Background
WELSH, Israel was born on January 20, 1822 in St. Stephens, Alabama, United States, United States.
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Career
He moved to Wahalak, Mississippi, in 1834. Much of his early life is unknown. He eventually practiced law at Macon, Mississippi.
He also farmed during the 1850s. Welsh served in the Mississippi state legislature in 1858. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1861 from Noxubee County.
After voting for secession, he volunteered for the Confederate Army and served as a private in the 11th Mississippi Regiment. After election to the first Confederate Congress from the Third Mississippi District, he served on the Post Office and Quartermaster’s Committees and was an active member of Congress and a general supporter of the Davis administration. In the second Congress, he was on the Pay and Mileage, Post Office and Post Roads, and War Tax Committees.
He actively opposed the use of substitutes, supported the democratic election of officers, and was against the impressment of slaves. After the war, Welsh returned to Noxubee County and practiced law.
Religion
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Politics
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.
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March 18, 1869 (aged 47)