Biographical Sketch of Moses Welborn, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Moses Welborn, farmer, P. O. Aullville.  Was born in this county, Oct.
30, 1842.  In 1838 his father, D. M. Welborn came to this state and
county from North Carolina.  While in North Carolina he was united in
marriage to Catharine Bodenhamer, by whom he had twelve children, five
of whom are now living: D. M. died in the fall of 1880, and was buried
at the Scott graveyard.  His wife died in 1863 and was buried in the
same place.  Moses, the third child, was raised on a farm and educated
in the common schools of the county.  He now owns 300 acres of fine
farming land situated about five miles south of Aullville.  In 1862 he
enlisted in Company B, Col. Phillip's Regiment, State Militia.  He 
participated in the following battles, in all of which he aquitted him-
self in a manner becoming a brave soldier and an honorable gentleman:
Independence, Blues, Westport, Mines Creek, Marshall.  In the spring of
1865 he was honorably discharged, after which he spent three years in
Colorado, engaged in freighting.  He is an energetic, enterprising 
business man, enjoying the confidence of all with whom he deals.

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