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| resting_place=Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, Louisiana

| resting_place=Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, Louisiana

| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

| spouse=Margaret Friggle Welsh (married 1902-1950, his death)<br>

| spouse=Margaret Friggle Welsh (married 1902-1940, her death)<br>

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'''Samuel John Welsh''' (September 17, 1879 &ndash; October 25, 1950) was a civil engineer, canal manager, and [[politician]] from Vinton, located west of the Calcasieu Parish seat of government in [[Lake Charles]] in far southwestern [[Louisiana]].

'''Samuel John Welsh''' (September 17, 1879 &ndash; October 25, 1950) was a civil engineer, canal manager, and [[politician]] from Vinton, located west of the Calcasieu Parish seat of government in [[Lake Charles]] in far southwestern [[Louisiana]].

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 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 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 bears his name.<ref name=dlb/>

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