Samuel Franklin Welch (abt. 1846 - 1923)

Born about Oct 1846 in Essex County, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Mar 1923 at about age 76 in Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States

Biography

Samuel Welch served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Sep 21, 1864
Mustered out: June 13, 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company F 118th New York Infantry

Samuel was born about 1846. He was the son of Abram Welch and Mary Winslow. He passed away in 1923.

The following story comes from the Clinton County, NY, Civil War Record 1861-1865 Facebook Page:

MOVED TO ILLINOIS FROM ESSEX - Samuel Franklin Welch’s great grandfather, Bazaleel Richardson, spent 14 days in 1780 in Col. Ebenezer Allen’s Vermont Militia. He was called out on alarms in March and May and received over ₤3 for his service and transportation. Samuel’s time to serve his country came when he was 18 and enlisted in the 118th Infantry in September 1864. The young mechanic, as he styled himself, received $500 for enlisting.

In August and September 1864, the 118th was still recruiting in Plattsburgh. Between March an the end of July of that year, over 300 casualties had been incurred and the 25 men who had enlisted were sent straight to Virginia and the battlefields along the James River between Petersburg and Richmond.

The first battle for the newly-enlisted men was at Chaffin’s Farm on October 29th where one of his comrades were wounded. At Second Fair Oaks a month later, two of the new men were captured. Samuel managed to remain unscathed until after the Fall of Petersburg and was mustered out with his company on June 13, 1865. Samuel came home to Essex to live with his parents and by 1870 had moved to Marseilles, IL, a manufacturing community about 75 miles southwest of Chicago. He married Adaline Thompson in 1870 and when she died, he married Lulu Marshall. When his mother, Mary Winslow, died in 1879, his father, Abram moved to Illinois. By 1910, Samuel was a superintendent of a factory in Aurora, IL, a few miles closer to Chicago. He died in 1923 and was buried under the same stone as his first wife in the Spring Lake Cemetery in Aurora. Lulu died in 1939 and was buried in the same plot.

Sources

• Rosters Of The New York Infantry Regiments During The Civil War—118 th New York Infantry
• "Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY9-Q34P : 10 September 2019), S F Welch, ; citing Burial, Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States, Spring Lake Cemetery, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,001,201.
• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W715-VCPZ : 29 October 2019), Samuel F Welch, 13 Jun 1865; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.

• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Z-9Q41 : 22 July 2021), S Frank Welch and Addie Thompson, 15 Dec 1875; citing LaSalle, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,683,440. (1875)
• "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HSXQ-V4MM : 22 July 2021), S. Frank Welch, 1875.
• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Z-9QW5 : 22 July 2021), S Frank Welch and Addie Thompson, 19 Dec 1875; citing LaSalle, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,683,440. (1875)
• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q288-6JFW : 22 July 2021), S Frank Welch and Addie Thompson, 19 Dec 1875; citing LaSalle, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,710,810. (1875)
• "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2LH-PH2 : 11 January 2020), Samuel Franklin Welch in entry for Charles Edward Welch, 1877.
• "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9P4-DCW2 : 13 February 2020), Samuel in entry for Charles Edward Welch, 1877.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #107080217

• "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6QD-FC6 : 3 March 2021), Samuel F Welch in household of Abram Welch, Essex, Essex, New York, United States; citing p. , line #26, family #273, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 866,320.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCWP-N2J : 18 February 2021), Samuel F Welch in entry for Abram Welch, 1860.
• "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-JD72 : 8 March 2021), Samuel F Welch in household of Abran Welch, , Essex, Essex, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 19, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2V-466 :14 January 2022), Samuel F. Welsh, Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 95, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSWV-DN7 : 10 March 2022), Sam'l Welch, 1900.