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GARFIELD
COUNTY, COGENWEB PROJECT
Helen (Gant) Lockman
Steve Fox shared this photo of Helen Gant from 1913. She
was 18 at the time. Turns out she would become a victim of the Spanish Flu
epidemic.
Helen's parents had been among the earliest pioneers in the area,
coming to Divide creek in 1885. Helen's mom Eunice was just 10 years old at the
time. Eunice and her mom were the 2nd and 3rd women to live on Divide Creek.
Helen was born 10 years later on August 18, 1895, and attended school through
high school in Rifle. She was married October 26, 1918. Then she passed away
January 11, 1919.
Her mother Eunice was likely also a flu victim as she
passed away April 15, 1920. Helen's brother Lawrence had also been ill when
Helen passed, but he recovered and lived until 1994
Mrs. Emanuel Gant
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