FORMER CITIZEN DIES IN ST. JOHN, KANSAS
R.J. Welsh, a former resident of the Marrs Hill community, west of Bentonville, died suddenly at his home in St. John, Kansas, May 11, 1934, at the age of nearly 82 years. Death as due to heart trouble from which he had been afflicted for some time. Funeral services were held the following day.
Robigny Jacob Welsh was born in Oakland, Ills., June 25, 1952{Miss print in paper, should be 1852}. His father died when eh was a baby and when at the age of 14, his mother passed away. From an uncle he learned the brick mason trade and later with him, entered the contracting business.
In 1876, he married Miss Rose Conner of Oakland. In 1879, they moved to western Kansas to make their home. The family suffered the usual hardships of early settlers in that section, but later gave up farming and he entered the contracting business in Medicine Lodge, Kans., with a cousin. Many of the business houses there were built by his firm. Moving to St. John, Mr. Welsh contracted and built many of the largest brick buildings there, including the Methodist Church, from which he was buried.
In 1914, he sold out his interests there and moved to Benton County, where he purchased 200 acres of land northwest of Centerton, where he remained until about a year ago, when with Mrs. Welsh, returned to their former home in St. John.
Mr. Welsh is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Anna Cornwell and Mrs. Rosa Horstman of St. John and by two sons, Walter H. Welsh, who lives on the home farm west of Bentonville and R.J. Welsh, Jr., of St. John's, besides other relatives. [Benton County Record & Democrat – Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas – Thursday, May 24, 1934 -Page 2 Column 2]
R.J. Welsh, a former resident of the Marrs Hill community, west of Bentonville, died suddenly at his home in St. John, Kansas, May 11, 1934, at the age of nearly 82 years. Death as due to heart trouble from which he had been afflicted for some time. Funeral services were held the following day.
Robigny Jacob Welsh was born in Oakland, Ills., June 25, 1952{Miss print in paper, should be 1852}. His father died when eh was a baby and when at the age of 14, his mother passed away. From an uncle he learned the brick mason trade and later with him, entered the contracting business.
In 1876, he married Miss Rose Conner of Oakland. In 1879, they moved to western Kansas to make their home. The family suffered the usual hardships of early settlers in that section, but later gave up farming and he entered the contracting business in Medicine Lodge, Kans., with a cousin. Many of the business houses there were built by his firm. Moving to St. John, Mr. Welsh contracted and built many of the largest brick buildings there, including the Methodist Church, from which he was buried.
In 1914, he sold out his interests there and moved to Benton County, where he purchased 200 acres of land northwest of Centerton, where he remained until about a year ago, when with Mrs. Welsh, returned to their former home in St. John.
Mr. Welsh is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Anna Cornwell and Mrs. Rosa Horstman of St. John and by two sons, Walter H. Welsh, who lives on the home farm west of Bentonville and R.J. Welsh, Jr., of St. John's, besides other relatives. [Benton County Record & Democrat – Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas – Thursday, May 24, 1934 -Page 2 Column 2]
FORMER CITIZEN DIES IN ST. JOHN, KANSAS
R.J. Welsh, a former resident of the Marrs Hill community, west of Bentonville, died suddenly at his home in St. John, Kansas, May 11, 1934, at the age of nearly 82 years. Death as due to heart trouble from which he had been afflicted for some time. Funeral services were held the following day.
Robigny Jacob Welsh was born in Oakland, Ills., June 25, 1952{Miss print in paper, should be 1852}. His father died when eh was a baby and when at the age of 14, his mother passed away. From an uncle he learned the brick mason trade and later with him, entered the contracting business.
In 1876, he married Miss Rose Conner of Oakland. In 1879, they moved to western Kansas to make their home. The family suffered the usual hardships of early settlers in that section, but later gave up farming and he entered the contracting business in Medicine Lodge, Kans., with a cousin. Many of the business houses there were built by his firm. Moving to St. John, Mr. Welsh contracted and built many of the largest brick buildings there, including the Methodist Church, from which he was buried.
In 1914, he sold out his interests there and moved to Benton County, where he purchased 200 acres of land northwest of Centerton, where he remained until about a year ago, when with Mrs. Welsh, returned to their former home in St. John.
Mr. Welsh is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Anna Cornwell and Mrs. Rosa Horstman of St. John and by two sons, Walter H. Welsh, who lives on the home farm west of Bentonville and R.J. Welsh, Jr., of St. John's, besides other relatives. [Benton County Record & Democrat – Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas – Thursday, May 24, 1934 -Page 2 Column 2]
R.J. Welsh, a former resident of the Marrs Hill community, west of Bentonville, died suddenly at his home in St. John, Kansas, May 11, 1934, at the age of nearly 82 years. Death as due to heart trouble from which he had been afflicted for some time. Funeral services were held the following day.
Robigny Jacob Welsh was born in Oakland, Ills., June 25, 1952{Miss print in paper, should be 1852}. His father died when eh was a baby and when at the age of 14, his mother passed away. From an uncle he learned the brick mason trade and later with him, entered the contracting business.
In 1876, he married Miss Rose Conner of Oakland. In 1879, they moved to western Kansas to make their home. The family suffered the usual hardships of early settlers in that section, but later gave up farming and he entered the contracting business in Medicine Lodge, Kans., with a cousin. Many of the business houses there were built by his firm. Moving to St. John, Mr. Welsh contracted and built many of the largest brick buildings there, including the Methodist Church, from which he was buried.
In 1914, he sold out his interests there and moved to Benton County, where he purchased 200 acres of land northwest of Centerton, where he remained until about a year ago, when with Mrs. Welsh, returned to their former home in St. John.
Mr. Welsh is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Anna Cornwell and Mrs. Rosa Horstman of St. John and by two sons, Walter H. Welsh, who lives on the home farm west of Bentonville and R.J. Welsh, Jr., of St. John's, besides other relatives. [Benton County Record & Democrat – Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas – Thursday, May 24, 1934 -Page 2 Column 2]
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