Daughter of Charles H. & Mary O. Sargent, graduate of David City High school in 1899, and the University of Nebraska Lincoln and the Grant Avenue Hospital at Denver in 1913.
Helen was a sister to Joseph and Charles Sargent and two sisters.
Information on Charles and Helen Sargent, taken from the book "Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour" (Lincoln, NE):
"Charles and Helen Sargent, father and daughter, served in the Civil War and First World War, respectively. Charles Sargent (1844-1912) served a standard three month enlistment in a Massachusetts regiment, standing guard duty in Maryland. He was a civil engineer by profession and was credited in his obituary as the founder of Garrison, NE. He came to Lincoln about 1899.
Helen Sargent was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts and was 38 years old when she entered Army service as a Red Cross nurse September 4, 1918. She was assigned to Fort Slocum, New York, where she died of illness Oct. 23, 1918. In 1928, the Lincoln Women's Club dedicated Memorial Drive in Antelope Park to the fallen troops of the First World War, with a monument naming all the "Lancaster County Boys Who Gave Their Lives." Two female nurses, including Helen Sargent, were listed among the "Boys."
Helen was a sister to Joseph and Charles Sargent and two sisters.
Information on Charles and Helen Sargent, taken from the book "Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour" (Lincoln, NE):
"Charles and Helen Sargent, father and daughter, served in the Civil War and First World War, respectively. Charles Sargent (1844-1912) served a standard three month enlistment in a Massachusetts regiment, standing guard duty in Maryland. He was a civil engineer by profession and was credited in his obituary as the founder of Garrison, NE. He came to Lincoln about 1899.
Helen Sargent was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts and was 38 years old when she entered Army service as a Red Cross nurse September 4, 1918. She was assigned to Fort Slocum, New York, where she died of illness Oct. 23, 1918. In 1928, the Lincoln Women's Club dedicated Memorial Drive in Antelope Park to the fallen troops of the First World War, with a monument naming all the "Lancaster County Boys Who Gave Their Lives." Two female nurses, including Helen Sargent, were listed among the "Boys."
Daughter of Charles H. & Mary O. Sargent, graduate of David City High school in 1899, and the University of Nebraska Lincoln and the Grant Avenue Hospital at Denver in 1913.
Helen was a sister to Joseph and Charles Sargent and two sisters.
Information on Charles and Helen Sargent, taken from the book "Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour" (Lincoln, NE):
"Charles and Helen Sargent, father and daughter, served in the Civil War and First World War, respectively. Charles Sargent (1844-1912) served a standard three month enlistment in a Massachusetts regiment, standing guard duty in Maryland. He was a civil engineer by profession and was credited in his obituary as the founder of Garrison, NE. He came to Lincoln about 1899.
Helen Sargent was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts and was 38 years old when she entered Army service as a Red Cross nurse September 4, 1918. She was assigned to Fort Slocum, New York, where she died of illness Oct. 23, 1918. In 1928, the Lincoln Women's Club dedicated Memorial Drive in Antelope Park to the fallen troops of the First World War, with a monument naming all the "Lancaster County Boys Who Gave Their Lives." Two female nurses, including Helen Sargent, were listed among the "Boys."
Helen was a sister to Joseph and Charles Sargent and two sisters.
Information on Charles and Helen Sargent, taken from the book "Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour" (Lincoln, NE):
"Charles and Helen Sargent, father and daughter, served in the Civil War and First World War, respectively. Charles Sargent (1844-1912) served a standard three month enlistment in a Massachusetts regiment, standing guard duty in Maryland. He was a civil engineer by profession and was credited in his obituary as the founder of Garrison, NE. He came to Lincoln about 1899.
Helen Sargent was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts and was 38 years old when she entered Army service as a Red Cross nurse September 4, 1918. She was assigned to Fort Slocum, New York, where she died of illness Oct. 23, 1918. In 1928, the Lincoln Women's Club dedicated Memorial Drive in Antelope Park to the fallen troops of the First World War, with a monument naming all the "Lancaster County Boys Who Gave Their Lives." Two female nurses, including Helen Sargent, were listed among the "Boys."
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