Brief Life History of Artie Benton
When Artie Benton Welch was born on 12 February 1884, in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States, his father, Jesse James Valentine Welch, was 27 and his mother, Prianne Elizabeth Smith, was 28. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Annie Lee Dunn-Welch. He lived in Jasper Township, Shannon, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Loco, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 3 August 1951, in Ringling, Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Loco Cemetery, Loco, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Artie Benton Welch, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- Artie Benton Welch, "Find A Grave Index"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1889
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Welsh or Walsh , an ethnic name for someone of Welsh origin. This is the usual form of the surname in England; the usual form in Ireland is Walsh and in Scotland Welsh .
German: variant of Welk .
Americanized form of German Welsch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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