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Husband: Joseph Marcus Welch
   Born: 17 OCT 1778      at: Rutherford CO, NC  
Married: 17 AUG 1800      at:   
   Died: 27 AUG 1865      at: Macon CO, NC  
 Father:Squire Thomas Welch, Sr.
 Mother:Nancy Agnes Alexander
        Other Spouses: 
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   Wife: Catherine Deck\van Dyck
   Born: 18 OCT 1779      at: VA  
   Died: 3 AUG 1867       at: Macon CO, NC  
 Father:
 Mother:
        Other Spouses: 
NOTES  
CHILDREN
   Name: Narcissa Welch
   Born: JUL 1801         at: Rutherford CO, NC  
Married: DEC 1824         at:   
   Died: 17 JUL 1874      at: Macon CO, NC  
Spouses: Thomas Shepherd, Jr.  
   Name: Elizabeth Welch
   Born: ABT 1802         at:   
Married: 10 APR 1822      at: Haywood CO, NC  
   Died:                  at:   
Spouses: Thomas Brown  
   Name: Thomas Welch
   Born: 18 JUN 1805      at: Rutherford CO, NC  
Married: ABT 1826         at:   
   Died: 23 MAR 1861      at: Macon CO, NC  
Spouses: Hester Ann Parton  
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   Name: Nancy C. Welch
   Born: ABT 1810         at: Macon CO, NC  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: AFT 1880         at:   
Spouses: John Chambers  
   Name: Jacob Deck Welch, Sr.
   Born: 11 NOV 1811      at: Lincoln CO, NC  
Married: 12 AUG 1833      at: Macon CO, NC  
   Died: 8 OCT 1868       at: Anderson CO, SC  
Spouses: Elizabeth Catherine Montgomery Colvard  
   Name: Joseph Jackson Welch
   Born: ABT 1813         at: Buncombe CO, NC  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 11 DEC 1893      at: Swain CO, NC  
Spouses: Catherine Masina Sherrill  Agnes Shepherd  
   Name: Adeline Welch
   Born: ABT 1823         at: NC  
Married:                  at:   
   Died:                  at:   
Spouses: 
   Name: Adolphus Burton Welch
   Born: 23 JAN 1825      at: Macon CO, NC  
Married: 18 JAN 1847      at:   
   Died: 28 MAR 1898      at: Swain CO, NC  
Spouses: Sarah A. Sawyer  
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