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My maternal great-great-grandfather John Allen Helms was born in what is now Monroe, Union County, NC on January 16, 1839. He enlisted on May 3, 1861 in Monroe, NC at age 22. He was a farmer by occupation prior to enlistment. The 15th NC was known as the 5th NC Volunteers at the time he enlisted, but was renamed the 15th NC Regiment 'Monroe Light Infantry' during the Confederate army re-organization in 1862. John served the duration of the war with the same unit, excluding time to recover from a wound in the left hip that he sustained at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland on Sept. 17, 1862. He was present or accounted for until he was paroled at Lynchburg, VA on April 15, 1865. In Decmeber 1865, he married Mary Josephine Presley, an ancestor of Elvis Presley. They raised six children, with John acquiring large amounts of land in Union County area. He also operated two restaurants/taverns in Monroe, NC. In 1888, John and his family were one of four founding families of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Union County. John died from sudden heart failure in Union County on April 23, 1923 at the age of 84. He is buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church cemetery, with his wife Mary Josephine, who died in 1909. John was buried in a plain pine box coffin, and his last ride to the church for the funeral was in the bed of a Ford Model T pickup. The tombstone for John and Mary only shows their names and birth and death dates, no mention of CSA service for John. His family recently erected an iron Southern Cross at his grave site. Family legend is that John vehemently declined to speak about his war experiences after his service ended. He also was alive and living in Union County during the Confederate reunions held there, but did not attend.
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