Walter married Catherine Jane Thomas on 19 Mar 1879 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Catherine (daughter of Rev. Thomas Thomas and Ann Lewis) was born on 20 May 1847 in Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 28 Nov 1934 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 1 Dec 1934 in Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas John Welch was born on 19 Apr 1877 in Mowbray, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 11 Apr 1951 in Signal Mountain, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 12 Apr 1951 in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
2. Janet Lavinia Welch was born on 23 Sep 1891 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Varner Cemetery, Mowbray Mountain, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.