Pioneers of Lake Helen, 1884-1903;

BABCOCK, DR. T., and wife, Clinton, Wis. Lake Helen, 1900, orange grower.

• BAKER, ALBERT, and • wife, I.lion, N. Y. Lake Helen, 1884, nurseryman, orange grower. Dau. Gertrude (Sheldon), afterwards, Mrs. G. B. Davenport, New York City.

BLAKE, ELLIS G., and wife, Lombard, Ill. Lake Helen, 1889, orange grower. Son: Stephen Pierce.

*BOND, EBER W., and •wife, Willoughby, 0., pres. Willoughby Wagon Mfg. Co., mayor of · Willoughby. DeLand, 1881, sawmill operator Bond Lumber Co. Built railroad between DeLand and DeLand Landing. Lake Helen, 1904, pres. E. W. Bond Co.; vice-pres. Bond Sandstone Brick Co. Children: •Frank; *Robert M.; Maynard M. 

BOND, ·MAYNARD M. (s. E. W. Bond), and wife, Willoughby, O. Lake Helen, 1903, pres. E. W. Bond Co. (mfrs. lumber). Children: Minerva (Long), Lake Helen; *Frank R. served in navy 'in World War.

*BOWMAN, DANIEL W., and wife, Philadelphia. Chief engr. Phoenixville Bridge & Iron Works. With Eads, when he built first bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis, Mo. and the jetties below New Orleans, La. Lake Helen, 188-. Children: Raynor; Willard; Eva.

COLBY, GEORGE P., Eau Claire, Wis. Lake Helen, 1875-1925, founder Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp. Home: New Smyrna, Fla.

COON, J. C. & F. D. Lake Helen, 1889-, ed. Life in Florida, dealers real estate.

COURTRIGHT, G. C., Scranton, Pa., merchant. Lake Helen, 188-, prop. Harlan Hotel.

*CURRIER, SAMUEL, and •wife. Lake Helen, 188-, mem. first board of aldermen. Gave lot for Hopkins Hall.

*GOULD, E. F., and wife, Saginaw, Mich. Lake Helen, 1882-, orange grower. Built house now home of M. M. Bond. Dau., Lillian (Chapman).

GRANVILLE, M. L., Lake Helen, 188-, prop. Granville House. 

•HAZEL, JOHN K., and •wife, Amherst, 0. Lake Helen, 1886, millwright and builder, mayor of Lake Helen. Children: Perry W., San Francisco, Cal.; *L----C.; Mark P., mgr. Summerland Creamery Co.,

Batesburg, S. C.

•HOPKINS, WILLARD, and *wife, Naugatuck, Conn. Lake Helen, 1888,

Mrs. Hopkins gave money for Hopkins Hall and endowed the library.

Children: *Samuel Evans; Emma (Todd), Lake Helen. 

HURST, J. R., Lake Helen, 188-. Son: Albert B., Little River, Fla.

MACE, JOHN P., and wife, Wyoming, 0. Lake Helen, 1886, contractor, orange grower. The first mayor of Lake Helen and for thirty years, councilman, commissioner or mayor. Mera. Business Men's Club of Lake Helen; vice-pres. First National Bank, Deland. Children: Loring Poole, Lake Helen; Marjorie (Oates), Orlando, Fla.

*MARING, HARMON, and *wife, Chicago, Ill. Lake Helen, 188-, mem. first board of aldermen of Lake Helen. Mrs. Maring. m. (2) Mr. Sprake and moved to DeLand.

*NETTLETON, F. E., and •wife, Scranton, Pa. Pres. Florida Association of Sunday Schools.

•PELTON, ARTHUR, and •wife, Loda, Ill. Lake Helen, 1885, orange grower, horticulturist, mem. first board of aldermen of Lake Helen. Children: Claude H., dau. Elsie L., West Palm Beach, Fla.; Corinne

(McCrorry), s. Seaborn McCrorry, Jr., West Palm Beach, Fla.

•PELTON, CHARLES B., and *wife, Loda, Ill. Lake Helen, 188--1924, orange grower, merchant, liveryman, postmaster of Lake Helen. Children: •Anna; Alfred; Jessie Strong (Hamilton), Daytona Beach, Fla. •PELTON, MR., father of Arthur and C. B. Pelton, lived in Lake Helen

with his daughter •Jennie.

SCHOONMAKER, COL. U. G., and •wife, Scranton, Pa. Founded

Elmhurst, Pa. Lake Helen, 188-. 

•SHELDON, JAY G., and wife, Essex, N. Y. Lake Helen, 1884-1890,

merchant, first store in Lake Helen. Opened first postoffice, instrumental in starting school. Children: Helen L. (Wakefield), first child born in Lake Helen; Albert J., dau. Thetis, Johnson City, Tenn.

TODD, W. J., Milwaukee, Wis. Lake Helen, 1884, carpenter, builder, banker. m. Emma Hopkins.

•VAN ZANDT, C., and •wife. Lake Helen, 1888. Cottage he built, afterwards home of E. W. Bond.

WAKEFIELD, ARTHUR J., Burlington, Vt. Lake Helen. m. Helen Sheldon. Dau.: Gertrude Sheldon. Home: Miami Beach, Fla.

•WEAVER, W. L., and •wife. Lake Helen, 188-, painter and paper hanger.

WESTLAKE, J. WILLIS, and wife, Millersville, Pa. Prof. English Literature Millersville State Normal. Lake Helen, 1886, orange grower, pres. first town council. Lived on the old Prevatt place. Dau.:

•Gertrude (Abbott), dau. Evelyn Abbott.

WRIGHT, BERLIN HART, and wife, Penn Yan, N. Y. Lake Helen, 1884-1914, astronomer, conchologist, surveyor. Children: Leon M., Atlanta, Ga,; B. N. Wright, Electric Co., DeLand; Ethel (Shepard), Skaneateles, N. Y.; Blanche (Lacy), Penn Yan, N. Y.; Leon (Riens), Cloverdale, B. C. Home: Lakeland, Fla.

•Deceased

Excerpt from, The History of DeLand and Lake Helen, Florida.

Written by, Helen Parce DeLand