Helen Taft Ward

1909 - 1996  (87 years)

• Name	Helen Taft Ward  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	25 Apr 1909	Strong, Union, Arkansas, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	Alexander, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA   [4]
  	Marital Status: Divorced from Carter; Relation to Head: Daughter of Carrie and William Ward
  Census	1950	Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA   [2]
  	Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Joe Drake
  Death	30 Dec 1996	San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA   [5]
  Burial	Pinecrest Memorial Park and Garden Mausoleum, Alexander, Saline, Arkansas, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I2707	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	James Julian Orval Hiltibrand,   b. 13 Dec 1909   d. 12 May 1988 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1927  [6]
  Family ID	F12723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Joel Bledsoe Drake,   b. 7 May 1908, New Mexico, USA d. 3 May 1995, Hondo, Medina, Texas, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1941	Clark County, Arkansas, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F9756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 3	James Everitt 'Jimmy' Carter,   b. 19 Jul 1909, Gorman, Eastland, Texas, USA d. 8 Oct 1991, Pineville, Rapides, Louisiana, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1932	Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F12722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Apr 1909 - Strong, Union, Arkansas, USA Marriage - 20 Sep 1932 - Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA Census - Marital Status: Divorced from Carter; Relation to Head: Daughter of Carrie and William Ward - 1940 - Alexander, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA Marriage - 1 Nov 1941 - Clark County, Arkansas, USA Census - Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Joe Drake - 1950 - Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA Death - 30 Dec 1996 - San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S189] Ancestry.com, Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;). [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Little Rock, Pulaski. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Little Rock, Pulaski [S129] Ancestry.com, Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;). [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Alexander, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00169; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 60-97. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Alexander, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00169; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 60-97 [S8562] Find a Grave: WARD Helen Drake 1909-1996, Helen Taft Ward Hiltibrand Carter Drake. [S11310] Find a Grave (Military Cemetery-Little Rock National), (Location: Little Rock AR;), HILTIBRAND James Julian Orval 1909-1988 (Veteran). "TEC5 US Army World War II" - Sarai Chance and James Hiltibrand are buried together at Little Rock National Cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3135704/james-julian_orval-hiltibrand