J. P Hellums Sr. first married Mary (Mollie) Elizabeth Hutcheson on Aug 5, 1885. They had ten children:
Perry James (1886-1905), Otis Lamar (1888-1953), Marth Ann (Baker) (1890-1952), Grover Cleveland (1892-Oct 8, 1918 in action in France), Jessie Sanford (1895-1975), James Matt (1897- ), Emma December (Stephens) (1900-1980), Walter Clyde Toben (1903-1916), Earl Jackson (1906-1969), Sadie Neoma (1908-1998).
Second marriage, on Nov. 24, 1910, to Carrie Bammer Alexander Guthrie. Two children: Howard Liman (1911-2004), Collis Glen (1915- )
