John Blakey Helm

Background

Helm, John Blakey was born on October 18, 1889 in Auburn, Kentucky, United States. Son of Thomas Oliver and Nellie (Blakey) Helm.

Education

Student, Cumberland University, 1907. AB, Princeton University, 1910. Juris Doctor, University Michigan, 1914.

Career

Practice law, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1913-1914; practice law, Louisville, from 1914; judge chancery branch, Jefferson Circuit Court, from 1960. Member Statute Revision Commission Kentucky, 1948-1954, National Conference Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1947-1956, and from 1958.

Achievements

• Bar: Kentucky 1913.

Membership

Member Kentucky National Park Commission, 1936-1943. First lieutenant infantry United States Army, World War I. Lieutenant colonel air transport command, United States Army, World World War World War II.

Member American Bar Association (member house of deals 1941-1943, 50-53, member of the Board of Governors 1954-1957), Kentucky Bar Association (Vice-President 1921), Louisville Bar Association, American Legion, Louisville Committee Foreign Rels., Kiwanis Club, Pendennis Club.

Connections

Married Catherine S. Burge, September 17, 1925. Children: (Mistress T. V. Hartnett Junior), John Blakey, Joseph B., Margie C. (Mistress Robert H. Van Meter Junior).

Father:

Thomas Oliver Helm

Mother:

Nellie (Blakey) Helm

Spouse:

Catherine S. Burge

child:

John Blakey Helm

child:

Margie C. Helm (Mistress Robert H. Van Meter Junior)

child:

Joseph B. Helm

child:

(Mistress T. V. Hartnett Junior) Helm