Welch Family Cemetery

The Welch Cemetery began as a family cemetery on the property of Joseph and Mary Welch in 1859 with the death of Mary Welch's sister Susan Conoway. The second burial was that of H. Jackson Rogers in 1869, the young son of a neighbor of the Welch family. The burials listed are inside a fenced area. In the early 1900's there was a fever epidemic and various other persons were buried in the Welch Cemetery. Some of these persons were from as far away as Natchitoches. None of these graves are marked, and the exact location of many of the burials has been lost. The Welch Cemetery is located on private property and has been maintained as a cemetery by the Welch family. The cemetery is not open to the public. The recording and the history of this cemetery was provided by a descendant, Frank Welch.

Listing submitted by Myra (mljd), November 2004

CONOWAY, Susan August 18, 1824 - August 24, 1859, Sister of Mary Welch

ROGERS, H. Jackson Sept. 9, 1865 - August 9, 1869, Son of a neighboring family. Apparently this child was playing, jumping from one bed to another, fell and broke his neck. re:Myra mljd

WELCH, Mary May 16, 1823 - March 19, 1903, Wife of Joseph Welch

WELCH, Annie Ebarbo August 15, 1860 - Sept. 18, 1905, Wife of Thomas J. Welch

WELCH, Joseph August 20, 1828 - June 27, 1907, Husband of Mary Welch

FIELDER, Mamie Welch January 15, 1880 - March 7, 1925,  Daughter of Thomas and Annie Ebarbo Welch Wife of M.L. Fielder

WELCH, Thomas J. 1854 - 1930, Son of Joseph and Mary Welch

FIELDER, M. L. August 27, 1873 - April 2, 1950, Husband of Mamie Welch Fielder