Edgar James Helms was the son of William Sands and Lerona Kesaih Sherwin Helms. He was born Jan. 19, 1863, in a small lumber camp in upstate New York. His father was superintendent of the camp, and his mother, Lerona, was the camp's cook.
As a small boy he moved with his parents by covered wagon to a farmstead near Nashua, Iowa and then on to the Spirit Lake/Okoboji where Edgar grew up with his sisters and brother.
Edgar went to work for the Spirit Lake Beacon and later co-published two newspapers. He graduated from Cornell with a degree in Philosopy and from Boston University's Theological School with a degree in Theology.
He married Eugenia Preston in 1892 in Sac City, Iowa, and to them three children were born; Pauline, Ruth and William. Eugenia died in 1900. In 1902 Edgar married Grace Preston, Eugenia's sister, and to them nine more children were born; James, Rollin, Lerona, Eugenia, Phoebe, Henry, Sherwin, Edgar and Robert.
As a minister in the poorest districts of Boston, MA, Rev. Helms created what would later become Goodwill Industries in 1902.
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Edgar James Helms died 23 Dec 1942, in Boston.
As a small boy he moved with his parents by covered wagon to a farmstead near Nashua, Iowa and then on to the Spirit Lake/Okoboji where Edgar grew up with his sisters and brother.
Edgar went to work for the Spirit Lake Beacon and later co-published two newspapers. He graduated from Cornell with a degree in Philosopy and from Boston University's Theological School with a degree in Theology.
He married Eugenia Preston in 1892 in Sac City, Iowa, and to them three children were born; Pauline, Ruth and William. Eugenia died in 1900. In 1902 Edgar married Grace Preston, Eugenia's sister, and to them nine more children were born; James, Rollin, Lerona, Eugenia, Phoebe, Henry, Sherwin, Edgar and Robert.
As a minister in the poorest districts of Boston, MA, Rev. Helms created what would later become Goodwill Industries in 1902.
http://learningtogive.org/papers/paper103.html
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/701140333/Helms-Edgar-J-
Edgar James Helms died 23 Dec 1942, in Boston.
Edgar James Helms was the son of William Sands and Lerona Kesaih Sherwin Helms. He was born Jan. 19, 1863, in a small lumber camp in upstate New York. His father was superintendent of the camp, and his mother, Lerona, was the camp's cook.
As a small boy he moved with his parents by covered wagon to a farmstead near Nashua, Iowa and then on to the Spirit Lake/Okoboji where Edgar grew up with his sisters and brother.
Edgar went to work for the Spirit Lake Beacon and later co-published two newspapers. He graduated from Cornell with a degree in Philosopy and from Boston University's Theological School with a degree in Theology.
He married Eugenia Preston in 1892 in Sac City, Iowa, and to them three children were born; Pauline, Ruth and William. Eugenia died in 1900. In 1902 Edgar married Grace Preston, Eugenia's sister, and to them nine more children were born; James, Rollin, Lerona, Eugenia, Phoebe, Henry, Sherwin, Edgar and Robert.
As a minister in the poorest districts of Boston, MA, Rev. Helms created what would later become Goodwill Industries in 1902.
http://learningtogive.org/papers/paper103.html
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/701140333/Helms-Edgar-J-
Edgar James Helms died 23 Dec 1942, in Boston.
As a small boy he moved with his parents by covered wagon to a farmstead near Nashua, Iowa and then on to the Spirit Lake/Okoboji where Edgar grew up with his sisters and brother.
Edgar went to work for the Spirit Lake Beacon and later co-published two newspapers. He graduated from Cornell with a degree in Philosopy and from Boston University's Theological School with a degree in Theology.
He married Eugenia Preston in 1892 in Sac City, Iowa, and to them three children were born; Pauline, Ruth and William. Eugenia died in 1900. In 1902 Edgar married Grace Preston, Eugenia's sister, and to them nine more children were born; James, Rollin, Lerona, Eugenia, Phoebe, Henry, Sherwin, Edgar and Robert.
As a minister in the poorest districts of Boston, MA, Rev. Helms created what would later become Goodwill Industries in 1902.
http://learningtogive.org/papers/paper103.html
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/701140333/Helms-Edgar-J-
Edgar James Helms died 23 Dec 1942, in Boston.
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