George Allan Welch, b: 1923

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1919 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}



		^{Homer Valentine Welch}^{b.1888 Parke Co., IN d.1972 Vermillion Co., IN}

	^{George Allan Welch}^{b.1923 Parke Co., IN d.1992 Vermillion Co., IN}		^{Thomas Jefferson Gilkeson}^{b.1843 Bridgeton, Parke Co., IN d.1933 Garden City, MO}

		^{Emma Maria Gilkeson}^{b.1885 Garden City, MO d.1958 Vigo Co., IN}	^{Ruth Ann Remington}^{b.1851 Parke Co., IN d.1932 Garden City, MO}

^{Christine Welch}^{b. Private d.}



	^{Frances Lea Pirkle}^{b. Private d.}