lavina (Jane) PROFFER 1859–1945
    1. 1. Cinderella (C. ‘Serrilda’) WELCH 1868–1946 m. Julius (Marshall) LESSLEY 1864–1924
    2. 2. Marzella WELCH 1872–1952 m. Clark (Webster CRADER) [GRETER] 1865–1945
    3. 3. Sylvester (A.) WELCH 1875–1949 m. Sarah (Catherine) STRODER 1879–1962
    4. 4. Missouri (Isabell) WELCH 1862–1938 m. William (Monroe) PROFFER 1862–1936
      1. 1. Reda (Dell) PROFFER 1902–1985 m. Jesse STRODER 1900–1984
      2. 2. Lloyd (Jennings) PROFFER 1907–1981
  7. 7. Missouri (Elizabeth) WELCH 1846–1903 m. Joseph (C.) LESSLEY 1835–1909
    1. 1. Sinclair LESSLEY 1863–1864
    2. 2. Albert (B.) LESSLEY 1865–1936 m. Sarah (‘Sally’) HENRY 1868–1937
      1. 1. Homer (O.) LESSLEY 1888–1907
      2. 2. Cornelia (Elizabeth) LESSLEY 1893–1966 m. Daniel (Grover SLINKARD) [SCHLENCKER] 1892–1954
    3. 3. William (Johnson) LESSLEY 1867–1948 m. Nellie (Ann MABREY) [MAYBERRY] 1870–1929
      1. 1. Connie LESSLEY 1892–1988 m. Thomas (Jefferson ‘Jeff’ ESTES) [ESTIS] 1889–1913
        1. 1. Thomas (Carl ESTES) [ESTIS] 1910–1943 m. Tessie (Pauline) COPMAN 1909–1986
        2. 2. Edgar (Woodrow ESTES) [ESTIS] 1912–1963 m. Rebecca (Marie) GARNER 1916–2006
      2. 2. Walter (Dale) LESSLEY 1895–
    4. 4. Elizabeth (Sedona May) LESSLEY 1869–1901 m. George (Washington CALL) II 1863–1936
      1. 1. Ollie (M.) CALL 1887–1966
      2. 2. Ora (Washington) CALL 1890–1969 m. Floy ____________ 1896–
      3. 3. Cora (Elizabeth) CALL 1892–1977
      4. 4. Audra (Iola) CALL 1894–1967
      5. 5. Romer (George) CALL 1895–1980 m. Marie (O.) WELCH 1898–
      6. 6. Bryan (Troy) CALL 1897–1918 m. Tora (Avis) SEABAUGH 1901–1945
  8. 8. Thomas (Martin) WELCH 1849–1874
  9. 9. Franklin (Pierce ‘Hotch’) WELCH 1852–1934

William WELCH's Timeline

2 Records

1820
25 NOV 1820
Birth of William Morris WELCH in Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
1898
31 JUL 1898
Age 78
Death of William Morris WELCH in Bollinger Co., Missouri
Bollinger Co., Missouri

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 NOV 1820
    Event Place: Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
    Record Source: DNA match andor Shared Ancestor andor Ancestry tree, Letha has a DNA match the 1st cousin of Diane Grizzle. This info is from her tree on Ancestry.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 25 NOV 1820
    Event Place: Illinois
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 JUL 1898
    Event Place: Bollinger Co., Missouri
    Record Source:
    [1] DNA match andor Shared Ancestor andor Ancestry tree, Letha has a DNA match the 1st cousin of Diane Grizzle. This info is from her tree on Ancestry.
    [2] FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ebenezer Cemetery, Laflin, Bollinger Co., Missouri
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries
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