My Tribute to Richard Pope Helm

My Tribute to Richard Pope Helm
My Greatgreat Grandfather
by Linda (Dyer) Craig

I would like to thank all of my distant cousins for their help and assistance. Among them, Dorman Chastain, Diana Dodd, Hugh Arnold, and most of all to Peggy (Belt) Harre who found the burial information on Richard, James, Columbia and John for me in an old De Witt, Carroll County Cemetery book on Wharton Cemetery. Until today the place of burial was unknown.

Richard Pope Helm was born On September 17, 1819 near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia to Thomas Helm and Joanna (Hathaway) Helm. He married Joanna Eleanor Smith in Fauquier County and they began their family there. He sold the farm in Virginia around 1859 and began his long journey with his wife and children to Carroll County, Missouri. He and Joanna had many children together.
These children included: James Thomas, Francis Elizabeth, Joanna Eleanor, Lucinda Jane, Richard Hathaway, Lina Pope, Harriet Roberta, George William, Henry Clay, Columbia, Mary Emma, and John. After his wife died in December of 1864, either during childbirth or from childbirth complications. He married Rebecca Collett. They had one child together and named him John G. Helm (probably after his half-brother who had died just a few years prior) Richard died near Bosworth, Carroll County, Missouri on October 06, 1879. Richard is buried in Wharton Cemetery, along with most of his children and more than likely his first wife, Joanna.

No picture available James Thomas Helm was born July 18, 1844 in Fauquier County, Virginia. When he was a young man of about 12 years of age he moved with his parents and siblings to Carroll County, Missouri. They arrived in Carroll County between March and June of 1860. Family stories says that he was always called Major, probably because of his grandfather, Thomas Helm, military career. Family stories also say he was killed in route to enlist with the Confederate Army. He died on October 29, 1864 and is buried in Wharton Cemetery near Bosworth in Carroll County.

No picture available Francis Elizabeth Helm was born on February 8, 1846 and died on August 18, 1847 in Fauquier County, Virginia. She is buried there. Name of cemetry is not known, but I could imagine it is the same cemetery that her Grandma and Grandpa Helm are buried in.

Joanna Eleanor Helm was born November 20, 1848 near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. She is listed with her parents in Fauquier County on the 1850 census. The 1860 census shows her with her family in Carroll County, Missouri, having recently moved there after her father sold his family farm in Fauquier County, Virginia. She married Benjamin Humphries in Carroll County on December 26, 1867. They had the following children: Elizabeth E. Humphries, Major Pope Humphries, Benjamin G. Humphries, Virginia M. Humphries, Robert Hale Humphries and George L. Humphries.
Joanna died in 1881 in Ragsdale, Fannin County, Texas and is buried there. She apparently was extremely ill for some time and suffered greatly per a letter her husband wrote to family members.
She left her husband with five small children, the oldest only 11.

Lucinda Jane Helm was born November 21, 1850 in Fauquier County, Virginia. At the age of about nine years of age she moved with her parents and siblings from Virginia to Carroll County, Missouri. They arrived at their new home, near De Witt, between March and June of 1860. She married James Hanavan, one of the prominate families there, about 1871. They had many children: James Thomas Hanavan, Mary Eola Hanavan, James Henry Hanavan, Thomas H. Hanavan, Allie Hanavan, Emma Hanavan, Franklin Hanavan and Floyd Gillison Hanavan. Lucy died on August 8, 1929 and was laid to rest in the Wharton Cemetery.

Richard Hathaway Helm was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia on March 14, 1852 but spent all but the first seven or eight years of his life in Carroll County, Missouri. He married Stella Lee Cook in Carroll County on July 31, 1900. They only had the one son, Richard Lee Helm. Richard died in Carroll County on March 29, 1939. His funeral services were conducted the the Methodist Church and he was laid to rest in Wharton Cemetery.

Lina Pope Helm was born at Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia on March 3, 1854. At the early age of 5 he moved with his family to Carroll County, Missouri. He married Julia Standley, the daughter of Bartlett Christopher Standley and Nancy Mahaney, in Carroll County on March 22, 1876. They began their family in Bosworth. Children born in Carroll County were: Edna Blanche Helm Littleton Dyer, Violet Julia Helm Gibson, Lina Douglas Helm, Charles Oscar Helm, Myrtle Leolie Helm Vanlandingham, Forest Clyde Helm. Their other two children: Stanley Helm and Lottie Belle Helm Thomas were born after their families move to Indian Territory, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Lina died on November 15, 1933 at Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma were he was in the hospital. He was buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma.

Harriet Roberta Helm was born May 8, 1855 at Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. At the age of only four years of age she moved with her family to Carroll County, Missouri. She married James Henry Humphries in Carroll County on March 1, 1874. They had many children together: Alma, Lucy, twins girls Ida and Ada, Mary Beulah, James Marion, Lee Allen, Lewis Lenza, Robert and Virginia. Harriet died November 25, 1924 and was buried at Wharton Cemetery.

No picture available George William Helm was born November 1857 at Fauquier County, Virginia. He married Ermina Standley on January 22, 1882. They were the wonder lusts of his family. They moved first to the Indian Territory, and then on to New Mexico. They had five children: Osie, Daniel Clifton, Zella Edith, Lula Myrtle and George Wallace Helm. George died at Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County, New Mexico on April 30, 1934. George, his wife, Ermina, and a son are buried in the Evergreen Cemetery.

No picture available Henry Clay Helm was born October 17, 1858 in Fauquier County, Virginia. As a very small child he moved with his parents to Carroll County where he remained his entire life. He married Mary Ann Kirby about 1886. The following children were born to their union: Elmer, William Henry, Uriel, Albert Sidney, Pearl and Casper. Henry died on October 25, 1933 and is buried in Wharton Cemetry.

No picture available Columbia H. Helm was born March 1860 in Fauquier County, Virginia and is showing with her parents on the 1860 census dated June 28, 1860 in Carroll County, Missouri. Columbia died on August 30, 1868 and is buried in Wharton Cemetry.

No picture available Mary Emma Helm was born May 5, 1862 at or near Bosworth, Carroll County, Missouri. She married Adam Simpson Foster on March 12, 1882. Emma and her husband moved from Missouri to Port Arenas, California, the to Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. They had many children: Lina Edwin, Charles Simpson, Florence May, Joseph Hathaway, Blanche, Martha Ellen, Stephen, Harriet Lucy, and Dolly Pearl. Emma died on November 8, 1938 and is buried in the Cypress Hill Cemetery in the Lawn Section at Petaluma.

No picture available John Helm was born in Carroll County, Missouri in 1864 and probably died in December 1864 at the same time as his mother. His place of burial has not been found.

No picture available John G. Helm was born in Carroll County, Missouri to Richard's second wife, Rebecca Collett about 1869. It is believed that he migrated to California to the Sonoma County area and died there about 1920. I did find him and his mother on the 1880 census in Cedar, Dade County, Missouri. The 1900 census does show a John G. Helm in the Cottonwood Township, Yolo County, California, but I am not positive this is him. I cannot find him on the California Death Index so the year of date of 1920 may possibly be correct. Apparently his older siblings lost contact with him, except maybe Emma who also lived in Sonoma County, but her children no nothing about him.

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	Richard Pope Helm was born On September 17, 1819 near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia to Thomas Helm and Joanna (Hathaway) Helm. He married Joanna Eleanor Smith in Fauquier County and they began their family there. He sold the farm in Virginia around 1859 and began his long journey with his wife and children to Carroll County, Missouri. He and Joanna had many children together. These children included: James Thomas, Francis Elizabeth, Joanna Eleanor, Lucinda Jane, Richard Hathaway, Lina Pope, Harriet Roberta, George William, Henry Clay, Columbia, Mary Emma, and John. After his wife died in December of 1864, either during childbirth or from childbirth complications. He married Rebecca Collett. They had one child together and named him John G. Helm (probably after his half-brother who had died just a few years prior) Richard died near Bosworth, Carroll County, Missouri on October 06, 1879. Richard is buried in Wharton Cemetery, along with most of his children and more than likely his first wife, Joanna.
No picture available	James Thomas Helm was born July 18, 1844 in Fauquier County, Virginia. When he was a young man of about 12 years of age he moved with his parents and siblings to Carroll County, Missouri. They arrived in Carroll County between March and June of 1860. Family stories says that he was always called Major, probably because of his grandfather, Thomas Helm, military career. Family stories also say he was killed in route to enlist with the Confederate Army. He died on October 29, 1864 and is buried in Wharton Cemetery near Bosworth in Carroll County.
No picture available	Francis Elizabeth Helm was born on February 8, 1846 and died on August 18, 1847 in Fauquier County, Virginia. She is buried there. Name of cemetry is not known, but I could imagine it is the same cemetery that her Grandma and Grandpa Helm are buried in.
	Joanna Eleanor Helm was born November 20, 1848 near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. She is listed with her parents in Fauquier County on the 1850 census. The 1860 census shows her with her family in Carroll County, Missouri, having recently moved there after her father sold his family farm in Fauquier County, Virginia. She married Benjamin Humphries in Carroll County on December 26, 1867. They had the following children: Elizabeth E. Humphries, Major Pope Humphries, Benjamin G. Humphries, Virginia M. Humphries, Robert Hale Humphries and George L. Humphries. Joanna died in 1881 in Ragsdale, Fannin County, Texas and is buried there. She apparently was extremely ill for some time and suffered greatly per a letter her husband wrote to family members. She left her husband with five small children, the oldest only 11.
	Lucinda Jane Helm was born November 21, 1850 in Fauquier County, Virginia. At the age of about nine years of age she moved with her parents and siblings from Virginia to Carroll County, Missouri. They arrived at their new home, near De Witt, between March and June of 1860. She married James Hanavan, one of the prominate families there, about 1871. They had many children: James Thomas Hanavan, Mary Eola Hanavan, James Henry Hanavan, Thomas H. Hanavan, Allie Hanavan, Emma Hanavan, Franklin Hanavan and Floyd Gillison Hanavan. Lucy died on August 8, 1929 and was laid to rest in the Wharton Cemetery.
	Richard Hathaway Helm was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia on March 14, 1852 but spent all but the first seven or eight years of his life in Carroll County, Missouri. He married Stella Lee Cook in Carroll County on July 31, 1900. They only had the one son, Richard Lee Helm. Richard died in Carroll County on March 29, 1939. His funeral services were conducted the the Methodist Church and he was laid to rest in Wharton Cemetery.
	Lina Pope Helm was born at Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia on March 3, 1854. At the early age of 5 he moved with his family to Carroll County, Missouri. He married Julia Standley, the daughter of Bartlett Christopher Standley and Nancy Mahaney, in Carroll County on March 22, 1876. They began their family in Bosworth. Children born in Carroll County were: Edna Blanche Helm Littleton Dyer, Violet Julia Helm Gibson, Lina Douglas Helm, Charles Oscar Helm, Myrtle Leolie Helm Vanlandingham, Forest Clyde Helm. Their other two children: Stanley Helm and Lottie Belle Helm Thomas were born after their families move to Indian Territory, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Lina died on November 15, 1933 at Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma were he was in the hospital. He was buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma.
	Harriet Roberta Helm was born May 8, 1855 at Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. At the age of only four years of age she moved with her family to Carroll County, Missouri. She married James Henry Humphries in Carroll County on March 1, 1874. They had many children together: Alma, Lucy, twins girls Ida and Ada, Mary Beulah, James Marion, Lee Allen, Lewis Lenza, Robert and Virginia. Harriet died November 25, 1924 and was buried at Wharton Cemetery.
No picture available	George William Helm was born November 1857 at Fauquier County, Virginia. He married Ermina Standley on January 22, 1882. They were the wonder lusts of his family. They moved first to the Indian Territory, and then on to New Mexico. They had five children: Osie, Daniel Clifton, Zella Edith, Lula Myrtle and George Wallace Helm. George died at Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County, New Mexico on April 30, 1934. George, his wife, Ermina, and a son are buried in the Evergreen Cemetery.
No picture available	Henry Clay Helm was born October 17, 1858 in Fauquier County, Virginia. As a very small child he moved with his parents to Carroll County where he remained his entire life. He married Mary Ann Kirby about 1886. The following children were born to their union: Elmer, William Henry, Uriel, Albert Sidney, Pearl and Casper. Henry died on October 25, 1933 and is buried in Wharton Cemetry.
No picture available	Columbia H. Helm was born March 1860 in Fauquier County, Virginia and is showing with her parents on the 1860 census dated June 28, 1860 in Carroll County, Missouri. Columbia died on August 30, 1868 and is buried in Wharton Cemetry.
No picture available	Mary Emma Helm was born May 5, 1862 at or near Bosworth, Carroll County, Missouri. She married Adam Simpson Foster on March 12, 1882. Emma and her husband moved from Missouri to Port Arenas, California, the to Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. They had many children: Lina Edwin, Charles Simpson, Florence May, Joseph Hathaway, Blanche, Martha Ellen, Stephen, Harriet Lucy, and Dolly Pearl. Emma died on November 8, 1938 and is buried in the Cypress Hill Cemetery in the Lawn Section at Petaluma.
No picture available	John Helm was born in Carroll County, Missouri in 1864 and probably died in December 1864 at the same time as his mother. His place of burial has not been found.
No picture available	John G. Helm was born in Carroll County, Missouri to Richard's second wife, Rebecca Collett about 1869. It is believed that he migrated to California to the Sonoma County area and died there about 1920. I did find him and his mother on the 1880 census in Cedar, Dade County, Missouri. The 1900 census does show a John G. Helm in the Cottonwood Township, Yolo County, California, but I am not positive this is him. I cannot find him on the California Death Index so the year of date of 1920 may possibly be correct. Apparently his older siblings lost contact with him, except maybe Emma who also lived in Sonoma County, but her children no nothing about him.