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Martha Georgiana Helms 1862–1936 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Oct 1862

Birth Location: Jasper Co., Georgia

Death Date: 13 Feb 1936

Death Location: Griffin, Spalding, Georgia

Father: George Gettysburg

Mother: Rhoda Akins

Spouse(s): David Hays

Children(s): John Hayes, Leila Hays, Ada Hays, Willie Hays, Lillie Hays, Ida Hays, Lovie Hays, Paul Hays, Jimmy Hayes

Martha Georgiana Helms was born in 1862 in Jasper Co., Georgia, the child of George Washington Helms Csa 53Rd Ga Ing Reg Co E Died Of Wounds Receiived At Gettysburg And Rhoda Ann Akins. Martha Georgiana Helms married David Bartow Hays, and had children including Ada Florence Hays, Ida Belle Hays, Jimmy Elmer Hayes, John Washington Hayes, Leila Davis Hays, Lillie Beck Hays, Lovie Velma Hays, Paul Barnabus Hays, Willie Sarah Hays. Martha Georgiana Helms passed away in 1936 in Griffin, Spalding, Georgia.

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Biography

  • Martha Georgiana Helms was born in 1862 in Jasper Co., Georgia, the child of George Washington Helms Csa 53Rd Ga Ing Reg Co E Died Of Wounds Receiived At Gettysburg And Rhoda Ann Akins.
  • Martha Georgiana Helms married David Bartow Hays, and had children including Ada Florence Hays, Ida Belle Hays, Jimmy Elmer Hayes, John Washington Hayes, Leila Davis Hays, Lillie Beck Hays, Lovie Velma Hays, Paul Barnabus Hays, Willie Sarah Hays.
  • Martha Georgiana Helms passed away in 1936 in Griffin, Spalding, Georgia.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Martha Helms's Ancestors

Self
Martha Helms
1862–1936
Birth Place: Jasper Co., Georgia
Parents
George Washington Helms CSA 53rd GA Ing Reg Co E died of wounds receiived at Gettysburg
1839–1864
Pike, Georgia, USA
Rhoda (Ann) Akins
1835–1905
Jasper County, Georgia, USA
Grandparents
Joel Helms
1783–1846
MARY (E) McGuirt
1811–1869
North Carolina
Daniel (S) Akens
1791–1850
Unity Yancey
1789–1834
South Carolina
Great-Grandparents
John Helms
1756–1820
Susannah Helms
1752–1808
Isaac McGuirt
1776–1850
Mary Harkey
1774–1852
James Akin
1764–1839
Lewis* Sr.
1762–1851
Mary Powell
1766–1814
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Sr
1723–1805
Mary Falkenborough
1730–1800
Thomas Presley
1730–1808
Sarah Culpepper
1730–1808
James McGuirt
1748–1794
David Harkey
1740–1790
Elizabeth Emans
1740–
Philemon Yancey
1735–1787
Unity Yancey
1735–1787
Samuel Powell
1740–1820

Martha Helms's Descendants

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Martha (Georgiana) Helms (12 Oct 1862–13 Feb 1936) m. David (Bartow) Hays (06 Aug 1861–3 Nov 1946)
  1. 1. John (Washington) Hayes 1893–1941 m. Nannie (Mae) Maddox 1895–1937
    1. 1. Jack (Evan) Hayes 1934–1994 m. Sue (Carol Strickland\ Mcgarity\ Webster\) Hayes 1939–1984 m. Shirley (Burris\) Pemberton 1935–2006
    2. 2. Elmo Hayes 1915–
    3. 3. Bannie (B) Hayes 1919–
    4. 4. John (Martin) Hayes 1921–1974 m. Rebecca (Logan\) Hayes 1925–
    5. 5. Grover Hayes 1924–
    6. 6. Lillian Hayes 1926–
  2. 2. Leila (Davis) Hays 1886–1930 m. Emory (Pierce) Cowan 1884–1973
    1. 1. Elmer (Hayes) Cowan 1919–1972
    2. 2. Erma (Lucille Cowan\) Collins 1904–1980 m. Arthur (L.) Cort 1901–1940
      1. 1. Norma (Hildred) Cort 1920–2015 m. William (Earnest) Scarborough 1920–1995
    3. 3. Marion (Anne) Cowan 1906–1997
    4. 4. Lilly (Irene Cowan\) Mayfield 1908–2006 m. Walter (David Mayfield) Sr. 1909–1970
    5. 5. Emory (Garland) Cowan 1912–1992 m. Josephine (Elizabeth Lyle) Cowan 1916–2002
    6. 6. Melvin (D) Cowan 1916–1985
    7. 7. Margaret (Cowan\) Naylor 1925–2015
    8. 8. Leila (Jeanette Cowan\) Turner 1927–1982
    9. 9. Clema (Louise Cowan\) Race 1914–1993 m. William (Patrick) Ward 1892–1968
      1. 1. William (Ward) Jr 1927–1981
    10. 10. Ada (Frances Cowan\) Alllen 1923–2004
  3. 3. Ada (Florence) Hays 1884–1944
    1. 1. James Hays 1914–
  4. 4. Willie (Sarah) Hays 1888–1977
  5. 5. Lillie (Beck) Hays 1890–1980 m. Gadellris (Fambros) Lewis 1886–1972
    1. 1. Lillie (Ruth) Lewis 1923–2004
    2. 2. Clomer (Fambros) Lewis 1919–1989
  6. 6. Ida (Belle) Hays 1895–1991 m. Aaron (M) Oxford 1887–1956
    1. 1. Aaron (David) Oxford 1915–2002
  7. 7. Lovie (Velma) Hays 1898–1980 m. Lenwood (Reynolds) Miller 1898–1967
    1. 1. Lovie (Velma) Miller 1927–2000
    2. 2. Horace (Fulford) Miller 1918–2008
    3. 3. Lawrence (Jerome) Miller 1920–1980
    4. 4. Dorothy (Grace) Miller 1923–1999
    5. 5. Lenwood (Harold) Miller 1925–2007
    6. 6. William (Eugene) Miller 1930–2013
  8. 8. Paul (Barnabus) Hays 1902–1968 m. Jennie (Lee) Allen 1903–1972
    1. 1. Mildred (Lee) Hayes 1925–2002
    2. 2. Paul (Alberton) Hayes 1920–1994
    3. 3. Benjamin (Bartow) Hayes 1923–1973
  9. 9. Jimmy (Elmer) Hayes 1913–2003 m. Ophia (Lena) ANDERSON 1911–2005
    1. 1. David (Bartow HAYES) II 1936–1970
    2. 2. Ralph (Eugene) HAYES 1938–1981

Martha Helms's Timeline

2 Records

1862
12 Oct 1862
Birth of Martha Georgiana Helms in Jasper Co., Georgia
Jasper Co., Georgia
1936
13 Feb 1936
Age 74
Death of Martha Georgiana Helms in Griffin, Spalding, Georgia
Griffin, Spalding, Georgia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Oct 1862
    Event Place: Jasper Co., Georgia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Feb 1936
    Event Place: Griffin, Spalding, Georgia

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