| Benjamin enlisted in Newburyport, Massachusetts and mustered in at Yonkers, as Sergeant in Co.
B, June 14, 1861. Promoted to First Sergeant, Sept. 3, 1861, to Second
Lieutenant, Feb. 5, 1862, and to First Lieutenant, Aug. 7, 1862.
Discharged, Mar. 1, 1863. Again enlisted, Mar. 7, 1864, as Private in
the 13th Mass. Light Artillery. Promoted to Corporal, Nov. 2, 1864.
Discharged, Aug. 1, 1865. He was a member of the St Mark's Masonic
Fraternity, and for many years a prominent and influential member of
AW Bartlett Post 49, Grand Army of the Republic, but when the Union Veterans Legion
was instituted, also served as Adjutant of Encampment No.
79. |
The couple is listed as living on 40 Middle Street,
Newburyport and Rolfe's Lane Newbury, Massachusetts in the census and
city directory. Children Benjamin Stover Welch married Mary Ella Berry--Lived in Lanconia,
New Hampshire, May M Welch married Walter Irvin Perry, and George H Welch married Georgia Colby. 
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