Jacob Westbrooklin Helm
–Born in Pennsylvania
–Gold Rush 1850-1854 Brought back a sack of nuggets….. Bought a farm in Missouri and some thoroughbred horses.
–1860 Census Carroll Co., Missouri Sawyer
Sawyer— is an occupational term referring to someone who saws wood, particularly using a pit saw either in a saw pit or with the log on trestles above ground or operates a sawmill. One such job is the occupation of someone who cuts lumber to length The term is still widely used in the logging industry to refer to the operator of a crosscut saw for harvesting,
–1862-1865 Confederate Soldier in Civil War- Missouri State Guard, Private in Company B, 9th Infantry Unit
–Taken as a prison July 11th 1862 captured In Carroll Co., Missouri. POW And inprisoned in Alton Union Prison, Illinois
–1869 Married 2nd Wife Elizabeth Goza
–Worked in Texas as a Sawyer, Mill right/Built engines and boilers
–Moved back to Arkansas bought 160 Acres cleared the land and built a house
–1880–Died Age 45 Had a stroke and paralysis Union Co., Arkansas