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Author: Bennett H. Young

Rev. Thomas R. Welch, D. D.

   Rev. Thomas R. Welch, D. D., one of the leading Presbyterian ministers of the
Southern Presbyterian church, the son of John Welch and B. J. Rice, was born
near Nicholasville, September 15th, 1825. Most of his ministerial life was
passed in Arkansas, where he removed in 1851, and took charge of the church in
Little Rock. After a course in Bethel Academy, he graduated from Center College
in 1844, and in 1870, his Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of
Divinity. Dr. Welch was singularly honored by his church. He held many positions
of trust in its courts and institutions. He led a busy and successful life.
Possessed of a fine presence, genial manners and ready sympathy, he found a
welcome everywhere. Another has said of him:

   "By long residence, abundant labors, eminent administrative ability, Dr.
Welch is the Presbyterian Nestor of Arkansas, and no man in the state is held in
higher esteem or wields a stronger influence."

   He died a few years since, deeply regretted by the people of the great
denomination to which he belonged and sincerely mourned by the members of his
own congregation at Little Rock.

   Mrs. Sarah Withers, an aunt of Dr. Welch, and long a resident of Bloomington,
Illinois, was a most benevolent, charitable and earnest Christian woman. At her
death, a few years since, she made the officers of the Nicholasville
Presbyterian church her residuary legatees, and directed that the funds thus
bequeathed should be used for the maintenance of a public library in
Nicholasville. Quite a large sum, estimated at about $20,000, will be realized
and it will be sufficient to equip and maintain a complete and efficient library
in the city.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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