THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMES WELCH

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                              Don Norman

 

1.JAMES WELCH

 

    James Welch was born about 1820.  He married Sally Cox.  The

family moved from Harrison County VA (WV) to present day Roane County

WV in 1842.

 

Children of James and Sally (Cox) Welch.

 

  2.  (1). John

 

  3.  (2). James McDonald          b.       1853   d.Aug 13 1927

         m.Roanna West

 

  4.  (3). Washington

 

  5.  (4). William

 

  6.  (5). Franklin

 

  7.  (6). Jefferson

 

  8.  (7). Patrick

 

  9.  (8). Mary Jane

         m.Carr Nichols

 

 10.  (9). Nancy

         m.Monroe Shamblin

 

 11. (10). Sally

         m.John Keiffer

 

 

3.JAMES MCDONALD WELCH     1.JAMES WELCH

 

    James McDonald Welch, a son of James and Sally (Cox) Welch, was

born in Roane County VA (WV) in 1853 and died there August 13, 1927. 

He married Roanna Welch.  Roanna, a daughter of Edmund and Emily J.

West, was born in Gilmer County Va (WV) about 1847.

 

Children of James McDonald and Roanna (West) Welch.

 

 12.  (1). Bertha Jane             b.       1870   d.       1932

         m.Frederick O. Bradley 1892

 

 13.  (2). Katie

         m.Kenny Bradley

 

 14.  (3). Malissa

         m.R.L. Ferrell

 

 15.  (4). Dora                    b.Aug  5 1882   d.Aug 17 1957

         m.Benjamin Early Bradley

 

12.BERTHA JANE WELCH     3.JAMES MCDONALD WELCH     1.JAMES WELCH

 

    Bertha Jane Welch, a daughter of James McDonald and Roanna (West)

Welch, was born in Charleston, WV in 1870 and died in 1932. She

married Frederick O. Bradley in 1892.  Frederick, a son of Charles

Lewis and Ruhama (Greenleaf) Bradley, was born in Jackson County WV

about 1870 and died in Roane County WV in 1946.

 

Children of Frederick and Bertha Jane (Welch) Bradley.

 

 16.  (1). Jessie                  b.       1896   d.       1970

         m.Ira Pritchard

 

 17.  (2). Doy                     b.       1898   d.       1970

         m.Mae Looney

 

 18.  (3). Smith                   b.       1900   d.       1980

         m.Violet Sturgill

 

 29.  (4). Anna                    b.       1900   d.       1980

         m.Blake Pritchard

 

 20.  (5). Ruby G.                 b.       1907

 

 21.  (6). Sally                   b.       1910   d.       1982

         m.Floyd Kirby

 

 

15.DORA WELCH     3.JAMES MCDONALD WELCH     1.JAMES WELCH

 

    Dora Welch, a daughter of James McDonald and Roanna (West)

Welch, was born August 5, 1882 and died August 17, 1957. She married

Benjamin Early Bradley May 13, 1899.  Benjamin, a son of Charles Lewis

and Ruhama (Greenleaf) Bradley, was born in Jackson County WV October

12, 1874 and died in Roane County WV February 15, 1935.

 

Children of Benjamin Early and Dora (Welch) Bradley.

 

 22.  (1). Roy

         m.Pearl Nida

 

 23.  (2). Faud

         m.Loretta Kelly

 

 24.  (3). Von

         m.Maggie McCune

 

 25.  (4). James McDonald

         m.Lenore Kelly

 

 26.  (5). Brooks

         m.Mildred Cogar

 

 27.  (6). Dorothy                 b.Nov    1905   d.May  3 1907

 

 28.  (7). Maud

 

 29.  (8). Pauline

 

 30.  (9). Gypsy

 

 31. (10). Lorene                  b.Aug 23 1914   d.Mar  3 1917

 

 32. (11). Virginia Nell

         m.------ Jones

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

"Roane County WV Family History 1989" pp.356, 357

Norman, Don, "The Descendants of James Bradley"

1860 Gilmer County VA (WV) census