Edward Burgett Welsh

Photographs

Ancestral Map

Zoom in and click on each of the location markers placed where the Welsh ancestors lived and were buried.

Links to Documents:

Archival Records

US Census records, wills, tax records, land warrants, and other archival records.

Crumrin, Boyd. History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. (Philadelphia: H.L. Everts & Co,1882)

This history of Washington County provides information about Sebastion Burgett, Edward Welsh's g.g. grandfather, and the namesake for Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.

Lowry, Howard. Letter of Commendation. (September 22, 1966)

This letter from the President of the College of Wooster praises Edward B. Welsh's work for the Synod of Ohio as a church historian.

The Daily Record. Edward B. Welsh Obituary. (August 20, 1968)

This is a rather lengthy obituary in Wooster, Ohio's daily newspaper.

Welch, James Marcus. Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, Pennsylvania: 1904)

This family history was written by Robert Welsh's great grandson. Robert Welsh was Edward Welsh's g.g.g. grandfather and the first Welsh settler in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The book is a gold mine of information about early Welch/Welsh family history.

Welsh, Edward B. Autobiographical Sketch - Written to Mary Truman (1921)

Edward and Mary both wrote brief autobiographies for each other shortly after they were married.

Welsh, Edward B. Family History Written for His Daughters (1962)

This 10 page document written for his three daughters records what Edward knew about his family history, and therefore forms much of the basis of what we know about the Welshes and Burgetts.

Welsh, Edward B. Editor. Buckeye Presbyterianism. (United Presbyterian Synod of Ohio, 1968)

Edward edited and contributed to this history of the Presbyterian Church in Ohio.

Wikipedia.org. Thomas Campbell

This Wikipedia entry provides a biography of one of the founders of the Disciples of Christ Church who was a friend of Robert Welsh, Edward Welsh's great, great, great, grandfather.

Links to Sites:

Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Ohio. Find A Grave Site

This site provides burial records and photographs for Edward and his wife, sister, mother and father all of whom are buried in Ashland Cemetery and all of whom share the same gravestone.

Descendents of Joseph Rogers Burgett

This site provides a well-sourced and therefore seemingly reliable account of the descendents of Joseph Rogers Burgett, Edward Welsh's grandfather.

Lincoln Cemetery, Lincoln, Tennessee. Find A Grave Site

This site provides burial records and photographs for Robert Welsh III, his wife, and many of his children, all of whom are buried in Lincoln Cemetery. Robert Welsh III was Edward Welsh's grandfather.

New Side Churchyard Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Find A Grave Site.

This site provides a burial record and grave stone photographs for James Welch, the earliest known ancestor in the Welch/Welsh tree.

Upper Buffalo Cemetery, Washington, Pennsylvania. Find A Grave Site

This site provides burial records and photographs for Robert Welsh I and his wife, Mary Caldwell; Robert Welsh II and his wife, Elizabeth Dawson; and several of Robert Welsh II's children. Robert Welsh II was Edward Welsh's great grandfather.