Gustavus Welch

1833 - 1894  (61 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Gustavus Welch
  Born	4 Jun 1833	Butts County, Georgia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1 Jun 1850	District 42, Henry County, Georgia   [3]
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Age BirthDate Gender Race Occupation BirthPlace 39 61 W C Welch 43 1807 Male South Carolina 40 61 Sophronia A Welch 30 1820 Female South Carolina 41 61 Jas F Welch 19 1831 Male Georgia 42 61 G W Welch 17 1833 Male Georgia 1 61 J W Welch 12 1838 Male Georgia 2 61 L A Welch 10 1840 Female Georgia 3 61 G M Welch 6 1844 Male Georgia 4 61 L A Welch 4 1846 Female Georgia 5 61 N F Welch 2 1848 Female Georgia   Transcript ID is  dbid=8054&iid=4193242-00283
  Military Service	1 May 1862–27 Jul 1864  [2]
  War Between the States.
  Gustavous enlisted in Co. B, 53 Regiment, Georgia Infantry, at Snapping Shoals, Georgia under Capt. T.W. Sims. –28 February–31 August 1862, listed as absent, with remarks illegible –11 June 1863 admitted to General Hospital at Farmville, Virginia for Chronic diarrhea, returned to duty 1 July –1 July 1863, sent to Fortifications at Richmond –8 July 1863 admitted to Gen. Hospital, Howard’s Grove, Richmond, for palpitations of heart, transferred to Farmville, 26 July –28 July 1863, admitted to General Hospital, Farmville, Virginia, for Hypertrophy of heart, 11 September 1863 detailed to report to Atlanta –7 August 1863, Board of Surgeons lists him with Debilitation of heart, for 12 mo., from Monroe, Walton County, Georgia –31 October 1863–29 February 1964, detailed as Clerk in Barracks in Atlanta –27 July 1864, Retired for Disability
  Died	6 Aug 1894  [4]
  Person ID	I1293	CookFolger
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Wesley C. Welch           b. 22 Sep 1806, Edgefield District, South Carolina           d. 18 May 1881, Henry County, Georgia  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Lydia Harrison           b. Abt 1810, South Carolina           d. Between 1833–1837  (Age ~ 27 years)
  Married	9 Mar 1828	Butts County, Georgia   [5]
  Family ID	F417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 1	Mary Eliza Cooper           d. Bef 28 Sep 1865
  Married	Abt 1855
  Children	+ 1. Luther Z. Welch           b. 19 Mar 1856, Georgia           d. 12 Jan 1928, Grayson County, Texas  (Age 71 years) + 2. Blanton Hill Welch           b. 11 Oct 1857, Georgia           d. 7 Aug 1924, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia  (Age 66 years) 3. William Octavious Welch           b. Abt 1859, Georgia           d. 1915  (Age ~ 56 years)   4. Sarah Welch           b. Abt 1863, Georgia
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2017
  Family ID	F425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 2	Mary H. Lummus           b. Abt 1838           d. Abt 9 Aug 1894  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Married	28 Sep 1865	Henry County, Georgia   [6]
  Children	1. John Welch           b. Abt 1867, Georgia   2. Gustavous Welch           b. Abt 1868, Georgia   3. William Welch           b. Abt 1871, Georgia   4. Sarah L. Welch           b. Abt 1874, Georgia   5. Joe Welch           b. Abt 1878, Georgia
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2017
  Family ID	F522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Jun 1833 - Butts County, Georgia Census - 1 Jun 1850 - District 42, Henry County, Georgia Married - 28 Sep 1865 - Henry County, Georgia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S611] Georgia, “Georgia, Confederate Pension Applications, 1879–1960,” database with images, Ancestry, (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 April 2013), G.W. Welch, 1889. “Confederate Records,” digital images, Fold3, (http://www.fold3.com : accessed 22 May 2014), G.W. Welch, Co. B, 53rd Regiment Georgia Infantry. [S641] “Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia,” digital images, Fold3, (http://www.fold3.com : accessed 22 May 2014), G. W. Welch, Co. B, 53 Georgia Infantry; citing NARA microfilm M266, roll 525. [S589] 1850 U.S. census, Henry County, Georgia, population schedule, Dist. 42, p. 191B, dwelling 61, family 61, W. C. Welch; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 August 2009); citing NARA microfilm M432, roll 73. [S622] Rhoda Apperson Bowen, Henry County, Georgia Obituaries 1879-1899 (Alpharetta, GA: WH Wolfe Associates, 1993), 327. [S624] Butts County, Georgia, Marriages, 1826–1882:9, Wesley Welch to Lydia Welch, 1828; Probate Clerk's Office, Jackson. [S498] Georgia, “Georgia, County Marriages, 1785–1950,” database with images, FamilySearch, (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 April 2013), Henry County, Marriages, 1851–1868:232, Gustavus W. Welch and Mary H. Lummus, 1865.