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Obituary Online notes for “Jake” Jacob WELCH
Jacob "Jake" Welch was born Jan. 9,1864 in Union City,Randolph Co.,IN a son of Thomas and Luzetta Rebecca (Shelley) Welch. He married Sept. 3,1885 to Miss Flora Belle Mikesell,who passed away in 1927.
Union City Evening Times,Tuesday,Dec. 7,1937
Well Known-Jacob Welch, a former citizen of Union City, dies at Dayton.-He was a member of the First Christian church of the city.
Word was received here yesterday as announced in Monday's Times, of the death of Jacob Welch, a former well known and highly respected citizen of Union City,Ind. Death followed a long illness and he was confined in the Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton for the past six months and he passed away at half past twelve o'clock Monday morning.
Jacob Welch was born on the old home place,west of the city,Jan. 9, 1864. He attended school in that district and worked on the farm.
He was married Sept. 5,1885 to Miss Flora Belle Mikesell.
He also became a well known stock buyer and formed a partnership in that business with the late Attorney John Shockney.
This was the family home until about twelve years ago when he moved to Dayton. He was employed in a service station in Dayton up to the time he was stricken with his last illness.
Mrs. Welch passed away ten years ago.
Jacob Welch or "Jake" as he was called by his many friends,was a good citizen and a Christian man being a member of the First Christian Church of this city.
He is survived by five children:Walter Welch of Dayton,O.,Frank Welch of Bradford,O.,Mrs. Ethel Price of Union City.,Mrs. Edna DeBolt of Brookville,O., and Mrs. Irma Maloon of West Oak Street.
There are twenty-four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Also two brothers and two sisters,James Welch of Union City,William Welch of Lima,O.,and Mrs. Ida Bothast of this city and Mrs. Maggie Shockney of Harrisville,Ill.
The remains will be returned here for burial and will arrive just before the funeral services,which will take place from the Christian church Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. John Watson of Harrisville. Interment in the Union City Cemetery. 470, Jacob “Jake” Welch