My Grandfather was Fike Willis, born in 1889 in IOWA, his uncle was Boone Helm, who was hung in Virginia City, MT in Jan. 1864. The Willis's, Helm's, and Bell's all married into each other, and were some of the first families, (I am told) that settled into IOWA. Helm, had a indian wife who helped him escaped from jail in Oregon, by tying ropes to the bars on the jail, and pulled them off by horseback. Later he was caught in Montana, and there is were they hung him....