Joseph Helm

Joseph Church Helm (June 30, 1848 – May 13, 1915) was a jurist from Colorado. He served as a Colorado state representative, a Colorado state senator, and as an associate justice and chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. He ran for governor in 1892 and was defeated by Davis Hanson Waite.

At the age of 13, he enlisted as a drummer boy in the Union Army during the Civil War. Over four years, he saw numerous battles and then was a captured and held at the Belle Isle Prisoner Camp, when he was released in 1863, he became private. He stayed in the war until its end, when he was 17 years of age. He saved his pay from his service to pay for his college education.

Early life Helm was born in Chicago on June 30, 1848, to Sarah (Bass) from Canada and Ruggles Helm from New York. The family moved to Prescott, Ontario, soon after Helm was born. In 1854, they moved to Iowa.

Civil War

At the age of 13, he signed up as a drummer boy during the Civil War (1861–1865). He served for four years until the end of the war, when he was 17. He then taught and became a superintendent in the Arkansas schools of Van Buren and Little Rock until 1873. and earned an LL B. degree in 1874. In 1890, he received an honorary Doctor of Law (LLD) from the University of Iowa. As an attorney, he represented the interests of the Moffat Tunnel, Moffat estate and Moffat railway. He had an office in the Equitable Building. Her sister was Alice Stewart Hill, the wife of Francis B. Hill, was an artist and art instructor of Colorado Springs.

Helm was a member of a number of organizations. and is buried in there in the Fairmount Cemetery in a large mausoleum, where he was interred following public funeral services in Denver. After Joseph died, Marcia lived part of the time with her sister Hattie in Colorado Springs. Marcia died in 1932 and is also buried in the mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery.