John Welty

John was born on November 7th, 1846.¹   John's father was John C Welty and his mother was Elizabeth Hauff. He had four brothers and three sisters, named Lafayette, Elbert, Joseph S, Casper, Elizabeth, Margaret and Suzannah.  He was the fourth youngest of the eight children. He had five half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Alexander Houston, Ason, Martin DeShazo, George Washington, William Albert, Sarah Caroline (Sallie), Ida May Minerva and Mary Hester Belzora.¹