"The Cousins" - all are grandchildren of Ephraim Welch


        FRONT ROW: Vernon Welch, Jennie Coble, Ellsworth Welch, Mary Gierhart
        MIDDLE ROW: Raymond Welch, Allie Reinhart, Gilbert Welch, Anna Mason, Kit McFadden, Frank Welch
        BACK ROW: Clifton Bailey, Roy Welch, Etta McCullough, Linden Welch


The children of Ephraim's first son James and Agnes McClellan were Linden, Raymond, Jennie (Coble), Kit (McFadden), and Mary (Gierhart).


John and Rebecca Robertson's children were Vernon, Alice (Reinhart), Birney, and LeClare.


Eugene, Ellsworth, Etta (McCullough), Frank, Mollie (Fluke), Herman, and Roy were the children of Johnson and Emmeline Buchanan.


The fourth son Rankin had three wives. His firstwife, Drusilla Frink, died in childbirth; their child was Gilbert. His second wife, Mary McDonald, died after 10 years of marriage; their child was Grace (Ames). Rankin and his third wife, Adelia Swartz, had Dorothy (Fowler).


Catherine and D. V. Bailey were the parents of five children; four died in infancy. Clifton was their son. Mary J. and L. P. Mason had three children: Annie M., Retta (Petty), and a son who died in infancy.

contributed by
Helen Welch Jacobs (now deceased)
Rita Kopp