1. Daniel Welker was born on 15 Nov 1786 in Pennsylvania. He died on 10 Aug 1860 in Floyd County, Indiana. He was buried in Wolfe Cemetery, Floyd County, Indiana.
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 82, page 201, INCORRECTLY shows Daniel as the son of Daniel and Susan (Conrad) Welker. Recent research has shown their son Daniel was 3 years younger, married Anna Maria Keesecker, and later died in Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana. 1810 census of Braners Township, Jefferson County, Kentucky, NARA M252-7, page 32, Danl Welker, 1 male < 10, 1 male 16-25, 1 female < 10, 1 female 16-25.
A History of Early Jeffersontown and Southeastern Jefferson County, Kentucky, by Lt Col Robert C Jobson, 1977, page 238
Jeffersontown Officials, 12 Aug 1815, Michael Miller, Chairman, Valentine Conrad, Jacob Funk, George Zilhart, Daniel Welker
Jeffersontwon Officals, 17 Aug 1816, Jacob Funk, Chairman, Daniel Welker, Valentine Conrad, Isaac Fouch, Micajah OglesbyA History of Early Jeffersontown and Southeastern Jefferson County, Kentucky, by Lt Col Robert C Jobson, 1977, page 95
Jeffersontown Minute Book. 4 Jan 1817, Jeffersontown trustees to Daniel Welker, Lot 7 on Main Street, sold for taxes.
Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book M, page 405, 9 Nov 1817, Daniel Welker to Daniel Risinger, Lot 7 on Main Street
This is now 10403 Watterson TrailA History of Early Jeffersontown and Southeastern Jefferson County, Kentucky, by Lt Col Robert C Jobson, 1977, page 96
Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book 10, page 56, 4 Mar 1813, George Wolf to Daniel Welker, Lots 8 & 9 on Main Street, for taxes.
Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book 0, page 522, 30 Aug 1817, Jeffersonville Trustees to Daniel Welker, Lot 8 & 9 on Main Street
Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book M, page 405, 9 Nov 1817, Daniel Welker to Daniel Risinger, Lot 8 & 9 on Main StreetJeffersonville Land Entries, 1808-1818, by Janet C Cowen (1984):
12841, Daniel Welker of Jefferson County, Kentucky, 160 acres, NE S07 T03 S05E, 1817-06-27
12904, Daniel Walker of Jefferson County, Kentucky, 160 acres, NE S07 T03 S05E, 1817-07-011820 census of Harrison County, Indiana, NARA M33-14, page 55, Daniel Welker, 4 males < 10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 26-45, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 26-45.
1830 census of Franklin Township, Harrison County, Indiana, NARA M19-27, page 122, Daniel Welker, 1 male < 5, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 1 female < 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 40-50
Harrison County, Indiana, Deed Book J, page 162, 24 Sep 1836, Daniel Welker & Nancy his wife to Uriah McQueen, $1500, NE quarter of Section 5, T2S, R5E
Harrison County, Indiana, Deed Book K, page 233, 27 Feb 1839, Daniel Walker & Nancy his wife to Nicholas Ludwig, $1000, East 1/2 of SW Quarter of Seciton 7 T3S, R5E, part of the West 1/2 of the SE quarter of Section 7 T3S, R5E, 120 acres
1840 census of Georgetown Township, Floyd County, Indiana, NARA M704-79, page 164, Daniel Welker, 2 males < 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 40-50, 1 male 60-70, 1 female 5-10, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 40-50.
1848 - Daniel was named guardian of James H Welker & Zerelda Jane Welker the orphan children of his son Henry W Welker.
Daniel was a potter by trade.
1850 census of Georgetown Township, Floyd County, Indiana, NARA M432-145, page 456, Daniel Welker, 63, born in Pennsylvania, Potter, Nancy, 59, born in Kentucky, George J, 22, born in Indiana, potter, Samuel C, 18, born in Indiana, Potter, Benjamin F, 14, born in Indiana, George W, 6, born in Indiana - last child listed must have been a grandson?.
1860 census of Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana, NARA M653-257, page 248, David Moser, 37, born in Indiana, Susannah, 37, born in Indiana, Lafayette, 14, born in Indiana, Penelope, 12, born in Indiana, Albert, 9, born in Indiana, William, 7, born in Indiana, Rebeca, 5, born in Indiana, Nancy, 3, born in Indiana, Mary, 1, born in Indiana, David [Daniel] Welker, 73, born in Pennsylvania.
Children listed in order as noted by grandson Samuel Leonidus Welker.
Daniel married Nancy Ragan, daughter of Amos Ragan and Esther Black, on 18 Apr 1808 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Nancy was born on 23 Jan 1791 in Casey County, Kentucky. She died on 19 May 1853 in Floyd County, Indiana. She was buried in Wolfe Cemetery, Floyd County, Indiana.
Jefferson County, Virginia - Kentucky Early Marriages Book 1, 1781-July 1826, by The Filson Club, 1981, page 68, 18 Apr 1808, Daniel Welker & Nancy Reager, legal age proved. Bondsman John Lang. Father Amos Reager consent given.
Indiana Genealogical Society, Vol 10, No 4, page 136, submitted by Charmaine G Welker - Obituary from new Albany Daily Tribune, 2 Jun 1853, page 2, At Georgetown, Floyd county, Ind., on the 19th inst. Nancy Welker, wife of Daniel Welker in the 63rd year of her age. The deceased was born in Casey County, Ky on the 23rd January, 1791, in which State she resided until the autumn of 1817, when she with her husband, removed to Harrison county, Ind, then comparatively a wilderness. She was one of the pioneer mothers of Indiana, and as such beheld the infancy and subsequent manhood of our flourishing State, and endured the privations indigent to a new and uncultivated country. Mrs W possessed many traits of character that rendered her life a blessing to her husband, children and friends, and her death to them an irreparable loss. She was peculiarly kind and generous hearted in her disposition -- modest and amiable in her deportment. As a wife, mother, and friend, she was an example worthy of imitation. But, though her native graces were numerous, rendering her, truly, an ornament to her sex, she possessed that higher embellishment of the soul -- the religion of Jesus -- that shone with her as a diamond set in a casket of gold. She delighted not in the form alone, but it was her pleasure to do the deeds of godliness. About thirty years ago she made an open profession of religion and attached herself to the church of the United Brethren in Christ, in which she lived a pattern of piety until she fell asleep on the breast of her Master. Her disease being of a lingering character which she bore with a fortitude and resignation becoming her life, she was aware long before that the departure was near, Yet in all her conversation concerning death she was perfectly calm -- always expressing her entire willingness to go and be at rest. As her life was adorned with piety, her death was crowned with victory. As fade the flowers of early May, As sleeps the zephyr on the stream, As sink to rest the God of day, But upwards sends his dying beam, So sweet, so calm, so bright, so blest, She sank upon her Savior's breast. L K W Georgetown, May 30th 1853.
They had the following children.
+ 2 M i Henry William Welker was born on 2 Apr 1809. He died on 2 Jun 1847. + 3 F ii Salome Welker was born on 8 Aug 1810. She died on 14 Jun 1890. + 4 M iii Amos Washington Welker was born on 9 Dec 1811. He died on 26 Dec 1890. + 5 M iv Reverend John Wesley Welker was born on 27 Aug 1813. He died on 2 Aug 1892. 6 M v Daniel Welker was born about 1815 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. 7 M vi Rezin Regan Welker was born about 1817 in Harrison County, Indiana. 8 M vii James Monroe Welker was born about 1819 in Harrison County, Indiana. + 9 F viii Susanna Elizabeth Welker was born on 5 Dec 1823. She died on 6 Jun 1881. 10 F ix Nancy Ann Welker was born about 1824 in Harrison County, Indiana. + 11 F x Mary Ann Welker was born in 1826. She died in 1893. + 12 M xi George Jefferson Welker was born in 1828. He died in 1862. 13 M xii Samuel Chase Welker was born about 1831 in Floyd County, Indiana. He died before 1850 in Floyd County, Indiana. 14 M xiii Benjamin Franklin Welker was born in Apr 1836 in Floyd County, Indiana. He died on 11 Jan 1911 in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana. He was buried in New Albany National Cemetery, Floyd County, Indiana.
Indiana State Library, New Albany Newspapers Database, 1849 - 1889, MARRIAGES / Benjamin F. Welker to Mary A. Bruder. New Albany Ledger. 1-30-1867. p 2, c 4.
1870 census of New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, NARA M593-313, page 218, Benjamin Welker, 34, born in Indiana, clerk, Mary, 25, born in Baden.
1880 census of 2nd Ward, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, FHL #1254277, NARA T9-0277, page 289B - Benjamin F Welker, 44, born in Georgetown, Indiana, Horse Trader, Father born in Pennsylvania, Mother, Mary A, 33, born in Baden, Germany, keeping house, parents born in Switzerland, sister-in-law D Bruder, born in Floyd County, Indiana, Katie Bennett, other, 19, born in Floyd County, Indiana.
1900 census of New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, NARA T623-371, page 8A, B F Welker, born Apr 1836 in Indiana, Mary A, wife, born Aug 1847 in Germany, Dona M Bruder, sister-in-law, born Dec 1856 in Indiana.
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Obituary from the New Albany Daily Ledger, 11 Jan 1911 - A Good Man Captain Benjamin F Welker Passes to His Rest - At 12:18 this afternoon Captain Benjamin F Welker, one of the best known of Floyd County's and New Albany's citizens passed away to his rest, after an illness of two years, at his home at 228 East 5th Street. Captain Welker was born in Harrison County 74 years ago last April and was brought to Georgetown at the age of two years, residing there after his marriage 44 years ago. When a young man he engaged in steamboating, serving as clerk on various boats. Later he was clerk and mail agent on the Monon road until elected Clerk of the Circuit Court, serving two terms from 1870 to 1878. On retiring, he was first a bookkeeper for Captain Stutt Neal during the building of the US Post Office and after that pension attorney until two years ago when illness confined him to his home and the care of his wife. During the Civil War he served with credit, enlisting in the beginning in Company C, 23rd Indiana Volunteers, becoming Corporal, re-enlisting in the same regiment and serving altogether four and a half years. He wasin 47 battles and skirmishes and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. As stated, he was married 44 years ago at Georgetown to Miss Mary A Bruder, his surviving widow. There are no children. The funeral will be held Friday at 2PM from the late home. Reverend Frank W Grossman of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. The last rites will be under the auspices of Hope Lodge 83 IOOF and the burial will be in the National Cemetery. Captain Welker's best epitaph was expressed by his wife "He was one of the best of man."Benjamin married Mary Augusta Bruder on 28 Jan 1867 in Floyd County, Indiana. Mary was born in 1849 in Baden, Germany. She died on 12 Oct 1919 in Lafayette, Indiana. She was buried in New Albany National Cemetery, Floyd County, Indiana.
Obituary from the New Albany Daily Ledger, 14 Oct 1919, page 1 - MrsAugusta Welker, widow of Captain Benjamin F Welker, died last night atthe National Soldier's Home in Lafayette where she had lived for the past year. Her death was due to cancer of the breast from which she long had been a sufferer. Mrs Welker was past 70 years old and had lived in thiscity practically all her life until she went to Lafayette a year ago.She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and she was also a member of the Sanderson's Women's Relief Corps. The body will be brought to this city for burial in the National Soldiers Cemetery beside the remains of her husband who died 10 years ago.