Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Irish, Welcome M. March 5, 1913
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Scrapbook of Bessie Townsend, March, 1913
From the scrapbook of Bessie Townsend, Page 67, located in the Lyons, Michigan 
Museum.

Died March 5, 1913

Welcome M. Irish was born at Adrian, Michigan, December 25th, 1839, and where 
his boyhood days were spent.  When a young man he went to Carson City where he 
was living when the war with the southland broke out.  Becoming imbued with 
the spirit of patriotism he enlisted in the 9th Michigan Infantry in the 
spring of 1861 and marched away to the defense of his country.  After serving 
three years and three months in Sherman’s Corps he was discharged with 
honorable mention.

He participated in the famous “march to the sea,” was in many other important 
engagements and always conducted himself with honor to his regiment and his 
country.  Returning to Carson City at the close of the war he was united in 
marriage to Miss Jane Cowe of that village on July 4th 1866.  The young couple 
resided in and near Carson City for several yeas coming to Matherton in about 
the year 1876, where he conducted  grist mill for four years, when the 
structure caught fire and was totally destroyed.  The owners not deciding at 
once to rebuild the ruined building Mr. Irish moved his family to Pewamo in 
the spring of 1880, and where made his home until the death of his wife on May 
9th 1907, after which he made his home the greater part of the time at the 
Soldiers’ home in Grand Rapids.

Along toward the close of last year his health began to fail and he came to 
the home of his daughter here and although he was given the best of medical 
attendance he continued to fail and finally passed to his reward March 5th, 
aged 73 years, 2 months and 5 days.  Four sons and one daughter were born to 
Mr .and Mrs. Irish, all of whom are left to mourn the tender memories of their 
departure. 

The funeral services, conducted by Rev. F. MacGirr, Friday afternoon at the 
Baptist church.  The pastor took for his text the passage, “Lover and Friend 
Hath Thou Put from Me,’ and spoke many cheerful words to the afflicted 
family.  The interment was made in the Westside cemetery by the side of his 
wife.  

Mr. Irish was a typical pioneer of Michigan and could relate many interesting 
tales of the early history of the state.  At one time he carried the united 
States mail to and from Detroit on horseback., following the famous old plank 
road between those pioneer cities.  He was a man of generous impulses, was 
indeed a friend to the needy and afflicted and was always ready to do his part 
and more towards the advancement of the community in which he lived.  He 
leaves behind him the memory of a citizen soldier of which his country is 
proud, and---(torn off).


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