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419    WELCH, JAMES W. [P52.3]

Location - Bear Creek Township. 200 feet east of intersection of SR 2318, Ronald Scott Road, and SR 2320, Effie Welch Road


In 1989, Wayne Phillips recorded 20 grave markers.

Owner: Gails Welch Family.
Topo Quadrant: Bear Creek.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 27.
Cemetery size: 75' x 75'.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Poorly maintained: Yes.
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Fence.
Enclosed conditions: Down.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 20.
Last burial: 1915.
First burial: 1853.
Markers damaged: Yes.
Damage from farm animals: Yes.
Last canvassed by: Wayne Phillips. Date: 1989.

1. Hill, Alston   (b. 1830 - d. 1858)
Row 3.
2. Hill, Nancy Welch   (b. 10 Jul 1822 - d. 2 Nov 1873)
Wife of Thomas Hill. "In after time, we'll meet her". Relationship from Thomas L. Hill, San Antonio, TX 5-12-94. Row 3.
3. Hill, Sally   (b. 1832 - d. 1856)
Row 3.
4. Hill, Thomas   (b. 19 Jun 1823 - d. 17 Mar 1882)
Husband of Nancy (Welch) Hill. "Gone but not forgotten". Relationship from Henry L. Hill, San Antonio, TX 5-12-94. Row 3.
5. Hill, William   (b. 30 Nov 1852 - d. 17 Nov 1906)
"In him we trust a place is given, Many the saints with him in heaven". Row 3.
6. Kirkman, Ruth L.   (b. 1860 - d. 1880)
Row 1.
7. Phillips, Emily Miley   (b. 3 Aug 1829 - d. 15 Nov 1892)
Wife of Rev. John Wesley Phillips. Row 4.
8. Phillips, Guy Morell   (b. 13 Jul 1910 - d. 12 Jun 1911)
Son of E. M. and S. A. Phillips. Row 1.
9. Phillips, John Wesley, Rev.   (b. 18 Nov 1829 - d. 14 Apr 1909)
Husband of Emily Miley Phillips. Row 4.
10. Phillips, Mary E.   (b. 12 Mar 1855 - d. 28 Jul 1862)
Daughter of Rev. John Wesley and Emily Miley Phillips. Row 3.
11. Talley, Lucial C.   (b. Oct 1870 - d. Jul 1872)
Row 2.
12. Welch, Anna Bray   (b. 15 Mar 1796 - d. 8 Jun 1857)
Wife #2 of James Welch. Row 2. (stone has Ann Welch)
13. Welch, Elizabeth   (b. 3 Feb 1833 - d. 21 Nov 1903)
Wife of James Wesley Welch. "A light from our household is gone". Row 1.
14. Welch, Infant   (b. 1858 - d. Unknown)
Row 1.
15. Welch, James   (b. 1800 - d. 1864)
Husband of 1st Rittie Ann Welch, 2nd Anna Bray Welch, 3rd Wincy Deaton Welch.. Row 2.
16. Welch, James Wesley   (b. 8 Nov 1835 - d. 19 Aug 1915)
Husband of Elizabeth Welch. Son of James Welch and Anna Bray Welch. "Although he sleeps his memory doth live". Mason. Row 1.
17. Welch, Nancy   (b. 8 Aug 1826 - d. 23 Dec 1853)
Row 3.
18. Welch, Rittie Ann   (b. abt 1800 - d. Unknown)
Wife #1 of James Welch. (had most of the children). Row 2.
19. Welch, Velera W. (Smith)   (b. Oct 1820 - d. Sep 1884)
Row 2.
20. Welch, Wincy Deaton   (b. abt 1800 - d. Unknown)
Wife #3 of James Welch. (no children). Row 2.