MABLE'S BIG BOOK, CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, INDIANA. LILLIAN (JONES) HELME, 03 Dec 1871 - 24 Jan 1906 Lillia Jones was born in Pavilion, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, Dec. 3, 1871. Died Jan. 24, 1906, age, 34 years, 1 month and 21 days. While yet a child her parents moved to Jackson township, Steuben Co., Indiana and it was there that her twin sister, Rosa, passed away. She rests in Flint cemetery. Lillia was married to Charles Helme, April 6, 1889, at Centerville, Mich. Her short married life has been passed in Orland and here her children were born. She was a sympathetic neighbor, always ready to do a kindness and say a kind word for everyone. Her home was her idol. She allowed nothing to come between her and her home happiness. Gladly relinquishing any desire of her own if she felt it would interfere with the happiness of her loved ones. Keeping her trust ever that God's protecting arm would o'er shadow her and her's in her hours of trial. * * * * * The family and immediate relatives desire to thus publicly express their thanks and appreciation to those who so kindly assisted during the sickness and death of Mrs. Helme. Chas. Helme and Family ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Lillian (Jones) Helme, 03 Dec 1871 - 24 Jan 1906 (TWIN), married Charles Elisha Helme, 16 Jul 18866 - 18 Jan 1952 (his 1st wife). They are buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Orland, Steuben County, Indiana. Lillian was the daughter of Hiram S. Jones, 29 Jan 1834 - 17 Oct 1877 who is buried at Flint Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana, and Nancy Jane (Clark) Jones Thorpe, born 1836, no date of death. Her father, Hiram, is buried at Flint Cemetery. Her mother married 2nd, Almon W. Thorpe on 08 May 1884. Burial place unknown. Lillian and Charles had a daughter, Eula B. (Helme) Snowberger Harris, 1890 - 22 Dec 1939, who 1st married Clayton Snowberger and then a Mr. Harris. Husbands' burial places unknown. No information on any other children. Charles married 2nd, in 1891 at Edgerton, Williams County, Ohio, Constance (Hackett) Helme, 1879 - 1912. Charles married 3d, on 07 Dec 1912 in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, Estella Myrtle "Mertie" (Tubbs) Helme, 09 Apr 1871 - 15 Mar 1945. Estella was the daughter of Ira and Lucinda (Harpster) Tubbs. Charles and all his wives are buried in the same plot at Greenlawn Cemetery. A BROTHER OF LILLIAN, Charles O. Jones, 21 Sep 1861 - 1949, married Myrtia T. (Turner) Jones, 26 Apr 1865 - 16 Sep 1941, daughter of William Watrous Turner and Susan (Salisbury) Turner. Charles and Myrtia are buried at Greenlawn Cemetery. Her twin sister, Rosa, died at the age of 9, not listed in the Cemetery Book. "History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1885," pages 711, 712, biography of father, Hiram S. Jones. "Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Seibel Lewis, pages 874, 998, 1000. www,familysearch.org