History of Lee County, Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

90 HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY
Inez Lydia, dead.
Infant, dead.
V. Child of Charles Frederick.
Bessie.
V. Child of Lillian.
Ethel Blanche.
V. Children of May.
Marguerite Harriet.
Lucile.
V. Children of Frederick Eugene.
Florence, dead.
Lillian, dead.
Others.
V. Child of Francis.
Olive Faustina.
V. Child of Lorin.
Ethel Blanche.
V. Children of Ida Catherine (Catherine).
Bessie Catherine.
Julia Mae.
HENRY CHARLES FREDERICK HELMERSHAUSEN, Jr.
April 19, 1822—living, 1914
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
My grandfather was Dr. Henry Frederick Helmershausen. My
grandmother was Anna Marsh. My father was Henry Charles
Frederick Helmershausen, who was born August 12, 1789, and
died March 20, 1869, aged seventy-nine years, seven months, eight
days. My mother was Jane Hilton, who was born March 21,
1790, and died December 4, 1878, aged eighty-eight years, eight
montlis, twelve days. Both were born and brought up in the same
town. My brothers and sisters were: Henry, Harrison, Harriet,
Jane, myself, Sophia, Sylvanns, Faustina, Catherine, Norman,
Eliza, eleven in all. Seven were born in Bremen township, Lincoln
county, Maine, and the four youngest in Glenburn township,
Penobscot county, Maine.
Eliza died in Glenburn township, Penobscot county, Maine,
about two miles from Bangor, when she was a little girl.