[1]From the book A History
of Lee County Texas VoL. II
Richard and Patsy Brown Helmer
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Richard E. HELMER was born 5
February 1874 in the area which is now called Beat Five in Lee County, the
third child of Civil War veteran Joseph Helmer and wife Lucy (Tindle) Helmer.
Richard married Patsy Saphira BROWN of Giddings on 29 April 1895. Patsy
was born 24 March 1877 to B. L. ‘Bev’ BROWN and Priscilla J. MCWRIGHT, but
Priscilla died when Patsy was a baby, and later Bev Brown married Nancy L.
Teague who helped raise Patsy and her two brothers, Walter and Arthur. Also
Patsy had 3 half brothers, Charley, Ransom and Robert. According to Patsy, her
stepmother Nancy Teague was very good to her and her brothers while they were
growing up.
According to the 1880 census, Patsy’s parents
came to Texas from Missouri and Patsy’s grandparents were originally from
Virginia. Patsy Brown taught school for a short time in Lee County, but she
married at a young age and had a full-time job at home. I assume giving birth
to ten children, nine of them reaching adulthood, would be considered a
full-time job.
Patsy’s uncle William ‘Bill’ Brown was a deputy sheriff when Bill
Longley was hanged in 1878 and from 1885 to 1888, he served as Sheriff of Lee
County. As far as we know, Bill Brown was not related to the well-known Jim
Brown, who preceded Bill as sheriff from 1877 to 1884.
The children born to Richard and Patsy were,
Walter, the twins Ola, and Lola, Ruby, Floyd, Priscilla, Samuel, Curtis,
Richard Earl.
Richard and Patsy purchased a 70+ acre farm
in the Old Dime Box area around 1918 and added a couple of rooms to the small
house that was on the property and that’s where most of the children were
raised.
Richard E.8
HELMER was born February 05,
1874, and died October 22, 1964 in Brazos, TX.
He married Patsy Saphira BROWN April 29, 1895 in Lee Co TX,
daughter of B. BROWN and Priscilla MCWRIGHT.
She was born March 24, 1877, and died June 02, 1963.
Generation No. 2
Walter A. Helmer was born December 01, 1896, and died November
17, 1968 in Waxahachie, Ellis Co., Texas.
He married Daisy Mae WARREN November 27, 1929, daughter of Hiram
Baines WARREN Sr.. She was born March 12, 1911 in Lexington, Lee Co, TX, and
died March 23, 1993 in Lufkin, Angelina, Co TX.
Children of Walter HELMER and Daisy WARREN are:
i. Walter A. HELMER, Jr.,
born Private.
ii. Hazel Inez HELMER,
born Private.
iii. Daisy Laverne HELMER, born Private
Floyd9 HELMER was born February 08, 1902, and died June 03, 1969 in Bryan, Brazos Co,
TX. He married Iris Lovine DODD
in Lee Co TX, daughter of Leonard DODD and Eliska BLACK. She was born November 12, 1910, and died
January 15, 1989.
Children of
Floyd HELMER and Iris DODD are:
i.
Patsy HELMER,
born Private.
ii. Dorothy Jean HELMER, born Private.
iii. Grace Lanell HELMER, born Private
Priscilla9 HELMER was born January 15, 1905, and died June 09,
1994 in Houston TX. She married Eugene
D. RANDALL. He was born July 22,
1907, and died December 1978 in Houston TX.
Children of
Priscilla HELMER and Eugene RANDALL are:
i.
Autry E.
RANDALL, born Private.
ii.
Gloria Adele
RANDALL, born Private.C
iii. Curtis Glenn RANDALL, born Private.
iv. William Ray RANDALL, born Private
Samuel9 HELMER was born January 22, 1907, and died August 01, 1966 in Harris Co,
TX. He married Maudie Jane CONNOLLY
July 07, 1928 in Lee Co TX, daughter of Thomas CONNOLLY and Pearl GOODSON. She was born May 12, 1912, and died January
25, 1983 in Montgomery Co, TX.
Children of
Samuel HELMER and Maudie CONNOLLY are:
i. Mildred Marie10 HELMER, born Private.
ii. Charles Howard HELMER, born Private.
iii. Ruby Faye HELMER, born Private.
Richard Earl Jr.9 HELMER was born October 04, 1918, and died October
22, 1987 in Harris Co, TX. He married Mildred
Bernice HOOPER. She was born
February 23, 1921, and died October 30, 1986 in Harris Co, TX.
Child of
Richard HELMER and Mildred HOOPER is:
[1] A HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY TEXAS, copyright 2000, By The Lee County Historical Commission, By Nortex Press A division of Sunbelt Media, Austin Texas