. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. arly set-tlers in Germany Valley, liRivingcome from Warriorsmark, about ;.The great-grandfather cf A. S. Welchon the maternal side, was .John , who. according to the records,purchased from William Ricketts,April S, 1792, 388 acres of land at,the mouth of Warriors Mark Mark township, this coun-ty, the consideration being 15 pounds,fecie. .Taccb Spanogle and HannahI^ong were married March 15, Spanogle was born Nov. , died .Jrne 17, 1876. His wife w??born, Feb. 17, 1811 and died May 19,188
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. arly set-tlers in Germany Valley, liRivingcome from Warriorsmark, about ;.The great-grandfather cf A. S. Welchon the maternal side, was .John , who. according to the records,purchased from William Ricketts,April S, 1792, 388 acres of land at,the mouth of Warriors Mark Mark township, this coun-ty, the consideration being 15 pounds,fecie. .Taccb Spanogle and HannahI^ong were married March 15, Spanogle was born Nov. , died .Jrne 17, 1876. His wife w??born, Feb. 17, 1811 and died May 19,1882. David Welch and wife,married on Sept. 24, 1854, had 8children. Those living are: Allen S.;Ida. Mrs. William Minster, of AI-toona: Willi?m .J., and Elmer ofMount Union; Dorsey G., of Hunting-don. Those deceased are: Hannah,Ira, who died when quite small, andMary Alma, wife of .7, M. Lutz, whodied Sei)t -. l:S)t. Mrs. Khz:] V^-lnlwa& born .July 7, 1833, and died , 1909. The early life of Allen S. Welchwas spent on the farm in Germany. David Gambel Welch, deceased From a picture taken when is years old 538 A^alley. He attended ih§ countryschools and grasped what knowledgeof books he could. His education ina great measure was received inthe sterner school of life, where hardwork and hustle were the chiefbranches of study. When 12 years ofage. with his father, Mr. Welch fol-^ibwed threshing. Later on Mr. Welchconducted the threshing business him-self. Having had an ambition to go westfor some time previous, the decisionwas finally made, and on March 1,1876, the subject of this sketch leftthe farm, boarded a train at Mount^Union and landed 3 days later, atSterling, AVhiteside county, 111. Hefound himself entirely among strang-ers in a new country with $ incash, and in his grip his workingclothes and a few trinkets placedtherein by his mother back in oldPenn-?^ylvania. In Illinois Mr. Welch^ii^aged first with a farmer for 3months, then for a while he worked
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