James Hamilton Welsh

  General Notes:

In 1907 he was living in Mystic, South Dakota, according to his mother's obituary.
JAMES H. WELSH.
James H. Welsh makes his residence on section twenty, township
fifteen, range ten, about one and a half miles northwest of the city of
St. Paul. He is one of the well known and deservedly esteemed men of his
community, an old settler in the county, and by his faithful efforts to
improve his circumstances and advance the growth of his locality, he has
placed himself among its prosperous and worthy citizens.
Mr. Welsh was born on May 16, 1866, in Huron county, Canada, and was
the eighth child in a family of nine.
At the age of five years his parents moved into Michigan, settling
in Sanilac county, and after two years in that vicinity the father came
on to Nebraska, arriving in Howard county on April 23, and filed on
homestead rights. After several months he sent for his wife and children,
they coming on October 16, 1873. They followed farming on the original
claim for five years, then purchased over four hundred acres of good land
on the North Loup river bottom, which the father cultivated up to the
time of his death in May, 1880. He left a family of six children: they
keeping on with the farm work after his demise, and succeeded in building
up a very fine estate.
James H. Welsh remained in Howard county until he was twenty-two
years of age, at that time going to Manitoba, Canada, and spending two
years in that vicinity. From there he went to Montana and lived for two
years, and then to Colorado for one year, and his next location was in
Arizona where he spent some time. In fact, he has spent considerable time
in nearly every one of the western states, and is thoroughly familiar
with the entire country west of the Mississippi river, also living in the
Black Hills country in South Dakota.
In March, 1908, Mr. Welsh returned to Howard county for permanent
residence, taking up a location one and a half miles northwest of the
city of St. Paul, and here he is extensively engaged in farming and stock
raising, and is called one of the well-to-do, and leading citizens of his
section. He is a good neighbor and a representative citizen, progressive
and always alive to the best interests of his community.
Mr. Welsh was married on September 7, 1886, to Rachel Herbertson, at
the home of her parents near St. Paul, they being pioneers of this
region, where he was reared. Three children were born to them, two are
now living, being charming young women, and reside in Denver, Colorado.
Mr. Welsh and his entire family are well known throughout this
region, and all have done much toward the upbuilding of the locality.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census Record, 1880, St. Paul Precinct, Howard County, Nebraska.

James married Rachel Herbertson, daughter of Matthew H. Herbertson and Susan Jane Fraine, on 7 Sep 1886 in St. Paul, Howard County, Nebraska.¹⁴⁰ (Rachel Herbertson was born in 1869 of Grey Twp., North Huron, Ontario.)