First Generation
1. Timothy Lawrence Welch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 was born 9, 10, 11, 12 on 18 Jul 1842 in Mississippi. He died 13, 14, 15 on 29 Mar 1917 in Winnsboro, Franklin Par., Louisiana and was buried 16, 17 in Old Winnsboro Cem., Franklin Par., Louisiana. Timothy CSA, Co. F, 1st Batt'n, State Troops, Mssissippi. He was counted in a census in 1900 in Grant Par., Louisiana.
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Timothy married Mary Etta Matthews 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, daughter of Benagah Matthews and Mary Ann Stewart, about 1861 in Georgia. Mary was born 6, 7, 8 on 8 Mar 1840 in Georgia. She died 9, 10, 11 on 27 Mar 1908 in Winnsboro, Franklin Par., Louisiana and was buried 12, 13 in Old Winnsboro Cem., Franklin Par., Louisiana.
They had the following children:
+ 2 F i Almeda K. Welch was born in 1862. + 3 F ii Mary Catherine Welch was born on 27 Oct 1862 and died on 10 Jan 1947. 4 M iii John A. Welch 1, 2 was born in 1864. + 5 M iv Benajah Welch was born in Oct 1869 and died in 1936. + 6 M v William Timothy Welch was born in Nov 1872 and died in 1934. 7 M vi A.R. Welch 1 was born in 1873. + 8 M vii Jesse E. Welch was born in 1877. + 9 F viii J.Mindy Welch was born in 1880. + 10 M ix John Ira Welch. + 11 F x Martha Viola Welch.