H. M. Welton    

H. M. WELTON, farmer, post-office Sandy Lake, was born January 23, 1846, in Venango County, Penn., to Milo and Jane (Morris) Welton, the former a native of New York State and the latter of Venango County, Penn. The father came to Venango County when he was a boy, and became the father of eight children: John A., a lieutenant in Company K, Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, wounded in front of Petersburg May 6, and died May 12; Matilda, married Lewis Baker, and lives in Venango County; H. M..; George M., of Venango County; Eliza, married Thomas DeWoody, who is deceased; Lorene E., of Venango County; William S., of Venango County; Nancy, married to Elder Major, of Venango County. The father was a member of Company K, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and died in October, 1863, of chronic diarrhea. The mother died March 18, 1884. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the father was a Democrat. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and was married August 19, 1869, to Maggie E., daughter of John and Rachel Brown. He now owns fifty acres of land where he settled in 1872. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a Republican.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 1067.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.