When William Thomas Helms was born on 12 August 1838, in Sampson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Hillard M. Helms, was 21 and his mother, Mahala Richardson, was 19. He married Julia Ann Elizabeth Benton on 9 November 1859, in Barbour, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Barbour, Alabama, United States for about 27 years and Election Precinct 13 Faulks, Barbour, Alabama, United States in 1910. He died on 15 September 1915, in Clio, Barbour, Alabama, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Barbour, Alabama, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Barbour, Alabama, United States
English (Northamptonshire): variant of Helm from the plural or, in some cases, a post-medieval variant, with excrescent -s.
North German and Dutch: patronymic from Helm 3-4.
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