Attorney Henry Kirk White Welch

born 1821 Jan 1

Died 1870 Nov 25

Age 49

Father Archibald Welch

1794–1853

Mother Cynthia Hyde

1792–1859 Sep 28 Hartford, CT

Siblings

Mary Throop Welch 1819–1850

Charissa Ashley Welch 1825–

Moses Cook Welch 1827–1899

Archibald Hyde Welch 1829–1898

Married

Susan Leavitt Goodwin1858 Oct 5 Hartford, CT

Born 1834

Died 1904

Children

Archibald A Welch

Born 1859 OCt

Died 1950

Edward Goodwin Welch

Born 1861 Jan 14 CT

Died 1916

Frances G Welch

Born 1864 Mar Hartford, CT

Died 1950

Henry K Welch

Born 1864 Dec CT

Died 1958

Lewis Sheldon Welch

Born 1868

Died 1940

Son

Born 1870 Hartford, CT

SOURCES

Henry Kirke White Welch in the Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934

Name: Henry Kirke White Welch

Age: 49

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1821

Death Date: 25 Nov 1870

Burial Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Cemetery: Spring Grove Cemetery

Henry Kirke White Welch in the Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934

Name: Henry Kirke White Welch

Death Date: 25 Nov 1870

Death Place: Hartford, Connecticut

Burial Place: Hartford, Connecticut

Gender: Male

FHL Film Number: 3339

CENSUS

Henry K W Welch in the 1870 United States Federal Census

Name: Henry K W Welch

Age in 1870: 49

Birth Year: abt 1821

Birthplace: Connecticut

Dwelling Number: 435

Home in 1870: Hartford Ward 1, Hartford, Connecticut

Race: White

Gender: Male

Occupation: Lawyer

Male Citizen Over 21: Y

Personal Estate Value: 760000

Real Estate Value: 60000

Inferred Spouse: Susan G Welch

Household Members:

Name Age

Henry K W Welch 49

Susan G Welch 36

Clarissa A Welch 45

Archibald A Welch 10

Edward G Welch 9

Frances G Welch 6

Henry H Welch 4

Lewis Sheldon Welch 2

Male Infant Welch 5/12

Henry Kirke White Welch, the oldest child of Dr. Archibald and Cynthia (Hyde) Welch, was born in Mansfield, Conn., Jan. 1st., 1821.

He taught in Brooklyn, Conn., from Oct., 1842, to March, 1843, when an affection of the throat compelled him to desist. After a few months passed in Wethersfield, Conn., where his father then resided, he went to Georgia for his health. In the autumn of 1 844 he returned, but finding his throat still sensitive, went South agam, and spent the next two years teaching in Montgomery, Ala., at the same time studying law. During the winter of 1 846-7 he read law in Brooklyn, Conn., with his uncle, Jonathan A. Welch (Y. C. 1813). He afterwards spent two years in the Law Department of this college, and received the degree of LL. B. He was admitted to the bar in March, 1850, and in June opened an office in Hartford, Conn., where he resided, engaged in the practice of his profession, until his death. He was a member of the State Senate in 1862 and of the House of Representatives in 1864 and 1865.

Mr. Welch married, March 24th, 1852, Miss Frances Louisa, youngest daughter of Professor C. A. Goodrich, of Yale College. His wife died Dec. 2d, 1855; and he married three years later, Miss Susan L. Goodwin, of Hartford, who survives him with four sons and a daughter. The sudden death of his youngest boy, Nov. 15th, is believed to have brought on the illness which caused his own death, Nov. 25th, 1870, at the age of 49.

(Yale Alumni Obituary Manuscript)