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 EISTOEY OF GOODHUE COUNTY 233 urer, M. O'Rourke; assessor, E. "W. Carver; justice, J. B. Waugh; constables, P. C. Brown and D. Black. On September 6, 1864, a special town meeting was called, for the purpose of voting a tax to raise money to pay volun- teers to fill the quota required from the town, at which meeting it was voted to raise $600 as a bounty to volunteers for the Civil War. Another war meeting was held February 11, 1865, for the purpose of raising more bounty money. At this meeting it was voted to raise $700 to pay volunteers, if they could be obtained, and if not, to pay men who stood the draft. E. W. Carver was selected to look after the matter of obtaining men to fill the town's quota. Those who went to the war from this town were; Philo Brown, J. S. Nelson and S. S. Twitchell. After the name Of the town was changed to Welch the first board consisted of: Supervisors, M. Henry (chairman), Thomas Brenner and Michael Hart; clerk, J. S. Nelson. A Swedish Lutheran church was erected in 1878, at a cost of $4,600. In 1886 a store was built at Welch Mills at a cost of $500. In 1900 an elevator was erected at a cost of $1,500. The residents of Welch are a happy, prosperous people, who have achieved much success in their farming operations. Welch Village, formerly called Welch Mills, now has a small flour mill with elevator, two stores, a boarding house, two black- smith shops, a station on the branch line of the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul and a station across the river on the Chicago Great Western.