Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Welch, Stephen A. Douglas September 30, 1879
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Ionia Sentinel - Friday, Oct. 3, 1879

Douglas Welch, son and only child of John H. and Rebecca Welch, died on 
Tuesday evening at the age of 19 years.

Of a frank and manly bearing, modest and unassuming in his manners, and with 
a disposition for the quieter pleasurer of youthful years, and a special 
love for home enjoyment, his circle of acquaintances was perhaps not as 
extended as that of some young men, but it embraced none who were not in 
truth his friends. He was thoughtful beyond his years, ever seeming to 
consider more the comfort and happiness of his friends than his own. During 
his long and painful illness of over a year's duration, he never complained, 
and always seemed to regard his conditions more with sorrow and regret for 
his parents' sake than for his own. He died as quietly and easily as a child 
going to sleep, and was conscious to the last, his last thoughts and words 
being an evident desire to comfort his mother in her bereavement. 

The funeral took place at 2 p.m. yesterday from the Presbyterian Church, the 
service being preached by Rev. J. Pierson. In addition to the large number 
of family friends, the members of Hoyt's Band, of which deceased was a 
competent and popular member until compelled to withdraw by his illness, 
appeared as mourners. 

Additional Comments:
Age: 19
Funeral: Thursday, 2 October 1879
Highland Park cemetery Sec. #7



b. 1860, Ionia Co. son of John H. Welch & Rebecca (Dye)

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