City: Knoxville
WELCKER, William Louis, lawyer; born at Poplar Creek, Roane county, Tenn., Feb. 17, 1849; German and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Charles F. and Caroline Virginia WELCKER; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents were John Henry and Elizabeth (Inman) WELCKER; maternal grandparents James Coffield and Margaret (Lewis) MITCHELL; received a common school education; graduated from law department of Cumberland University with degree of LL. B., July 8, 1871; appointed district attorney for Third Judicial Circuit of Tenn., March 14, 1872, by Governor John C. Brown, and was elected in Aug., 1872, term expiring Sept. 1, 1878; made a Mason in Tenn. Lodge, No. 204, at Loudon, and is now a member of Union Lodge No. 38, F. & A. M. of Kingston, Tenn.; is a member of Couer de Lion Com. K. T., Knoxville, Tenn., and member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
