Helm Cemetery - Elizabethtown, KY
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N 37° 42.485 W 085° 52.405
16S E 599303 N 4174024
Located on U.S. 31W north of Craddock Court, Elizabethtown
Waymark Code: WM180G7
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2023
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This pioneer cemetery includes the graves of John LaRue Helm, who served two incomplete terms as Governor of Kentucky, and his son, Confederate Gen. Ben Hardin Helm, who fell at battle of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863. Gen. Helm and Abraham Lincoln married half-sisters, Emilie and Mary Todd, the daughters of Robert S. Todd of Lexington, Kentucky.
Marker Name: Helm Cemetery
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number (for official markers): 833
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society
Kentucky Department of Highways
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