Amos Welsh
BIRTH
Thursday
25 NOV 1802
Berkeley County,
Virginia, USA
DEATH
Tuesday
01 MAR 1881
Fairfield County,
Ohio, USA
Farmer
Joe McFarland
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BIOGRAPHY
AMANDA TOWNSHIP – Amos Welsh was born on Thursday, November 25, 1802, to Jacob and Mary (Steen) in Berkeley County, Virginia. After growing up in Virginia, he then relocated to Fairfield County where he met and married Louisa Kemp. Reverend Jesse Spurgeon led the couple in marriage on Thursday, January 19, 1826. Amos operated a successful farm as the value increased to $5,500 on September 30, 1850, during the year’s U.S. Census record (equating to $221,091.54 when converted to 2024 dollars). During the summer of 1855, Amos, along with his neighbors, were notified of a petition being presented before the Board of Commissioners of Fairfield County in relation to the road leading from Rock Mill to the intersection of Lancaster and Royalton roads. The notice ran in the Lancaster Gazette from July through September.
Over the next decade, from the previous census record, the 1860 U.S. Census recorded Amos Welsh’s estate at $10,000 ($377,768.67 in 2024 dollars). His personal estate added an additional $1,400 ($52,887.61 in 2024 dollars). During the autumn of 1863, Amos advertised a public sale on Friday, November 20, 1863 at 9:00 a.m. with various livestock, farm equipment, and household appliances. He was listed with providing $0.50 worth of provisions to the soldiers as listed along with other residents of Amanda Township.
SECOND MARRIAGE
After his wife, Louisa, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 1864, he married Malinda Hunter two years later in the First Presbyterian Church, in Lancaster, on Monday, November 5, 1866.
TAVERN STAND FOR SALE
Amos advertised the sale of a tavern stand in Royalton that started on January 31, 1867. Three years later, the 1870 U.S. Census made its rounds and recorded the estate of Amos Welsh’s farm accumulated to a value of $11,100 ($265,678.08 in 2024 dollars) and his personal estate valued an additional $1,000 ($23,934.96 in 2024 dollars).
FOOD PRICE TO COMPARE
The Lancaster Gazette published an article on Thursday, April 28, 1870, which displayed the rising cost of food. The article conveyed disappointment, “There is something radically wrong in our agricultural and domestic relations. When the fact exists that we cannot live comfortably and keep out of debt when wheat is 50 or 60 cents per bushel, and oats and corn about the same, and potatoes from 75 cents to $1.00 with all our improvements and labor-saving machinery, etc., etc., [sic] there must be some deep, underlying wrong. I can go back over an experience of more than 40 years and remember well for many years that oats were seldom worth more than from 15 to 25 cents, and no ready or certain sale at that; corn would sell now and then a few bushels and at a low price without any certain market; wheat ranging at about 50 to 60 cents; pork from $2 to $3, and no extensive market at that; but with all these prices we got along, kept out of debt, and laid up money.” The article continued, but to compare the estate value, 50 cents equates to $11.97 in 2024 dollars; 75 cents to $17.95; and $1 to $23.93.
A LEGACY LEFT
Amos Welsh passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 1881, at 78 years old and laid to rest in the Wesley Church Cemetery located off of Rockmill Road NW.
LANCASTER EAGLE-GAZETTE CLIPPINGS
MARRIAGE RECORDS
WELSH
SPOUSES
MARRIAGE
THURSDAY
19 JAN 1826
AMANDA TOWNSHIP,
FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO, USA
AMANDA TOWNSHIP – Amos married Louisa Kemp, at 23 years old, on Thursday, January 19, 1826, by Reverend Jesse Spurgeon. They were married for 38 Years, 9 Months, 24 Days, before Louisa passed away.
Louisa
Kemp
Malinda
Hunter
MARRIAGE
MONDAY
05 NOV 1866
LANCASTER,
FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO, USA
LANCASTER – Amos married Malinda Hunter two years after the death of his first wife, on Monday, November 5, 1866, in the First Presbyterian Church, in Lancaster. They were married for 14 Years, 3 Months, 26 Days, when Amos passed away.
PHOTO GALLERY
BURIAL
MAR 1881
WESLEY CHAPEL CEMETERY
ROW 1
Amos Welsh lies buried next to his wife, Louisa (Kemp) Welsh. They are located in the front, older section of the cemetery in row 1.
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THE REFERENCES
“Amanda Township For The Soldiers,” Lancaster Gazette, Thursday, June 30, 1864, 3.
“Public Sale,” Lancaster Gazette, Thursday, November 12, 1863, 3.
“Public Sale,” Lancaster Gazette, Thursday, November 19, 1863, 3.
“Receipts For The Gazette,” Lancaster Gazette, Friday, October 19, 1849, 3.
Rev. Carol Alspaugh Schleich, “Amos Welsh,” Find A Grave, last modified July 5, 2002, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6576880/amos-welsh.
“Road Notice,” Lancaster Gazette, Thursday, July 19, 1855, 2.
“Roll Of Honor,” Lancaster Gazette, Thursday, April 4, 1867, 3.
“Tavern Stand For Sale,” Lancaster Gazette, Thursday, February 21, 1867, 3.
“Then And Now,” Lancaster Gazette, Thursday, April 28, 1870, 4.
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