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Wilson Alford Welch (b. 1833, d. 11 May 1894)

Wilson Alford Welch (son of Nicholas Welch and Elizabeth P. Maxey) was born 1833 in Franklin Co., AL, and died 11 May 1894 in Wanette, Pottawatomie, IT, OK. He married (1) Eliza Brown on 1851 in MO. He married (2) Delanee Busby on 19 Jun 1862 in Texas Co., MO, daughter of Martin Busby and Elizabeth Delauney.

Notes for Wilson Alford Welch:
BIOGRAPHY: From Jeannie Williams:

Family tradition has it that he was on his way to Tahlequah, OK from Tyler, TX to make his Indian Land Claim, and that he is buried somewhere around Tahlequah. This has not been verified.

He was in Pulaski Co., MO according to the 1850 Census and in 1860 and in 1870 he resided at Plum Valley, Texas Co., MO. Between 1860 and 1870 he worked as a farmer. Between 1860 and 1876 he also worked as a realtor.

In the 1880 census he is listed as living in Bridgeport, Wise Co., TX, and later that year he was in Chico, Wise Co., TX and later obtained a land grant there in 1893.

He was in the Civil War and served in the Texas Co., Missouri Home Guard.

More About Wilson Alford Welch:
Burial: Unknown, Tahlequah, OK.
Record Change: 26 Mar 2005

More About Wilson Alford Welch and Eliza Brown:
Marriage: 1851, MO.

More About Wilson Alford Welch and Delanee Busby:
Marriage: 19 Jun 1862, Texas Co., MO.

Children of Wilson Alford Welch and Eliza Brown are:

+William Henry Welch, b. 22 Jul 1853, Texas Co., MO, d. 23 Jul 1899, Freestone County, TX.
+Margaret Elizabeth Welch, b. 1857, MO, d. 1939, Roswell, NM.

Children of Wilson Alford Welch and Delanee Busby are:

Louisa Melissa Welch, b. 07 Sep 1862, MO, d. date unknown.
John C. Welch, b. 02 Mar 1863, Texas Co., MO, d. date unknown.
Gaine B. Welch, b. 17 Oct 1864, Texas Co., MO, d. date unknown.
Thomas Jefferson Welch, b. 22 Jun 1866, Texas Co., MO, d. date unknown.
James Welch, b. 1869, Texas Co., MO, d. date unknown.
Daniel R. Welch, b. 1873, Wise Co., TX, d. date unknown.
Roseline Welch, b. 1874, Wise Co., TX, d. date unknown.
Albert Dean Welch, b. 09 Aug 1876, Wise Co., TX, d. date unknown.
Baby Welch, b. 1879, Wise Co., TX, d. 1879.
Jessie Franklin Welch, b. 30 Oct 1885, d. 17 Sep 1936.