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Elijah "Lige" Helton 1865–1937 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 May 1865

Birth Location: Wallins Creek, Harlan, KY

Death Date: 08 Apr 1937

Death Location: Bell, Harlan, Kentucky

Father: Robert Helton

Mother: Lucrecia\Lucretia Slusher

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Elijah "Lige" Helton was born in 1865 in Wallins Creek, Harlan, KY, the child of Robert Helton And Lucrecia Lucretia Charity Critty Slusher. Elijah "Lige" Helton passed away in 1937 in Bell, Harlan, Kentucky.

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Biography

  • Elijah "Lige" Helton was born in 1865 in Wallins Creek, Harlan, KY, the child of Robert Helton And Lucrecia Lucretia Charity Critty Slusher.
  • Elijah "Lige" Helton passed away in 1937 in Bell, Harlan, Kentucky.

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Elijah Helton's Ancestors

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Elijah Helton
1865–1937
Birth Place: Wallins Creek, Harlan, KY
Parents
Robert Helton
1831–1905
Harlan, Kentucky, USA
Lucrecia\Lucretia (Charity "Critty") Slusher
1833–1913
Harlan County, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
William (Sherwood "Bill") Slusher
1797–1865
Virginia, United States
Mary\Polly Jackson
1820–1883
Kentucky
Great-Grandparents
Phillip Slusser
1777–1869
Julida Howard
1782–1869
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Christine (Wertz)
1763–1823

Elijah Helton's Timeline

2 Records

1865
15 May 1865
Birth of Elijah "Lige" Helton in Wallins Creek, Harlan, KY
Wallins Creek, Harlan, KY
1937
08 Apr 1937
Age 72
Death of Elijah "Lige" Helton in Bell, Harlan, Kentucky
Bell, Harlan, Kentucky

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 May 1865
    Event Place: Wallins Creek, Harlan, KY

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 Apr 1937
    Event Place: Bell, Harlan, Kentucky

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