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Below is a family biography included in The History of Sebastian County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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J. C. Welch was born in Sevier County, Ark., on the 4th of March, 1861; was principally reared in Scott and Yell Counties, Ark., on the farm. In 1879 he entered school at Booneville, Logan Co., Ark., and remained in school the better part of three years. After quitting school he went to Brazil Station, I. T., and entered into the mercantile business in connection with his father, D. R. Welch, who had been doing a large business at that place as merchant and planter since 1871. After carrying on a very successful business at Brazil Station for three and one-half years, he came to Hackett City, Ark., and in September, 1886, opened a general merchandise store, and has since been one of Hackett City’s leading merchants, carrying a stock of from $12,000 to $15,000, owning the store building in which he is doing business, and besides, quite a number of valuable town lots, a fine residence, etc. October 30, 1887, he was united in marriage to Miss Mollie Forbes, daughter of Dr. J. H. Forbes, one of Hackett’s leading physicians and oldest residents. One child is the result of the happy union, named Gussie.
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