WELSING, HERMAN

WELSING, BENJAMIN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/23/2019 at 20:18:36

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

WELSING, HERMAN, Treasurer of Lee County ; was born in Westphalia, Germany, April 23, 1829; he emigrated to America in 1855 ; came to Iowa in 1857; located at West Point, in this county, and engaged in the mercantile business ; he continued until the fall of 1875, when he was elected County Treasurer ; re-elected in the fall of 1877 ; he has held office of Assessor, Justice of the Peace, Mayor and Postmaster of West Point, and other town and school offices. He married Miss Mary Ann Benjamin, of New Orleans, Oct. 11 , 1863; they have six children—August, Annie, Theresa, Emrich, William, Ida.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879