- WARREN HELM, a representative farmer of Janesville Township,
now residing in the city of
- Janesville, is a native of Oneida County, N.Y., born in 1848.
His father, John HELM, was born in Lincolnshire, England, and
came to this country, in 1812, on a British ship, which was engaged
in war against the United States Government. In 1814 he became
a resident of Baltimore, Md., where he was engaged as a laborer,
and afterward went to New York. In Oneida County he was united
in marriage with Miss Mary WHISTON, and to them were born eleven
children, of which Warren was the tenth in order of birth. After
residing in the Empire State for many years, Mr. HELM removed
with his family, in May, 1848, to Rock County, Wis., where he
engaged in the cultivation of a rented farm, but afterward purchased
land. His death occurred in the year 1874, his wife surviving
him until Sept 10, 1888, dying at the age of eighty-three years.
He took an active part in political affairs, casting his ballot
with the Democratic party, and, socially, was a member of the
I.O.O.F. He was initiated in 1819, under the direction of Father
WILEY, and was ever a prominent worker in that fraternity. Religiously,
he was a member of the Church of England.
- Our subject was reared to manhood upon his father's farm,
and received his education in the district
- schools of Rock County. In 1862 he enlisted at Janesville
in his country's services, and was assigned to Company M, 2d
Wisconsin Infantry. After being mustered into service, he went
to Madison, whence he proceeded to the front and participated
in the battle of Gettysburg, and in the Tennessee and Red River
campaigns. He was honorably discharged, in 1865, after the close
of hostilities and then returned to Rock county.
- In 1884 Mr. HELM was united in marriage with Dellphean A.
GRAHAM, a native of New York,
- and a daughter of Larsha D. and Mary Ann (HARRIS) GRAHAM,
the former a native of Dryden, N.Y. and the latter of the Empire
State. Her father was a carpenter by trade, and followed that
occupation until about four years ago, when he embarked in mercantile
pursuit in Rochester, N.Y.
- After his marriage Mr. HELM settled on a farm in Center Township,
which he rented, and later
- purchased some unimproved land on section 15, Janesville
Township, which he soon developed into a fine farm. He now owns
and operates 160 acres of arable land, which is under a high
state of cultivation, and, in connection with general farming,
engages in the buying and selling of stock. He takes a deep interest
in political affairs, voting with the Republican party, and he
and his wife are members of the Trinity Episcopal Church. Mrs.
HELM had two children by her former marriage - Anna and Johnnie.
For over forty years Mr. HELM has been a resident of Rock County,
has witnessed almost its entire growth, participated in its development,
and has always borne his part in those enterprises which have
for their object the public welfare.
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- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, pp. 430-431.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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