Fielden Jasper Helms (son of
James Patton
Helms and Susan DeBusk) was born 07
Mar 1869
in Lee County, Virginia and died 13
Mar 1959
in Wilkinson Hospital, Roby, Fisher
County,
Texas. On 10 Jan 1893 in Washington
School
House, Burkett, Coleman County, Texas
he
married Mary Mercie Keller (daughter
of Peter
Oscar Lewis Keller and Julia Elizabeth
Freels)
who was born 29 Apr 1872 in Audrain
County,
Missouri and died 29 Dec 1942 at Home
Ranch,
Scurry County, Texas. They are both
buried
in the Cottonwood Flat Cemetery, Scurry
County,
Texas.
Fielden Jasper was one of the people that
made the trip from Lee County, Virginia
to
Collin County, Texas. He was only a
small
child, about 1 year old.
He and his brothers Camel, Lige, and
Joe
all left Coleman County, Texas and
settled
in Cottonwood-County Line communities.
He
and his wife and two children went
to Cottonwood
Flat in northeastern Scurry County,
Texas
in 1897. His brother Camel and the
two Bogart
brothers bought four sections of land
in
the Cottonwood Flat area. They camped
among
large cottonwoods along a creek until
lumber
for the top of the dugout could be
hauled
the 50 miles from Sweetwater, Nolan
County,
Texas. They lived in a dugout for two
years.
In 1899 he traded two steer calves
to Billie
Johnson for a ready-made two room house
with
upstairs. Seven or eight years later
they
built the main ranch house. He managed
the
ranch on a profitable basis when others
were
failing due to drouth and depression.
He
even bought several more sections of
land.
He divided his property among his children
by having an independent appraiser
divide
his property in equal value parcels.
His
children drew for the parcel from his
hat.
He maintained his herd until his death
at
the age of ninety.
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Children
1 --- Homer Patton Helms born 30 Nov 1893
in Coleman County, Texas and died 1946 in
Scurry County, Texas. He married Loleet Roper.
He moved with his family in 1898 to their
new home in Scurry County, Texas. They moved
to rough unbroken land with no improvements.
He helped clear and maintain the ranch. He
joined the Army and served with the American
Expeditionary Forces in France during World
War I with the 5th Engineers, Company C of
the 7th Division. He took his training at
Camp Merritt before going overseas. He sailed
for Europe aboard the H.H. Mallory. He landed
in Brest, France on 12 August 1918. They
went to Minorville in Meurth at Moselle Department
where they took over German trenches in the
Puvenelle Sector, a part of the St Miihiel
Sector. He returned to the states aboard
the U.S.S. George Washington. President Woodroe
Wilson was also on board. He was discharged
in June 1919 and returned to the ranch. Both
of them are buried in Cottonwood Flat Cemetery,
Scurry County, Texas.
2 --- Winnie Wynona Helms born 20 Apr
1896
in Burkett, Coleman County, Texas and
died
01 Apr 1990 in Snyder, Scurry County,
Texas.
In 1924 she married Arthur Roy Church,
who
was born 27 Sep 1898 in Dunn, Scurry
County,
Texas and died 01 Mar 1980. They are
both
buried in Cottonwood Flat Cemetery,
Scurry
County, Texas
3 --- Cecil Owen Helms born 07 Feb 1898 in
Burkett, Coleman County, Texas and died 07
Jun 1952 in Rotan, Fisher County, Texas and
is buried in Cottonwood Flat Cemetery, Scurry
County, Texas. He married Quinnie Dowden
in Jun 1923 in Roby, Fisher County, Texas.
Quinnie died May 1937 and he married Ruby
Trout 07 Mar 1940. Ruby Trout was born 23
Apr 1913.
4 --- Odessa Eula "Date" Helms
born 18 Sep 1900 in Scurry County, Texas
and died 10 Sep 1974. On 10 Feb 1922 in Cottonwood
Flat Cemetery, Scurry County, Texas she married
Earnest Guy Murphree who was born 15 Jan
1901 and died 25 Jan 1969.
Grave Marker
5 --- Willie Faye Helms born 11 Jun 1909
in Scurry County, Texas and died 11 Feb 1944
in Callan Hospital, Rotan, Fisher County,
Texas. On 15 Oct 1925 in Rotan, Fisher County,
Texas she married Joseph Lawrence Clegg who
was born 30 Dec 1904 in Hobart, Kiowa County,
Oklahoma and died 10 Apr 1963 in Callan Hospital,
Rotan, Fisher County, Texas. They are both
buried in Cottonwood Flat Cemetery, Scurry
County, Texas.
6 --- Shirley Quay Helms born 07 Jan 1911
in Scurry County, Texas and died 10 Nov 1985
in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma and is
buried in Ringling Memorial Cemetery, Love
County, Oklahoma. She first married Ned Rector.
On 07 Mar 1947 she married Lawrence N. Roberts,
whos died 19 Oct 1983. Shirley Helms was
born and raised in Scurry County, Texas before
moving to Ringling, Love County, Oklahoma
in 1951
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