Looking for burial or death records of Chester Mansford Helt (b. 1842 d. after 1887)
Born to George Helt and Mary S. Anderson on August 31, 1842. Has twin brother, Jessie F.
Helt (d. after 1920 in Missouri).
Family story says that Chester died when a tree fell on him. My grandfather (Pearl
Mansford Helt, Sr.) said he tried to move it but it was too heavy. I don’t think that is
correct, since my grandfather would have been about 3 or 4 at the time.
Last official record I have found is his marriage to my great-grandmother, Mary Alice
Pattee. She appears next on the Oklahoma Land Run Records of 1889 with my grandfather
Pearl Mansford Helt (b 1885) and his brother Earl (b. 1888).
Chester had been on the 1880 census for Cherryvale Kansas. His twin brother Jessie was
also on that same census for Cherryvale. In 1885 Jessie appears on the Ford Co. Kansas
census. My grandfather, Pearl Mansford Helt said he was born in Kiowa Co. Kansas which
is right next door to Ford Co. Kansas. Many years ago I contacted the Kiowa Co., but they
found no record of his birth. If there had been any records of either Pearl or Earl’s
births or of Chester’s death, they would be gone now. Greenburg is the county seat of
Kiowa Co and it was hit by a tornado on May 4, 2007. Most of the town was destroyed. I
do not know the status of the county offices. I have created a timeline, below.
Any information on Chester Mansford Helt’s death or burial would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks Robin
George Helt 1794 Birth Pennyslvania
George Helt 1818 Marriage Katherine Boyles Pennyslvania?
George Helt 1821 Marriage Mary Nolan Iowa?
George Helt 1838 Marriage Mary Anderson Indiana?
Chester Helt 1842 Birth Indiana
Jessie Helt 1842 Birth Indiana
Chester Helt 1850 Census Vermillion, Indiana
Jessie Helt 1850 Census Vermillion, Indiana
George Helt 1850 Census Vermillion, Indiana
Mary Alice Patee 1856 Birth Jasper, Indiana
Mary Alice Patee 1860 Census Jasper, Indiana
Chester Helt 1860 Census Vermillion, Indiana
Jessie Helt 1860 Census Vermillion, Indiana
George Helt 1860 Census Vermillion, Indiana
Jessie Helt 1866 Marriage Eliza Pierce
Mary Alice Patee 1870 Census Newton, Indiana
Chester Helt 1870 Census Vermillion, Indiana
George Helt 1870 Census Vermillion, Indiana
George Helt 1872 Death Vermillion, Indiana
Mary A. Helt 1875 Death Vermillion, Indiana
Chester Helt 1875 Marriage Julia Gibbons Vermillion, Indiana
Mary Alice Patee 1876 Marriage John P. Adair Jasper, Indiana
Mary Alice Patee 1879 Marriage Sylvester B. Jenkins Jasper, Indiana
Mary Alice Patee 1880 Census Jasper, Indiana
Chester Helt 1880 Census Montgomery, Kansas
Jessie Helt 1880 Census Montgomery, Kansas
Chester Helt 1882 Marriage to Mary Alice Pattee Jasper, Indiana
Mary Alice Patee 1882 Marriage Chester Helt Jasper, Indiana
Jessie Helt 1885 Census Ford, Kansas
PM Helt 1885 Birth Kiowa, Kansas?
Chester Helt 1887 Death Kansas?
Earl Helt 1888 Birth Kiowa, Kansas?
Mary Alice Patee 1889 Land Run of Oklahoma Canadian, Oklahoma
Mary Alice Patee 1890 Census Canadian, Oklahoma
Mary Alice Patee 1890 Marriage William Lollar Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Jessie Helt 1900 Census Cass, Missouri
Mary Alice Patee 1900 Census Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Jessie Helt 1910 Census Cass, Missouri
Mary Alice Patee 1910 Census Routt, Colorado
Jessie Helt 1920 Census Cass, Missouri
Mary Alice Patee 1920 Census Jackson, Oregon
Jessie Helt 1920 Death Missouri?
Mary Alice Patee 1942 Death Siskiyou, California