Grundy County IL Archives Obituaries.....Welch, John 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com October 23, 2006, 12:29 am Morris Herald, 1888 John Welch died at his late home in the fourth ward, at four o'clock Wednesday morning, aged about sixty years. He was born in County Kildare, Ireland. He came to America in 1847 and to Morris in 1856, where he has since resided. About ten years ago he met with a severe accident, since which time he has gradually failed. He leaves one son and three daughters, all of whom are grown and live at home except one daughter, Mrs John Long, who resides in Chicago. He was a man whose list of acquaintances was large and among whom he was highly respected. The funeral will take place from the Catholic church at ten o'clock this Friday morning. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/obits/w/welch380nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb