Helen Richmond (JOYCE) ARTHUR
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Birth: 5 October 1884 in Washington, D.C.
Death: 17 February 1943 in Paeonian Springs, Loudoun County, Virginia
Burial: 20 February 1943 at Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, Plot B, Lot 477, Site 6
Footstone Text: H.K.A.
Headstone Text (front)*: HELEN JOYCE, / WIFE OF / HARVEY K. ARTHUR, / BORN OCT. 5 1884. DIED FEB. 17, 1943. / HARVEY K. ARTHUR, / BORN NOV. 20, 1860. DIED JULY 6, 1953
Parents: George William JOYCE and Harriett A. JOYCE (m. WILSON)
Parents' Children:
Spouse: Harvey Keeler ARTHUR
Marriage: 15 July 1903 in Washington, D.C.
[I have not currently found evidence that they had children.]
Helen was a member of the Purcellville Garden Club, the Waterford Book Club, and the Catoctin Home Demonstration Club.
Harvey and Helen owned Temple Hall plantation in Loudoun County, Virginia, having been Willed it by John H. Thompson. The plantation was rented to tenant farmers, and was sold to Mr. and Mrs. James H. Symington in 1940. That plantation is now on the National Register of Historic Places as the Temple Hall Farm Regional Park (VDHR 053-0303).
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Harvey, as well as his wives Katherine and Helen, share a headstone in Plot B, Lot 477. Also buried in this cemetery are: his daughter -- Annette; Harvey’s parents -- Samuel and Anna; Harvey’s sister and her husband -- Jessie and Edward; Helen’s parents -- George and Harriet; Helen’s sister -- Louise.
* Helen’s Headstone is a four-sided Obelisk. The Front is engraved with Harvey and Helen. The Left is engraved with her sister, Louise. The Back is engraved with his first wife, Katherine, and their daughter, Annette. The Right is engraved with her parents, George and Harriet.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#50270556), FamilySearch website (#LTJ6-6DL), and family records.
m. = maiden name
Death: 17 February 1943 in Paeonian Springs, Loudoun County, Virginia
Burial: 20 February 1943 at Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, Plot B, Lot 477, Site 6
Footstone Text: H.K.A.
Headstone Text (front)*: HELEN JOYCE, / WIFE OF / HARVEY K. ARTHUR, / BORN OCT. 5 1884. DIED FEB. 17, 1943. / HARVEY K. ARTHUR, / BORN NOV. 20, 1860. DIED JULY 6, 1953
Parents: George William JOYCE and Harriett A. JOYCE (m. WILSON)
Parents' Children:
- Louise Agnes RUSSELL (m. JOYCE)
- Helen Richmond ARTHUR (m. JOYCE)
Spouse: Harvey Keeler ARTHUR
Marriage: 15 July 1903 in Washington, D.C.
[I have not currently found evidence that they had children.]
Helen was a member of the Purcellville Garden Club, the Waterford Book Club, and the Catoctin Home Demonstration Club.
Harvey and Helen owned Temple Hall plantation in Loudoun County, Virginia, having been Willed it by John H. Thompson. The plantation was rented to tenant farmers, and was sold to Mr. and Mrs. James H. Symington in 1940. That plantation is now on the National Register of Historic Places as the Temple Hall Farm Regional Park (VDHR 053-0303).
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Harvey, as well as his wives Katherine and Helen, share a headstone in Plot B, Lot 477. Also buried in this cemetery are: his daughter -- Annette; Harvey’s parents -- Samuel and Anna; Harvey’s sister and her husband -- Jessie and Edward; Helen’s parents -- George and Harriet; Helen’s sister -- Louise.
* Helen’s Headstone is a four-sided Obelisk. The Front is engraved with Harvey and Helen. The Left is engraved with her sister, Louise. The Back is engraved with his first wife, Katherine, and their daughter, Annette. The Right is engraved with her parents, George and Harriet.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#50270556), FamilySearch website (#LTJ6-6DL), and family records.
m. = maiden name