Owsley County, Kentucky:    Roscoe Helton Jr. Biography

Contributed to the KyGenWeb by:  Glenda Flaugher
                                 10 June 2001
                                 joyfull200@hotmail.com
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Roscoe Helton, Sr. is the s/o Rev Wm Arnold Helton and Elvira Mario 'Bryant'

Roscoe was born in Ricetown, Owsley County, Kentucky.  Ricetown in at the 
mouth of Stringtown Branch of Indian Creek, 5 1/2 miles southeast of 
Booneville, Kentucky.  It was established as Floyd on September 13, 1901.  
It was named by Joseph Baker, its first postmaster, for his son. In 1905 
Harvey Rice, the local storekeeper, renamed the office Ricetown for himself 
and had his wife Mary appointed postmaster.  The community served by this 
post office is now locally called Indian Creek for the stream, which flows 
into the South Fork of the Kentucky River some 5 miles northwest of the 
town.  Roscoe is listed in the 1910 census as being 10 years old.  Roscoe 
married Florence Bolin-Bowling at the house of his cousin [Joseph Helton].  
Roscoe and Florence were only married about one month and then got a 
divorce.  In about 1922 Roscoe married Nettie Mae Combs.  Roscoe was killed 
in a mining accident on November 26, 1937.   He was killed while working at 
the Hardy Burlingham Mining Co. at Hardburly, Ky.  His neck was broken when 
a piece of slate fell on him. Three other employees were covered by the same 
fall but escaped with minor injuries.  Frank Fugate was the Clergyman at 
Roscoe's Funeral.

Information from death certificate:
county:  Perry                  certificate # 32682
vot. pct.:  Lotts Creek       registration dist no.: 1115
                                         primary registration district no.:  
7123
full name:   Roscoe Helton
male     white     married                            date of death: Nov. 
26, 1937
husband of:  Nettie Combs
date of birth:  Apr. 21, 1901                 death is said to have occurred 
on the date stated above, at 10 A.M.
age:  36 years     7 months     5 days       cause of death:  Accidental 
injury-slate fall in coal mine
work done:  miner
where done:  coal mine
birthplace:  Ky
name of father:  William A. Helton                                date of 
accident:  Nov. 26, 1937
birthplace of father:  Ky where did injury occur:  Hardburly, Perry Co., Ky  
    maiden name of mother:  Elvira Bryant                        type of  
injury:  Infustry
birthplace of mother:  Ky manner of injury:  Slate fall
informant:  ? Woods nature of injury:  broken neck-fractur spine?
address:  Hardburly, Ky.
signed:  H. W. Gingles
filed: 1-7, 1938    Wm. G. Cornett, registrar                  address: 
Hardburly, Ky


Information from death records:
name: Roscoe Helton
date: 371126
age: 036
place: PERRY
volume: 066
certificate no.: 32682
deathvolume: 37


Nettie Mae 'Combs' is the d/o Wm 'Bill' Combs and Kathryn 'Combs'

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