Biographical Sketch of Lawrence Welch, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Lawrence Welch, engineer on the St. Joseph and Western Railroad, was
born in County Wexford, Ireland, October 8, 1835, and came to America
with his parents when quite young, his father, Edward, locating with
the family in Loraine County, Ohio, engaging in agricultural pursuits.
Lawrence spent his days in tilling the soil, until he attained his
seventeenth year, when he became a brakeman on the old Cleveland and
Toledo Railroad, in which capacity he continued for about two years,
and then went in the employ of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, and
afterwards was with the Chicago and Fort Wayne Company. In April,
1858, he became connected with the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad,
which at that time had but sixty miles of track, and remained with
this company until 1866, working in different capacities. Next he
went into the employ of the Union Pacific, and was in various depart-
ments for that company a considerable length of time, when he went on
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad as conductor on a con-
struction train. He remained one year, and then was in the employ of
the St. Joseph and Western, then the St. Joseph and Denver. Mr. Welch
has been a railroad man for over a quarter of a century, and is
thoroughly familiarized with the business. In February, 1881, Mrs.
Margaret Garey became his wife. He is a member of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers.

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