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Welborn, Joseph F

banker, legislator, was born Aug. 6, 1818, in Guilford county, N. C. In the fall of 1876 he was elected a member of the house of representatives of the Indiana state legislature, and served during 1877-78. WELBY, MRS. AMELIA [COPPUCK], poet, was born Feb. 3, 1819, in St.

Michaels, Md. She was a poet of Louisville whose sentimental lyrics attained an extraordinary popularity in their author's lifetime. She was the author of a volume entitled Poems by Amelia. She died May 3, 1852, in Louisville, Ky.

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