Welch, Thomas Bramwell, 1825-1903

found: Dr. Welch and the great grape story, 2005:CIP (Welch, Thomas Bramwell, 1825-1903)

found: Wikipedia, via WWW, July 21, 2011(Thomas Bramwell Welch; born December 31, 1825 in Glastonbury, England; came to the United States when his father emigrated in 1834; throughout his late teens, he was active in the Underground Railroad that transported escaped slaves from the south into Canada; graduated from Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary at age 19 and became an ordained Wesleyan Methodist minister; attended New York Central Medical College (Syracuse campus), becoming a physician in Penn Yan, New York; relocated to Winona, Minnesota in 1856, then changed his profession to dentistry; moved to Vineland, New Jersey in 1865; in 1869, he invented a method of pasteurizing grape juice so that fermentation was stopped, and the drink was non-alcoholic; started Welch's Grape Juice Company in 1893 with his son, Charles; died December 29, 1903 in Vineland, New Jersey; was a staunch Prohibitionist who actively worked to reduce or end the sale of alcoholic beverages in New Jersey and adjacent regions)