John Wesley Helms (1879 - 1961)

Born 20 Feb 1879 in Prattville, Alabama

Husband of Ida Josephine (Culpepper) Helms — married 23 Dec 1903 (to 22 Oct 1961) in Avondale, Jefferson, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1961 at age 82 in Montgomery, Alabama

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Biography

John Wesley Helms was born about 1880. He died in 1961 in Montgomery, Alabama.^[1]

Research Notes

1903 Marriage License, Certification, Bond, and Affidavit of age^[2]

John W Helms, 25, Birmingham, Alabama and

Miss Josephine Culpepper 18 [There is a notation following Josephine's age which may be about when she turned 18, the legal age to marry for a woman at that time in Jefferson County, Alabama.]

Married 23 Dec 1903 at Avondale, Jefferson County, Alabama, by B F Chastain M.G.

J. W. Helms and R E Stephens posted a $200 bond stating there was no lawful cause the two couldn't be married

His parents were identified as William Jefferson Helms and Elizabeth Roy and his spouse as Mrs. Josie Helms on his death index record as FamilySearch. The informant's name was not included in the index.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," index database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFSG-YQV : 27 November 2014), John Wesley Helms, 22 Oct 1961; citing reference 23033, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,966. [The index record does not have an image attached as of 5 April 2018. However, the images can be browsed from a FHL affiliated library (Leesburg, FL)]
2. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9HV-SHMZ?cc=1743384&wc=3LJG-W3D%3A1586953201 : 21 July 2015), 007316712 > image 83 of 850; county courthouses, Alabama.

• 2nd hand, my father, ancestry, findagrave, WWI/WWII draft cards etc..Federal Census, Alabama records.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK79-ZL1 : accessed 25 February 2020), John W Helms, Birmingham Ward 4, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 11A, family 235, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 18; FHL microfilm 1,374,031.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX8D-9LW : accessed 25 February 2020), John Helms, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing ED 68, sheet 13A, line 21, family 294, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 24; FHL microfilm 1,820,024.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3PV-Z22 : 23 August 2019), John Wesley Helms, 1917-1918.
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQFP-JT1 : 9 March 2018), John William Helms, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F31T-GZ5 : 13 February 2020), John W. Helms, 1903.
• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZS-79WW : 5 November 2017), John W. Helms and Josephine Culpepper, 23 Dec 1903; citing Avondale, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,064,382.
• "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQVS-3P2 : 9 February 2018), John W. Helms and Josephine Culpepper, 23 Dec 1903; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,064,382.
• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZVD-5FG : 16 July 2015), John Wesley Helms in entry for Jessie Mcree and Ruby Marie Grey, 1938.
• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21Z-QZBY : 28 November 2018), John Wesley Helms in entry for Jessie McRee and Ruby Marie Guy, 09 Mar 1938; citing Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,877,210.
• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZV6-38P : 23 September 2017), John Helms in entry for Clyde Frank Pitts and Jeannette Helms, 05 Oct 1939; citing Jefferson, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,404,452.
• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21Z-TLY7 : 28 November 2018), John Helms in entry for Clyde Frank Pitts and Jeannette Helms, 05 Oct 1939; citing Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,877,245.
• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21Z-YFYP : 28 November 2018), John Wesley Helms in entry for Robert Louis Lovell and Pearl Estelle Helms, 25 Nov 1939; citing Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,877,249.
• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZVD-ZV9 : 16 July 2015), John Wesley Helms in entry for Robert Louis Lovell and Pearl Estelle Helms, 1939.
• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZV5-QV4 : 16 July 2015), John Wesley Helms in entry for John Courtney Alexander and Jeanette Naomi Helms, 1946.
• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q216-4MH8 : 28 November 2018), John Wesley Helms in entry for John Courtney Alexander and Jeanette Naomi Helms, 21 Oct 1946; citing Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,892,574.
• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDGF-9QJ : 15 February 2018), J. W. Helms in entry for Pauline Pitts, 29 Mar 1931; citing reference cn 6198, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,487.
• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFZ6-PL2 : 15 February 2018), John Helms in entry for Lester H. Helms, 02 Nov 1964; citing reference 27550, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,909,071.
• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK9G-ZQY : 15 February 2018), John W. Helms in entry for Ruby Mae Mcree, 16 Feb 1973; citing reference 4226, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 2,242,015.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #185392730 John Wesley Helms, ; Burial, Coosa River, Elmore, Alabama, United States of America, Coosa River Cemetery

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GSXH-KF9