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Sylvester H. Welch (Allen County, Kentucky, saddler and merchant.)

b. 1831-04-09 d. 1915-09-15

Allen County, Kentucky, saddler and merchant. Allen County, Kentucky, native. Son of Payton Welch and Sarah Lyles Welch. Married to Mary W. Burton Welch in Allen County on April 25, 1853. Father of James A. Welch and Plutarch Welch. Married to Sarah Josephine Garing Welch in Allen County on December 23, 1857. Father of William T. Welch. Saddler in Scottsville, Kentucky in 1860. Employed W. D. Cain as a saddler in Allen County in 1860. Merchant in Allen County in 1864.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, Scottsville, p. 362-3.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Allen County, KY, February 1864, p. 379.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994027, Allen County Births, p. 1.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994027, Allen County Births.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #21127.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #25591.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Allen County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 41.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Allen County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 47.

"S. H. Welch (1831-1915)," Find A Grave, Memorial #35711000, accessed July 7, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35711000.

Citation

Welch, Sylvester H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200809 (November 12, 2026).

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