THE DESCENDANTS OF HENRY HELPER

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                           Don Norman

 

1.HENRY HELPER

 

    Henry Helper was born about 1860.  He married Mary E.

Dougherty.  Mary was a daughter of John Harvey and Sarah Ann (Hively) Dougherty, was born September 6, 1861.  After Henry died, Mary married ------- Vineyard and

lastly, ------ Simonds.

 

Children of Henry and Mary E. (Dougherty) Helper.

 

  2.  (1). Effie                   b.c.     1886

 

  3.  (2). Elizabeth               b.c.     1888

         m.Warder Drake

 

  4.  (3). Oma                     b.c.     1890

         m.Bob Lowe

 

  5.  (4). Mamie                   b.c.     1892

         m.------ Hosford

 

  6.  (5). Otis Gay                b.Aug 18 1894   d.Oct 21 1977

         m.Clara Dell Drake  Mar 15 1914

 

  7.  (6). Cyrus                   b.c.     1894

         m.Zubie Taylor

 

 

6.OTIS GAY HELPER     1.HENRY HELPER

 

    Otis Gay Helper, a son of Henry and Mary E. (Dougherty)

Helper, was born in Roane County WV August 18, 1894 and died

October 21, 1977.  He married Clara Dell Drake March 15, 1915.

Clara was born June 15, 1898 and died October 20, 1976.

 

Children of Otis Gay and Clara Dell (Drake) Helper.

 

  8.  (1). Gladys Ethel            b.Mar 10 1915

         m.------ Tawney

         m.------ Sampson

         m.------ Cottrell

 

  9.  (2). Edna Beulah             b.Aug 13 1917

         m.John Edward Carper Mar 4 1939

 

 10.  (3). Freda Hope            b.Sep 12 1921

         m.------ Pettit

 

 11.  (4). Eugene Calvin           b.Sep 25 1923   d.Oct  4 1973

 

 12.  (5). Otis Gay Jr.            b.Aug 30 1926

 

 13.  (6). Betty Lou               b.Jun 23 1930

         m.------ Carper

 

 14.  (7). Paul Richard "Jack"     b.Jun 19 1935   d.Jun  5 1977

 

 15.  (8). Herbert Neal            b.Feb  2 1938   d.Apr 27 1938

 

 

8.GLADYS ETHEL HELPER     6.OTIS GAY HELPER     1.HENRY HELPER

 

    Gladys Ethel Helper, a daughter of Otis Gay and Clara Dell

(Drake) Helper, was born in Roane County WV March 10, 1915.  She

first married ------- Tawney, then ------- Sampson and then

------ Cottrell.

 

Children of ------- and Gladys Ethel (Helper) Tawney.

 

 16.  (1). Wilbur Glen

 

 17.  (2). Wilma Jean

         m.------ Griffin

 

Children of ------- and Gladys Ethel (Helper) Sampson.

 

 18.  (1). Carol Ann

         m.------- Hoff

 

 19.  (2). Patricia Diane

         m.------- Berkhouse

 

 

6.OTIS GAY HELPER     1.HENRY HELPER

 

     Edna Beulah Helper, a daughter of Otis Gay Sr., and Clara

Della (Drake) Helper, was born  August 13, 1917. She married John

Edward Carper March 4, 1939.  John, a son of Harvey Roland and

Savannah (Cook) Carper, was born in Roane County WV June 28, 1912

and died October 27, 1967.

 

Children of John Edward and Edna (Helper) Carper.

 

 20.  (1). Joyce Ann               b.Feb 27 1940

         m.Larry Strickland

 

 21.  (2). Karen Sue               b.Feb  8 1942

         m.------ Dodd

 

 22.  (3). Marilyn Kay             b.Apr 28 1945

         m.Randal Carte

 

 23.  (4). John Edward II

 

 24.  (5). Norma Jean

         m.------ Stump

 

 25.  (6). Patricia Louise

         m.------ Robinson

 

 

10.FREDA HOPE HELPER      6.OTIS GAY HELPER     1.HENRY HELPER

 

    Freda Hoper Helper, a daughter of Otis Gay and Clara Dell

(Drake) Helper, was born in Roane County WV September 12, 1921. 

She married ------- Pettit.

 

Children of ------- and Freda Hope (Helper) Pettit.

 

 26.  (1). James Keith

 

 27.  (2). Charles William

 

 28.  (3). Roger Lee

 

 29.  (4). Jerry Wayne

 

 30.  (5). Ronald Eugene

 

 

12.OTIS GAY HELPER JR.     6.OTIS GAY HELPER     1.HENRY HELPER

 

    Otis Gay Helper Jr., a son of Otis Gay and Clara Dell (Drake)

Helper, was born in Roane County WV August 20, 1926.  His wife is

unknown.

 

Children of Otis Gay Helper Jr.

 

 31.  (1). Alan Ray

 

 32.  (2). David Gay

 

 33.  (3). Pamela Kay

         m.------ King

 

 

13.BETTY LOU HELPER      6.OTIS GAY HELPER     1.HENRY HELPER

 

    Betty Lou Helper, a daughter of Otis Gay and Clara Dell

(Drake) Helper, was born in Roane County WV June 23, 1930.  She

married Jack Allen Carper August 8, 1948.  Jack, a son of Nelson

Joseph and Junie (Allen) Carper, was born in Roane County WV in

1923.  He served in the US Navy in World War II.

 

Children of Jack Allen and Betty (Helper) Carper.

 

 34.  (1). Deborah Lynn            b.May 14 1949

         m.Roger C. Keller  Jun 1970

 

 35.  (2). Dennis Allen            b.Oct  8 1952

         m.Ginger Kay Gough Aug 18 1973

 

 

14.PAUL RICHARD HELPER     6.OTIS GAY HELPER     1.HENRY HELPER

 

    Paul Richard "Jack" Helper, a son of Otis Gay and Clara Dell

(Drake) Helper, was born in Roane County WV June 19, 1935 and

died June 5, 1977.  His wife is unknown.

 

Children of Paul Richard Helper.

 

 36.  (1). Paul Richard II

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

"Roane County WV Family History 1989"  pp.107, 141, 143,189

Norman, Don, "The Descendants of Nicholas Carper", "The

Descendants of Charles Edward Drake".