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A native of New Castle in Lawrence County in far western [[Pennsylvania]], Welsh studied civil engineering and relocated to Vinton in 1902 after his marriage to the former Margaret Friggle (1881-1940)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15003090|title=Margaret Friggle Welsh|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=January 19, 2018}}</ref> of Oil City in Venango County, also in western Pennsylvania. The couple had five sons:  John Edgar (b. 1903), James Herbert (b. 1906), Robert Bruce (b. 1910), Samuel John, Jr. (b. 1915), and William Max (b. 1920). He was a railroad surveyor and the  manager of the Sabine Canal Company. An active [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Welsh served on the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury from 1916 to 1920 and was a member and past president of the Calcasieu Parish School Board from 1936 to 1950. He was also a member and past president of the Vinton Drainage Board. He was a member of the [[Methodist Church]], Rotary International, and the Masonic lodge. For a short time prior to his death, he was a director of the West Calcasieu-Cameron Hospital.<ref name=dlb>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-w/|title=Welsh, Samuel John|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=January 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>''Lake Charles American Press'', October 29, 1950.</ref>

A native of New Castle in Lawrence County in far western [[Pennsylvania]], Welsh studied civil engineering and relocated to Vinton in 1902 after his marriage to the former Margaret Friggle (1881-1940)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15003090|title=Margaret Friggle Welsh|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=January 19, 2018}}</ref> of Oil City in Venango County, also in western Pennsylvania. The couple had five sons:  John Edgar (b. 1903), James Herbert (b. 1906), Robert Bruce (b. 1910), Samuel John, Jr. (b. 1915), and William Max (b. 1920). He was a railroad surveyor and the  manager of the Sabine Canal Company. An active [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Welsh served on the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury from 1916 to 1920 and was a member and past president of the Calcasieu Parish School Board from 1936 to 1950. He was also a member and past president of the Vinton Drainage Board. He was a member of the [[Methodist Church]], Rotary International, and the Masonic lodge. For a short time prior to his death, he was a director of the West Calcasieu-Cameron Hospital.<ref name=dlb>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-w/|title=Welsh, Samuel John|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=January 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>''Lake Charles American Press'', October 29, 1950.</ref>

Welsh died in Vinton at the age of seventy-one and is interred beside his wife at Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly near Vinton.<ref>''Lake Charles American Press'', October 29, 1950.</ref> The S. J. Welsh Middle School bears his name.<ref name=dlb/>

Welsh died in Vinton at the age of seventy-one and is interred beside his wife at Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly near Vinton.<ref>''Lake Charles American Press'', October 29, 1950.</ref> The S. J. Welsh Middle School in Lake Charles bears his name.<ref name=dlb/>

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