Leroy Welsh was a

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politician appointed

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from 1875 to 1876. Leroy Welsh was the son of

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. Isaac Welsh was elected Ohio State Treasurer in 1871, and again in 1873. He died November 25, 1875, and

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appointed Leroy Welsh to serve the remaining weeks of his second term.

Biography

Leroy Welsh was born in Beallsville,

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, in March 1844. He moved with his parents to

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, in 1854. In 1869 he graduated from

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and then studied law at home for a year before entering

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, where he graduated in 1871. He was chief assistant to his father at the Treasury beginning in 1872, and continued there until he was appointed treasurer following his father's death. He returned home to

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, early in 1876 when his term ended. Welsh practiced in Belmont County, and later opened a law office in

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, but returned home to die when he fell ill. He died August 20, 1879, in Belmont County.

References

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