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GEORGE WELKER, hardware merchant, Kane, is a native of Germany, born in Rhenish Bavaria in 1836, a son of Michael
Welker. In 1853 the family came to America and located at Philadelphia, where the subject of our notice learned
the shoemaker's trade, and in 1857 moved to Williamsport, same State, where he worked at his trade until 1864,
in which year he came to Renovo and bought the Ulrich House, which he conducted about a year. In 1865 he came to
Kane, where he purchased the first lot after the town was laid out and surveyed, and built the first house on the
town site. He opened a hotel, and also engaged in the boot and shoe business until 1886; he next became a member
of the firm of Smith & Welker, dealers in hardware. He has taken great interest in the prosperity of Kane,
and has been one of the foremost to assist all laudable enterprises. He has served several terms as a school director.
Mr. Welker married Rosa Richly, who died in 1883, leaving three children: Rosa, wife of W. B. Smith; Lizzie and
Emma. In 1885 Mr. Welker married Mary Sullivan, and they have two children: John and Edna. Mr. Welker is a member
of Smethport Lodge, F. & A. M., and Williamsport Lodge, No. 570, I. O. O. F. In politics he votes independent
of party.
From:
History of the Counties of
McKean, Elk and Forest,
Pennsylvania
With Biographical Selections.
J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers
Chicago, 1890.
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