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You being you, is it Hurin? I'm not sure about the first verse, but:
I am the one who came to aid
To the army of the land of stone
I am the one who took part
In the plans to help destroy the One
Gondolin is a "land of stone" - most of its names have a stone-word in them somewhere; Hurin was captured guarding the retreat of Turgon's army. The "plans to help destroy the One" would refer to the Nirnaeth, which was planned to destroy Morgoth, in which Hurin took part.
Here is where I became the helper
To my future family member
My nephew dear wed her
By rescuing Turgon, Hurin helped Idril by not getting her city overrun (at that point)*. She later went on to marry his nephew Tuor, making her a future member of his family.
*I guess she might also have been present? Tolkien doesn't mention either way, but she could have been support/healing personnel.
My daughter wed her brother
The natural read of 'her' is back to the 'future family member', but, er... Hurin's daughter wed her (own) brother. ^_~
hS
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