Joseph Helm

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.

Some of the battles he served in were Chickasaw Bayou, Champion Hill, Vicksburg, and Collierville.

[1] He attended University of Iowa and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi in the class of 1871.

[1] Helm resigned from the supreme court in 1892 to run for Governor of Colorado as a Republican.

[1] Helm practiced law until his death, except for a period from 1907 to 1909 when he was appointed by Governor Henry Augustus Buchtel to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court.

Her family moved to Colorado Springs in 1874 for her father George H. Stewart's health.

[10][12] After Joseph died, Marcia lived part of the time with her sister Hattie in Colorado Springs.

[10] Those who knew Judge Helm most intimately most appreciated his gentlemanly qualities and kindness of heart.

It can truly be said of him, that he was a courteous gentleman, an honorable patriotic citizen, an able conscientious lawyer, a just judge and a true friend.