Advertisement

Advertisement

Abraham Lincoln “Abe” Helmick

Birth
Williamson County, Illinois, USA
Death
1 Jan 1920 (aged 59–60)
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Burial
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.7658182, Longitude: -96.7568392
Plot
Section: 42 Tier: 11 Grave: 25
Memorial ID
View Source
The birth date and place of birth on Abraham's death certificate is not correct. According to other records he was born in 1860 in Illinois.

In the 1870 census Abraham was listed as the son of H. T. and Mary A. Helmick. His father was a physician. The family was living in Cherokee County, Kansas.

Abraham married May Farrar on December, 25, 1889, in Cherokee County, Kansas. They had two children, Gladys and Charles. In 1900 Abraham was living alone in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and working as a furniture maker. Gladys and Charles were living with their grandparents Isaac and Sarah Farrar in Leon City, Butler County, Kansas.

The following is from the Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 17, col. 1, January 1, 1920:

"Abraham Lincoln Helmick, fifty-six years old, died at the Baptist Sanitarium Thursday morning at 5 o'clock. His home was in Hot Springs, Ark. Funeral services were held at Weiland's Chapel Thursday morning. He was survived by one son, C. F. Helmick of Dallas."

According to the death certificate he was a carpenter.

There is no marker or headstone on Abraham's grave.
The birth date and place of birth on Abraham's death certificate is not correct. According to other records he was born in 1860 in Illinois.

In the 1870 census Abraham was listed as the son of H. T. and Mary A. Helmick. His father was a physician. The family was living in Cherokee County, Kansas.

Abraham married May Farrar on December, 25, 1889, in Cherokee County, Kansas. They had two children, Gladys and Charles. In 1900 Abraham was living alone in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and working as a furniture maker. Gladys and Charles were living with their grandparents Isaac and Sarah Farrar in Leon City, Butler County, Kansas.

The following is from the Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 17, col. 1, January 1, 1920:

"Abraham Lincoln Helmick, fifty-six years old, died at the Baptist Sanitarium Thursday morning at 5 o'clock. His home was in Hot Springs, Ark. Funeral services were held at Weiland's Chapel Thursday morning. He was survived by one son, C. F. Helmick of Dallas."

According to the death certificate he was a carpenter.

There is no marker or headstone on Abraham's grave.


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement