Philip Welsheimer (1791 - 1864)

Born 11 Mar 1791 in Martinsburg, Virginia

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Died 21 Jul 1864 at age 73 in South Salem, Ohio

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Biography

Grew up on his father's farms in Pennsylvania and Maryland. He was a slave owner, as there are two bills of sale for the early 1820's, when he sold his "possessions" and moved to Fairfield County, Ohio.

"In 1831, disturbed because his sons were associating too much with their cousins whose fathers operated distilleries and wishing to remove his sons from easy access to liquor, he moved to Ross County, Ohio, and lived near South Salem and Greenfield." p. 35

He bought land in Indiana to provide farms for his sons. He is said to have brought the first cookstove to Ross County.

"He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church at South Salem where he purchased a pew which was used for many years by his descendants. He is said to have had a good singing voice and often conducted 'singing schools'. Also he had a reputation as a conversationalist; some one said of him that he could talk for twenty-four hours without stopping. Jennier Parrett told me that an old [African-American] man often spoke of him saying: "Old Philip - ugliest man I ever knew, but he was awful good." Perhaps his greatest honor comes from the fact that he reared nine fine sons of whom it is said none smoked, used tobacco in any form, or drank alcoholic beverages." p. 36

Buried in the churchyard of the Presbyterian Church in South Salem, Ohio.

Documentary sources:

1840 census has him in Buckskin, Ross, County^[1]

1850 census: he is hard to find because his name was written "Welshman". He is 59, living in Buckskin Township, Ohio, with Elizabeth (47, Pennsylvania), Ludwick (21, Ohio), Philip (18, Ohio), David (17, Ohio), Catherine (14, Ohio), Mary E (11, Ohio), and Samuel F (9, Ohio).

1860 census: he is living with Elizabeth (55, born in Pennsylvania) and Samuel (18, born in Ohio), in Buckskin Township, Ohio^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTT-CWK : accessed 21 August 2015), Philip Welshimar, Buckskin, Ross, Ohio; citing p. 378, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 424; FHL microfilm 20,175.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPQ-JBC : accessed 21 August 2015), Phillip Wetsheimer, Buckskin Township, Ross, Ohio, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 21, household ID 147, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,030.

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"A History of the Welsheimer Family", by Edith Welsheimer, Bronson Printing, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1969. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE97573