Julia Helen Besser
b. 6 February 1832, d. 20 October 1917
- Father: John Slater Besser b. 13 August 1802, d. 19 May 1893
- Mother: Julia A. Hampton b. circa 20 February 1802, d. 13 May 1845
- Julia Helen Besser was born on 6 February 1832 in Troy, Lincoln County, Missouri.
- She was known as Helen.
- Jonathan Stark Collard and Nancy Ann Reding appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Julia Helen Besser, Felix R. Collard, Martha Caroline Collard, James L. Collard and Elizabeth E. Tolbert.
- She married William H. Brooks, son of Samuel Clifford Brooks and Elizabeth J. Tatum, on 5 November 1854 in Walker County, Texas, with James M. Follansbee, MG, officiating. Helen was the daughter of William's sister Elizabeth's husband J. s. Besser by an earlier marriage.
- Julia Helen Besser died on 20 October 1917 at age 85 in Teague, Freestone County, Texas.
- She was interred at Greenwood Cemetery, Teague, Freestone County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 18 Jan 2009