For
Muscatine County Iowa
1879
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1879 | |
Here is what the abbreviations in the bios stand for: far: farm; Co.: company or county; dir: dealer; IVA: Iowa Volunteer Artillery; IVC: Iowa Volunteer Cavalry; IVI: Iowa Volunteer Infantry; P.O.: Post Office; S. or Sec.: section; and st.: street.
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 623
ROBERT WELSH, proprietor of billiard hall; also dealer in choice wines and liquors, and best brands of cigars; Mr. W. was born in Ireland in 1844; emigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio, with his parents in 1850. During the war, he enlisted in Co. H, 147th Regiment Ill. V. I.; was enrolled at Chicago Ill.; served until the war was over; was honorably discharged at Springfield, Ill. In 1865, he married Miss Ella Brant in Peoria, Ill.; they have four children--Mary Ann, Clara, Nellie and Robert. Mr. W. is a "War Democrat." He is unassuming in manner, affable and courteous to all, and has a high appreciation of the humorous, inherited from his native 'Emerald Isle; has many warm friends.
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