[p. 650] a representative resident of Union Township, owning an excellent farm, is also the popular mail carrier over Free Delivery Route No. 2, in which service he has been engaged for some years. He is a native of New Castle, Pa., and is a son of J. Abraham and Elizabeth (Shenkel) Welsch.
The parents of Mr. Welsch were born in Germany and they came to America and settled at New Castle over sixty years ago. The father died in 1880, but the venerable mother still survives and in spite of her eighty-five years, is active both in mind and body and enjoys the companionship of her old neighbors in New Castle.
J. Abraham Welsch, the younger, was ten years old when his parents settled on the farm he now owns, in Union Township. He attended the country schools and later assisted on the farm and subsequently came into possession of it.
On January 26, 1904, Mr. Welsch was married to Margaret Fox, who was born in Shenango Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of David and Jane (Linton) Fox. Both the Fox and Linton families were old settled ones of Shenango Township. In politics, Mr. Welsch is a stanch Republican and an active supporter of the party's administration in public affairs.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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