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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

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           JONATHAN B. HELLEMS, farmer, section 19, Dwight Township, was
        born June 26, 1840, in Welland Co., Ont.  He is the son of HENRY
        and HARRIET F. (CLARK) HELLEMS, whose sketch may be found in
        another part of this volume.  When he was 17 years of age, MR.
        HELLEMS found himself with the structure of his own fortunes under
        his control, and engaged in a sawmill at Port Austin, where he
        operated six months. After passing about eight years in various
        occupations, he devoted his attention exclusively to farming, and
        has since pursued that avenue of business as a vocation. In 1866 he
        entered a claim of 120 acres of Government land in section 19, but
        deferred taking possession of his property until two years later.
        Since that date he has been continuously resident and retains pos-
        session of 80 acres of his original purchase. He has cleared and
        improved about 45 acres.
           MR. HELLEMS is a Republican in political connections and issues,
        and is of decided opinions relating to national issues where
        development depends on the predominancy of that element.
           He was married Oct. 11, 1868, in a portion of Huron County now
        included within Chandler Township, to HANNAH E. MELICK. Only one
        child has been born of this union, OBED H., who died when he was
        three years of age.  MRS. HELLEMS was born Jan. 25, 1851, in Brant
        County, Ont., and is the daughter of OBED and MARY A. (O'BRIEN)
        MELICK, the parents being respectively of Irish and German extrac-
        tion and natives of Canada. They became residents of Huron County
        in the spring of 1863, settling in what was then Lake Township. The
        mother died Aug. 6, 1878. They had eight children, of whom MRS.
        HELLEMS is the youngest.

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