History of Fulton County
pub. in 1879 by C. C. Chapman
Kerton Township.
Lemuel Welker, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in 1834, in Knox county, O. His father, David Welker, was also a native of Ohio and a farmer, and moved to this county in 1848. In Ohio he married Margaret Darling, by whom he has had 9 children; of these 7 are living. Lemuel, the second of them, was brought up in Fulton county. At the commencement of the late war he enlisted in Co. I, 85th Inf., and was engaged in the battles of Stone Rive r, Resaca, Buzzard Roost, Kenesaw Mountain, Chickamauga, Jonesboro and other places. Serving until the close of the war, he was honorably discharged at Springfield and returned home. He has a good farm of 160 acres, on sec. 9. In 1868 he married Caroline, daughter of Wm. Potter, of Pennsylvania. He has no children living. Mr. W. is Independent in politics, voting for the man and not the party. P. O., Marbletown.
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SERGEANT LEMUEL WELKER was born in Knox county, Ohio, August 20, 1835, removed to Illinois in 1857, and enlisted as a farmer from Summum. He served with his company until the close of the war; was promoted sergeant; was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., and was mustered out with the regiment. He resumed farming upon his return and died near Astoria, Ill., April 22, 1899.
History of the 85th Illinois Volunteers
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
by
Henry J. Aten
1901
CHAPTER XXXV.
Pages 470 - 481
pub. in 1879 by C. C. Chapman
Kerton Township.
Lemuel Welker, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in 1834, in Knox county, O. His father, David Welker, was also a native of Ohio and a farmer, and moved to this county in 1848. In Ohio he married Margaret Darling, by whom he has had 9 children; of these 7 are living. Lemuel, the second of them, was brought up in Fulton county. At the commencement of the late war he enlisted in Co. I, 85th Inf., and was engaged in the battles of Stone Rive r, Resaca, Buzzard Roost, Kenesaw Mountain, Chickamauga, Jonesboro and other places. Serving until the close of the war, he was honorably discharged at Springfield and returned home. He has a good farm of 160 acres, on sec. 9. In 1868 he married Caroline, daughter of Wm. Potter, of Pennsylvania. He has no children living. Mr. W. is Independent in politics, voting for the man and not the party. P. O., Marbletown.
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SERGEANT LEMUEL WELKER was born in Knox county, Ohio, August 20, 1835, removed to Illinois in 1857, and enlisted as a farmer from Summum. He served with his company until the close of the war; was promoted sergeant; was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., and was mustered out with the regiment. He resumed farming upon his return and died near Astoria, Ill., April 22, 1899.
History of the 85th Illinois Volunteers
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
by
Henry J. Aten
1901
CHAPTER XXXV.
Pages 470 - 481
History of Fulton County
pub. in 1879 by C. C. Chapman
Kerton Township.
Lemuel Welker, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in 1834, in Knox county, O. His father, David Welker, was also a native of Ohio and a farmer, and moved to this county in 1848. In Ohio he married Margaret Darling, by whom he has had 9 children; of these 7 are living. Lemuel, the second of them, was brought up in Fulton county. At the commencement of the late war he enlisted in Co. I, 85th Inf., and was engaged in the battles of Stone Rive r, Resaca, Buzzard Roost, Kenesaw Mountain, Chickamauga, Jonesboro and other places. Serving until the close of the war, he was honorably discharged at Springfield and returned home. He has a good farm of 160 acres, on sec. 9. In 1868 he married Caroline, daughter of Wm. Potter, of Pennsylvania. He has no children living. Mr. W. is Independent in politics, voting for the man and not the party. P. O., Marbletown.
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SERGEANT LEMUEL WELKER was born in Knox county, Ohio, August 20, 1835, removed to Illinois in 1857, and enlisted as a farmer from Summum. He served with his company until the close of the war; was promoted sergeant; was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., and was mustered out with the regiment. He resumed farming upon his return and died near Astoria, Ill., April 22, 1899.
History of the 85th Illinois Volunteers
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
by
Henry J. Aten
1901
CHAPTER XXXV.
Pages 470 - 481
pub. in 1879 by C. C. Chapman
Kerton Township.
Lemuel Welker, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in 1834, in Knox county, O. His father, David Welker, was also a native of Ohio and a farmer, and moved to this county in 1848. In Ohio he married Margaret Darling, by whom he has had 9 children; of these 7 are living. Lemuel, the second of them, was brought up in Fulton county. At the commencement of the late war he enlisted in Co. I, 85th Inf., and was engaged in the battles of Stone Rive r, Resaca, Buzzard Roost, Kenesaw Mountain, Chickamauga, Jonesboro and other places. Serving until the close of the war, he was honorably discharged at Springfield and returned home. He has a good farm of 160 acres, on sec. 9. In 1868 he married Caroline, daughter of Wm. Potter, of Pennsylvania. He has no children living. Mr. W. is Independent in politics, voting for the man and not the party. P. O., Marbletown.
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SERGEANT LEMUEL WELKER was born in Knox county, Ohio, August 20, 1835, removed to Illinois in 1857, and enlisted as a farmer from Summum. He served with his company until the close of the war; was promoted sergeant; was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., and was mustered out with the regiment. He resumed farming upon his return and died near Astoria, Ill., April 22, 1899.
History of the 85th Illinois Volunteers
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
by
Henry J. Aten
1901
CHAPTER XXXV.
Pages 470 - 481
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