This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Welch, Creighton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Gk.2ADI/307.317.318.319.568.582.615 Message Board Post: Hi Beth, I am searching for my greatgrandfather, Adam Welch, born 10 April 1820 in Franklin Co, PA; died 24 August 1910 in Illiopolis, Sangamon Co., Illinois, and is buried in Calvery Cemetery in that town. Illiopolis is a small town in Central Illinois. Adam married Mary Creighton 1824 in Washington Co., Maryland. Mary died 10 August 1886. Adam lived in Lawrence, Kansas before coming to Illinois. Adam's children are Anne, John, Benjamin, Kate, Martha, Agnes Cecelia, Georgeanna, James Seymore, Frank Pierce, William Henry (my paternal grandfather). Please contact me at my email address and I will reply to you.