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SAMUEL L. HELT, merchant and buyer and shipper of produce, at Chandler, is a native of Galion, Ohio, his birth occurring October 12, 1848, and he is the sixth in a family of ten children born to Christian and Eliza (Hosler) Helt. In the year 1852 the parents removed to Illinois, where our subject remained until sixteen years of age, securing a limited education from the common schools. Upon leaving home he worked two years as carpenter on what is now the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and one year in a sash and door factory at Henderson, Ky. He then associated himself in partnership with Nathan Marx in the fancy grocery business, which continued until his partner was murdered, after which he sold out and clerked for the purchasers of the property, who had removed the stock to Fairplay. October 25, 1874, he wedded Miss Mary E. Walker, and to this union four children have been born, two daughters yet living, named Nellie and Ina. In 1878 he removed to Evansville, Ind., and a year later located permanently at Chandler, where he has built up a large and lucrative trade. He keeps an average general stock on hand amounting to $2,500, and annually transacts $16,000 worth of business. Mr. Helt began life with but little or no means, and what he now possesses was obtained by his own energy and good management. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. fraternities.