Jessamine County KyArchives Biographies.....Welch, John C. 1823 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com August 6, 2007, 11:24 pm Author: Bennett H. Young Dr. John C. Welch. Dr. John C. Welch was born in Jessamine county in 1823. He practiced medicine for forty years in the county, except during his service for four years as surgeon of the Twentieth Kentucky volunteer infantry. In 1863 he was promoted to brigade surgeon. In 1877 and 1879 he represented Jessamine county in the lower house of the legislature. He was a brother of Dr. Thomas R. Welch, the distinguished Presbyterian divine. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/jessamine/bios/welch449gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/