Friday, March 12, 2010

MORE ABOUT THE HELSCHER'S

Charley Helscher's Wife
was
Emma (Barth) Helscher
Emma went to Kansas with her parents, Henry Barth and Carolina (Lena) Lederman, in 1905, from Savannah, Illinois. In 1909 she married Charley Helscher in Colby, KS, who was working on a stock ranch. After he retired they moved to Paradise and ran the feed store. Charley and Emma did not have any birth children but they raised Emma's nephew, Donald Barth.
Charley Helscher's Brother
was
T.A. "Tom" Helscher.

From the Paradise Farmer, Oct. 8, 1934:

Thomas Adolph Helscher was born July 3, 1875 in Shansville, Illinois and departed this life Oct. 5, 1934, at his home in Paradise, at the age of 59. When a small child he, with his parents, moved to Prescott, KS, in 1876. In 1892, they moved to Natoma, KS, later moving to Paradise where his parents established a home. Mr. Helscher was united in marriage to Miss Sylvia Zigler and to this union two children were born, Charlotte and Bryan.
His parents and two sisters preceded him in death. The services were conducted in the high school auditorium at Paradise, Oct. 7, 1934 by Rev. Paul Brooks of Culver. Music was furnished by a quartet from Russell composed of Mr. Glen Banker, Mr. Fred Smith, Mr. Gillman and Mr. Dean Landon. A fitting tribute was payed Tom by Judge Ruppentahl of Russell, an old friend of the family.
From earlier Paradise Farmer's.
May 31, 1920: T.A. helscher reports the finest prospects for potatoes at his place that he has ever had.
Sept. 20, 1920: G.G. Harrell bought of T.A. Helscher, seventy two head of stock hogs last week that were a bunch of the choicest lot of stock hogs to be found. Mr. Helscher was starting out in the right direction in his hog business, but the failure of his corn crop that was destroyed by the drought added quite a different feature to his hog business and conclusion was the the best way out was to sell out and res in the hog business until such a time as circumstances presents itself. He will try again as the old rule we once read -- if at first you don't succeed try try again.

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