WELSH, Simon

Date of birth:  1829 – Kilkenny, Ireland
Date of death: 1 Dec 1898 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 16, 1898,
Volume XXXIX Number 23, page 2 column 3

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OBITUARY.

Simon Welsh, whose death occurred Dec. 1, at his home in northeast Frank­lin, had long resided in this county and was held in great esteem by all who knew him. He was born in 1829 in the county of Kilkenny, Ireland, and came to America in 1853, first landing in New York. He at once went to Bos­ton spending several years in and near that city. Afterwards he went to Wis­consin where he worked during the summer, and in winter went south working on levees being constructed by the govern­ment. In 1861 he located in John­son County, where he continued to reside until his death.

In 1863 he was married to Miss Ann Farley, who is still living. Besides the wife he leaves four children, Lawrence, John, Kathleen and Mrs. Harry Comis­key, of Indianapolis; also one sister in Boston, Mass. and three brothers in Ire­land. Three other brothers who came to America had previously died. One is buried in California, one in Nebraska and one in Massachusetts. The latter was a noted Catholic priest, who died at Natick, Mass. in March, 1890. De­ceased was of a kindly disposition, a true friend and honorable citizen.

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Note: Johnson County, Indiana.; Marriage Records 1851–1875 Valume 2, D. A. R., transcribed by Edna Thompson Bice, records on page 89 the Simon Welch married Ann Farley on 6 Apr 1863.

The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 220, referencing Book H-18, page 10, records that Simon Walsh [sic], a seventy-year-old white male, died 2 Dec 1898 in Johnson County.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson