Samuel Earl Welch (January 27, 1892 – November 12, 1969), more commonly written as Earl Welch was a native of Indian Territory, born in 1892, near the present town of Wister, Oklahoma in the present LeFlore County, Oklahoma.
He was the second-oldest of nine children born to Charles Arthur Welch (1871-1927) and Mary Adelia Morton (1870-1930).
He completed his legal education by reading the law in the office of his father and grandfather, and was admitted to the bar in 1911.
[1] An OU alumni magazine noted that Welch was of Chickasaw descent, and that he was the first enrolled member of any tribe to sit on the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Corn, then 80 years old, had taken semi-retirement status in 1959, drawing three-fourths of his normal salary and working only on special assignments.