Welch, J. H. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 933, Vermont Township
J. H. Welch, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 21; P. O., Vermont; was born in Fulton Co. in 1834; his father, T. J. Welsh, was a native of Virginia; in 1855 he married Rachel Knock, daughter of Rev. Wm. Knock, and they have 5 children, viz: Wm. J., Maria E., Laura, Freddie and Affie G.