Ebenezer Hillis Helms was born on 31. Jul. 1826 at Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana. He was the son of
John E. Helms Jr. and
Sarah Ryker. Ebenezer Hillis Helms married
Hannah Bradshaw on 19. Sep. 1850 at Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana. Ebenezer Hillis Helms married
Eliza Jane Eastwood on 18. Jun. 1884 at Niles, Berrien County, Michigan. Ebenezer Hillis Helms died on 13. Mar. 1907 at Harris Station, Marshall County, Indiana, at age 80. Farmer - grew to adulthood in Hamilton County, IN In 1848 bought land in Howard Co, IN near Kokomo and lived there until 1862 According to the 1850 Census, Ebenezer and his wife, Hannah, lived in Grant County, Mills Township, Indiana on September 14, 1850 After the death of his wife, Hannah, Ebenezer remarried when he moved to Marshall County, Indiana His 2nd wife, Eliza Jane (Jennie) Eastwood Spade Helms, preceded him in death Lived in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana at the time of his 2nd marriage No children by 2nd wife He died at the home of his daughter, Harriet Helms Kinney In 1848 he, and two brothers, moved from Hamilton County, IN to Howard County, IN Before marriage, Hannah Bradshaw lived with Bates relatives in Howard County In 1862, Ebenezer bought a farm in Kosciusko Co, IN near Millwood & Galveston In 1882, he sold his land in Kosciusko Co and bought land in North Township, Marshall Co, IN Ebenezer Hillis was the brother of David Hillis, lieutenant governor of Indiana from 1836 to 1840 Ebenezer Hillis was a distant neighbor in Indiana of the Rykers It is believed that Ebenezer Hillis Helms was named after that individual He is buried at Stony Point Cemetery, Prairie Twp, Kosciusko Co, IN, Row 6, Lot #21.