If you get this done I would love to see it. I have Handley's in my family to. My mother was a Handley and we are looking for Handley relatives out there but so far it has been null & void. My name is Janie and interested in the reunion. Randall Webster <webster_j@popmail.firn.edu> wrote: Help.... I would love to send a large family tree/chart to our next family gathering in May.... Has anyone done this....?? Or does anyone know a good program or way to do this?? Thanks, Randy webster_j@popmail.firn.edu ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Help.... I would love to send a large family tree/chart to our next family gathering in May.... Has anyone done this....?? Or does anyone know a good program or way to do this?? Thanks, Randy webster_j@popmail.firn.edu
Dear Gail, Thanks for your reply. Yes, I am interested in the person who is pursuing this line. I have chased this elusive forbear for twenty years... Regards, Barbara
Dear Barbara: There was a Garret or Jaret/Jared Hanley in Athens Co. OH; they did go south. More if you're interested, plus somewhere around here I have a name of a man who is pursuing that line more aggressively than I have. Gail -----Original Message----- From: Barbob711@aol.com [mailto:Barbob711@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 6:08 PM To: HANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HANDLEY-L] Handley I am looking for the names of the parents of James A. Handley b. 1845 MS according to death certificate which somewhat illegibly lists the father's names as Mosette or Jarete. Has anyone run across any of these names? Barbara Hanley
Reply to: RE: [HANDLEY-L] Handley, Hanley, I'm sure most of you know this but Hanley, Handley, Handly and Hanly are all derivatives of the same Celtic name O'hAinlighe/O'hAinlidhe (Anglicized O'Ainle). If you read any book written in early English you will understand the problem with spelling in the early days. Hanley/Hanly are the most common in Ireland and Handley is the most common in England. There are two theories on the English vs. Irish branches. One says no relationship. The other says the English branch resulted from Irish invasions into that country perhaps in the 11th to 13th centuries. There were also Norman Hanleys so the English Handleys may descend from them...but quite possibly this is another branch of the Irish O'hAinlighes who stayed behind in Europe during one of the many early Irish excursions there and then ended up in England after the battle of Hastings 1066. Hastings was a fine battle so the Hanleys were surely there. Taken from:"The Norman People"and their existing Descendants in the British Dominions and The United States of America ...originally published London 1874.. Library of Congress catalogCS432.N7N7 1975 Handley, or D'ANDELEY (Lower), from Andelys near Rouen. Richer De Andeli occurs in England, 1083, as a baron (Exon.Domesd.). The name occurs in the Winchester Domesday (560), and in 1165 (Lib.Niger), when this family had estates in Hants and North Hants, and in Normandy. In England the name remained 14th century (Mon.Angl.i. 106, 1026; Palgrave, Parliamentary, Writs; D'Anisy et St. Marie sur Domesday). It bore the forms of Dandeleigh, Daundely, and Handley. The Irish Hanley branch descends from Heremon son of Milesius, king of Spain during the Celtic period. They have many Irish Kings in their lineage, the last of which was Muireadhach Tireach, 123rd king of Ireland, 319-352 A.D. Donal (Donnell or Dromhnall) 21st in descent from him was the first to adopt Hanley as a surname probably in the 11th century. Thus the difference in spelling. I have more on this if anyone is interested. If you have something to add, I would appreciate your sending it to me. Thanks and best wishes, Pete Hanley phanley@erols.com Cheryl Morales wrote:Hello List, I am searching for this list of Handley's. My cousin sent me a book called Umfress Family History and in this book the list of Handley names are spelled HANLEY. Does anyone have any of these names in their files. Here is the list of surnames in my files. George David Handley born: 1885 in: Tennessee married: to Alva Lena Ann Jane Humphreys (spelled several ways) born: November 1885 in: Tennessee Children are: Libert Handley born: 1908, Estella Handley born: 1909, Clyborn: 1910, Lawrence Handley born: 1912, Cora Handley born: 1912, Mildred Handley born: 1913, David Handley born: 1915, Beulah Handley born: 1916, Anna Lou Handley born: 1918, Lonnie Handley born: 1921 Chris L Handley is the son of Lawrence Handley. -- Cheryl Brown-Morales cherylbrown@geocities.com http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6658 ICQ #8501230 I am researching the following surnames: BASKETT, BECKHAM, BLALOCK, BROWN, CROWDER, ENGELHARDT, KUNKELMANN, FERRELL, FUTTER, GALLOWAY, GRUNIG, HASTINGS, HOCYNELL, HONEYSETT, HOSSFELD, HUMPHREYS, JOHNSON, JONES, KING, McGRAW, McMILLAN, MEEK, MESSER, MIDDLETON, MITCHELL, PIERCE, RANDOLPH, WEAVER, WEIDERSHEIM, WERNER, WOOLDRIDGE, and YOUNG RFC822 header ----------------------------------- Return-Path: <HANDLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from mx06.mrf.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.4.55]) by mta03.erols.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000417104223.SYUR303.mta03.erols.com@mx06.mrf.mail.rcn.net> for <phanley@mta.mrf.mail.rcn.net>; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 06:42:23 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com ([209.85.6.30]) by mx06.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id 12h8z1-0004s7-00 for phanley@erols.com; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 06:42:23 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA23225; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 03:40:58 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 03:40:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: cherylm@execpc.com Mon Apr 17 03:40:56 2000 Message-ID: <38FB04C1.45CB9DEE@execpc.com> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 05:34:09 -0700 From: Cheryl Morales <cherylm@execpc.com> Reply-To: cherylm@execpc.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: "HANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com" <HANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [HANDLEY-L] Handley, Hanley, Resent-Message-ID: <EiBAgB.A.qqF.5ou-4@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: HANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: HANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <HANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1200 X-Loop: HANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: HANDLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com Resent-Bcc:
Hello List, I am searching for this list of Handley's. My cousin sent me a book called Umfress Family History and in this book the list of Handley names are spelled HANLEY. Does anyone have any of these names in their files. Here is the list of surnames in my files. George David Handley born: 1885 in: Tennessee married: to Alva Lena Ann Jane Humphreys (spelled several ways) born: November 1885 in: Tennessee Children are: Libert Handley born: 1908, Estella Handley born: 1909, Clyborn: 1910, Lawrence Handley born: 1912, Cora Handley born: 1912, Mildred Handley born: 1913, David Handley born: 1915, Beulah Handley born: 1916, Anna Lou Handley born: 1918, Lonnie Handley born: 1921 Chris L Handley is the son of Lawrence Handley. -- Cheryl Brown-Morales cherylbrown@geocities.com http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6658 ICQ #8501230 I am researching the following surnames: BASKETT, BECKHAM, BLALOCK, BROWN, CROWDER, ENGELHARDT, KUNKELMANN, FERRELL, FUTTER, GALLOWAY, GRUNIG, HASTINGS, HOCYNELL, HONEYSETT, HOSSFELD, HUMPHREYS, JOHNSON, JONES, KING, McGRAW, McMILLAN, MEEK, MESSER, MIDDLETON, MITCHELL, PIERCE, RANDOLPH, WEAVER, WEIDERSHEIM, WERNER, WOOLDRIDGE, and YOUNG
I am looking for the names of the parents of James A. Handley b. 1845 MS according to death certificate which somewhat illegibly lists the father's names as Mosette or Jarete. Has anyone run across any of these names? Barbara Hanley
Nancy, I would like to join your Handley Myfamily.com I belong to Blalock and McGraw and it is great. I have seen pictures of my fathers family that I have never seen before. My Handleys are: George David Handley married to: Alva Lena Ann Jane Umfress I do not have much information on this family and by joining your Handley Myfamily I am hoping to find more. Thank You, Cheryl Brown-Morales cherylbrown@geocities.com http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6658 ICQ #8501230 I am researching the following surnames: BASKETT, BECKHAM, BLALOCK, BROWN, CROWDER, ENGELHARDT, KUNKELMANN, FERRELL, FUTTER, GALLOWAY, GRUNIG, HASTINGS, HOCYNELL, HONEYSETT, HOSSFELD, HUMPHREYS, JOHNSON, JONES, KING, McGRAW, McMILLAN, MEEK, MESSER, MIDDLETON, MITCHELL, PIERCE, RANDOLPH, WEAVER, WEIDERSHEIM, WERNER, WOOLDRIDGE, and YOUNG Sftrail@aol.com wrote: > Has anyone set up a private MyFamily site for any of the Handley (Hanley, > etc) families? > > I've added the link to the MyFamily site at the top of the family page at: > http://members.aol.com/Sftrail/handley/ > > If anyone sets up a page there for Archibald and Jean Handley, I would like > to join. > > I just set up a page there for Joshua and Catherine George, one of Reuben and > Ann (Handley) George's sons. If any of you are interested in that line, let > me know and I'll send you the details for joining that group. > > Nancy Sween > http://www.minimeta.net/igen/wv.html > WV Interactive Genealogy -- ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/
Has anyone set up a private MyFamily site for any of the Handley (Hanley, etc) families? I've added the link to the MyFamily site at the top of the family page at: http://members.aol.com/Sftrail/handley/ If anyone sets up a page there for Archibald and Jean Handley, I would like to join. I just set up a page there for Joshua and Catherine George, one of Reuben and Ann (Handley) George's sons. If any of you are interested in that line, let me know and I'll send you the details for joining that group. Nancy Sween http://www.minimeta.net/igen/wv.html WV Interactive Genealogy
I received this from a friend who is also looking for her roots. Just not the same roots as mine so we cannot help each other much but we do commiserate together at times. She said this did not help but maybe some of you have more faith or are really looking for a last resort. Ann > > > > > > > > > LETTER TO MY ANCESTORS > > > > After spending a frustrating evening pouring over illegible handwriting in badly damaged and out of focus parish registers - and still NOT finding my relatives, I thought it was time to send an open email (at > > www.ofcoursethereisaHeaven.com) to all my "Upstairs" relatives who have gone to Heaven (99% of them) or the Other Place (1%). The text follows. > > (Feel free to insert your own relative's names where appropriate.) > > > > "Dear __________________: > > > > I am your _____________ and living in the early 21st century here in___________, ______. I am sitting in front of a microfilm projector (I'll explain what that is in a later email) in a special library run by the LDS (nice people, but later on them, too) trying to decipher the small > > and shaky > > handwriting of your parish's minister/vicar/curate (choose one). He must have been either vertically challenged or had palsy - because it's unreadable! At least I think it's your parish! I'm not even sure of the decade. Thanks for leaving such a good paper trail! (Sarcasm intended.) According to family > > legend, you and your wife ___________ had _____ children, some of whom lived beyond infancy. Yet not a single one was recorded in the parish records! I can't even find your marriage certificate. You two WERE married, right? Didn't you know that there would be legions of people like me > > fanatically spending their waking hours and small fortunes looking for any and all traces of your lives? Were you just stubborn, couldn't afford the fees, or not members of the Established (or any) Church? > > You're wondering, "What's all the fuss, we're dead as doornails?" We're not sure, but I think down here we're infected with the same disease: Rootsus obsessionus. Of course, WE are going to leave better records for our > > descendants! Anyway, I'm glad I was able to vent my frustrations upward. If I couldn't do that, I'd have probably popped the obnoxious researcher next to > > me who is right now translating an old parish records in German - and out loud, for Pete's sake! I have an idea.... When I'm "dead-on" (pardon the expression) to finding the correct record, give me some sort of sign. Make > > the projector bulb flicker twice. Or, if it must be done in the privacy of my home, I have a Labrador Retriever. Talk through her. That will get my attention for sure. > > Thanks for listening. I'll be better in the morning..... I'll be back at the library tomorrow night for Round 14, so catch me there. > > > > Sincerely, > > Your ________________, > > > > > > Author Unknown to me > >
John HANLEY died in 1838 aged 34 years [V18383027 22/1838]. Ann T. Hanley [his wife] then married Benjamin C. HARRISON, a storekeeper at Yass, NSW in 1844 [V18442119 93/1844]. Does anyone have connections to this couple? [Ann and John Hanley had a son, John T Hanley born in 1837]. Kind regards, Jen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jennifer Lambert Tracey HERITAGE ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeological & Heritage Assessment Consultants PO Box 4265 KINGSTON ACT 2604 AUSTRALIA Tel / Fax: (02) 6295 6795 Mobile Tel: 0419 011 860 http://www.heritagearchaeology.com.au ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I thought this was interesting. Maybe we could find out the connection between the English Handley and the Irish and the Hanely. Looks interesting to me. Ann Ron Swezea wrote: > > I received this article from TN-UPPER-CUMBERLAND-L@rootsweb.com and I > wanted to share. > > Now lets connect all many branches of the Hale/Hailes. > > Ron Swezea > > Article in New York Times April 9, 2000: > > > >If Biology Is Ancestry, Are These People Related? By NICHOLAS WADE > > > > The crime scene was bare of clues. Even DNA fingerprinting scored no > hits > >in the databases. The police had no leads. As a last resort, they sent > a > >DNA sample to a private company -- which soon supplied the surname of > the > >man who had left it. > > Science fiction as yet, but the company, Oxford Ancestors, exists and > has > >applied for a patent on the idea of deriving surnames from DNA. Its > >founder, Dr. Bryan Sykes, is a geneticist at the University of Oxford > in > >England who has made an intriguing discovery about English surnames: > many > >of them once had a single bearer. > > Surnames came into use in England between 1250 and 1450, probably in > >connection with the development of inheritable property rights and > trades. > >"The surname acted like documentation a time when they didn't have > forms," > >said Dr. George Redmonds, a historian of place names and surnames. It > is > >not known how many people took the same surname, but those based on > common > >trades, like Smith, may have had many original owners. > > Dr. Sykes, who analyzes DNA to track ancient population changes, > wondered > >if he could trace the origins of his own surname. The word comes from a > > >type of moorland stream used to mark land boundaries. Genealogists > expected > >that as a landscape feature it would have been adopted by many people > in > >search of surnames. Nearly 10,000 Sykeses are registered as voters in > the > >United Kingdom, many near the town of Huddersfield in Yorkshire. > > Dr. Sykes sent out letters to a random sample of his male namesakes, > >asking them to send him cells brushed from the inside cheek on a cotton > > >swab. His interest lay in the subjects' Y chromosomes, which of course > are > >bequeathed from father to son in the same pattern as surnames, except > in > >the case of what geneticists delicately refer to as a "non-paternity > event." > > Unlike the other chromosomes, the Y is transmitted unchanged and would > > >remain identical from the Adams of the human race to all of their sons, > > >except for the rare mutations or accidental changes that accumulate > over > >the centuries. Because each lineage of Y chromosomes carries its own > >signature set of DNA changes, these mutations provide a perfect system > for > >tracking male genealogies, and that is what Dr. Sykes looked for in the > > >cotton swabs mailed back to him. > > Only one DNA signature was common among his namesakes' Y chromosomes, > Dr. > >Sykes reports in the current issue of the American Journal of Human > >Genetics. This means there was only one original Mr. Sykes, at least as > > >reflected in today's population. The first Sykeses on record lived in > the > >13th century in Flockton, Slaithwaite and Saddleworth, three villages > close > >to Huddersfield. > > Sykeses who do not carry the genetic signature have presumably had a > >non-paternity event somewhere in their ancestry. In fact, 50 percent of > the > >modern-day Sykeses did not have the signature. > > Despite appearances, this is a remarkable testimony to the fidelity of > the > >Mrs. Sykeses of past centuries, because it amounts to a non-paternity > rate > >of 1.3 percent per generation. The non-paternity rate in the present > >English population is conjectured to be between 2 percent and 5 > percent. > > From court records, it seems Dr. Sykes's ancestors, at least in the > 14th > >century, were "quite a rough lot -- always being fined for cutting down > > >trees and stealing sheep." > >"Nonetheless," Dr. Sykes said, "their wives were faithful through all > this." > > Asked if he was a true Sykes or an out-of-wedlock Sykes, he replied, > "I'm > >proud to say I have the aboriginal chromosome." > > Sykeses who live in the United States would not necessarily bear the > >original chromosome in the same proportion as their English cousins > because > >the emigrants might not have been a representative sample, Dr. Sykes > said. > > He has analyzed three other surnames in the same way and found that, > as > >with the Sykeses, all can be traced to a single bearer of the family > name. > >Even the ubiquitous Smiths and Clarks might trace their surnames to > just a > >handful of very prolific early ancestors, not the hundreds that might > be > >presumed, Dr. Sykes said. > > This suggests it would be feasible to construct a library of DNA > >signatures linked with English family names. The library could be used > >forensically to provide a surname that matched a DNA sample, and for > >genealogy. > > Dr. Redmonds, the historian, said a library of DNA matched to surnames > > >would be useful in connecting branches of a family that lacked > historical > >records to document their kinship. The library might be of particular > >interest, he said, to Americans of English ancestry seeking to identify > > >their origins; their Y chromosomes might link them directly to the > villages > >where the first bearers of their surnames once lived. > > "Bryan had no interest in genealogy whatsoever before this started," > Dr. > >Redmonds said of his geneticist friend. "When I was able to take him to > the > >precise place in Yorkshire where his ancestors came from, he was > hooked." > > > > ==== HALE Mailing List ==== > To get the most from your query, remember to include all known dates and place names. Type surnames in ALL CAPS for easier reading. > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
Forwarded by Nancy --- << Got this from another list; loved it; as it is so very true > > << THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR NAMES: > > > > (1). Thou shalt name your male children: > > James, John, Joseph, Josiah, Abel, Richard, Thomas, William > > > > (2) Thou shalt name your female children: > > Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Maria, Sarah, Ida, Virginia, May > > > > (3) Thou shalt leave NO trace of your female children. > > > > (4) Thou shalt, after naming your children from the above lists, call > > them by > > strange nicknames such as: Ike, Eli, Polly, Dolly, Sukey.---making them > > difficult to trace. > > > > (5) Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal documents or > > census reports, and only where necessary, you may use only initials on > > legal documents. > > > > (6)Thou shalt learn to sign all documents illegibly so that your surname > > can be spelled, or misspelled, in various ways: Hicks, Hicks, Hix, Hixe, > > Hucks -- Kicks > > > > (7) Thou shalt, after no more then 3 generations, make sure that all > > family records are lost, misplaced, burned in a court house fire, or buried > > buried so that NO future trace of them can be found. > > > > (8) Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumors, & vague innuendo > > regarding your place origination > > > > (A) you may have come from : England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales....or Iran. > > (B) you may have American Indian ancestry of the______tribe...... > > (C) You may have descended from one of three brothers that came over > > from______ > > > > (9) Thou shalt leave NO cemetery records, or headstones with legible names. > > > > (10) Thou shalt leave NO family Bible with records of birth, marriages, or > > deaths. > > > > (11) Thou shalt ALWAYS flip thy name around. If born James Albert, thou > > must make all the rest of thy records in the names of Albert, AJ, JA, AL, > > Bert, Bart, or Alfred. > > > > (12) Thou must also flip thy parent's names when making reference to > > them, although "Unknown" or a blank line is an acceptable alternative. > > > > And my own personal addition: > > > > Thou shalt name at least 5 generations of males, and dozens of their > > cousins with identical names in order to totally confuse researchers. > > > > Sondra Riley Peterson > family names: RILEY, POWELL,DILL, FOWLER, HOWARD, TATE,PITMAN, CONLIN, KEISER, STRADTER, DUNNING, >MCBRIDE > VISIT THE 'CLAN O'REILLY' WEB Lots of IRISH HISTORY to be > found on these pages. http://www.gofast.to/ClanOReilly/ >>
The Library of Virginia has a search set up for the papers of Bernard Henley at http://eagle.vsla.edu/henley/ There are a couple of Handley's listed, and other related family surnames. "Bernard J. Henley (1909-1989) served as a reference librarian for more than thirty-seven years at the City of Richmond Public Library. After he retired in 1967, Henley began a systematic examination of more than 150 Richmond-area and other Virginia newspapers, selectively indexing and compiling abstracts of the marriage and obituary notices he found. He recorded each entry by hand, on ruled notebook paper, in chronological order by newspaper. In all, he recorded more than 45,000 marriage and obituary entries published between 1780 and 1876, with special emphasis on the years 1780 to 1830. " Nancy
Does anyone know which paper this came out of? Who is Shirley Donnelly and why would she have files on the Handley family? Yesterday and Today -- Brief History of Handley Family Part I By SHIRLEY DONNELLY After my old friend, Dr Harry E. Handley, had answered the summons to join that innumerable caravan which moves to that mysterious realm where each shall take his place in the silent halls of death March 8, I intended to write about him but never got to it until now. Dr. Handley was president of the Greenbrier County Historical Society and its moving spirit. If ever there was a person in whom the elements of history fused, it was this World War I veteran from Greenbrier. The story of the house of Handley is interesting. My files on this family are far from complete but I have considerable notes dealing with the doctors forebears. DR. HARRY. E. HANDLEY (July 3, 1896-March 8, 1964) was the son of Charles William Handley, born in the Civil War, March 5, 1861. The mother [crossed out and the word wife inserted] of Charles William Handley was Mary Austin McNeel Handley. Paternal grandparents of Dr. H. E. Handley were Harvey and Mary Bell Handley who were married at Goshen in Rockbridge County, Va., on June 14, 1862. Mary Bell was the daughter of Joseph and Maryanna Nelson Bell. She was born at Goshen, Va., Sept. 13, 1822. DR. HANDLEY HAD nine uncles and aunts on his fathers side of the family, The family included William M. Handley, (April 8, 1843 June, 1848); Joseph B. Handely [sic], born Jan. 4, 1845, and became a Confederate soldier, of which more anon; Mary A. Handley, born Oct. 28, 1846; John O. Handley, born May 25, 1849; Bettie P. Handley, (May 12, 1851-October, 1861); Thomas A. Handley, born June 9, 1853; Robert D. Handley, (Nov. .9, 1855-September, 1865); Harvey J. Handley, born Jan. 31, 1859; Charles William Handley, (father of Dr. Harry E. Handley), born March 5, 1861; and Mary B. Handley, born October 12, 1863. The foregoing ten persons were the children of Harvey Handley and Mary Bell Handley. PARENTS OF Harvey Handley, and the great-grandparents of Dr. Harry E. Handley, were John Handley and Elizabeth Shanklin Handley. John Handley was born Oct. 28, 1817. His maternal grandfather came from Ireland in 1769 and settled three miles west of Lewisburg in 1784. There he died some time later. REFERENCE WAS made above to Joseph Bell Handley, an uncle of Dr. Harry E. Handley. Born Jan. 4, 1845, this second child of the Harvey Handleys was just the right age to see service in the Civil War. In the fall of 1862 he enlisted at Richlands, Va., in the 14th Virginia Cavalry of the Confederate Army, serving in Company K until its division when he was placed in Company E. Joe Handleys Company stayed in Greenbrier County about a year and was engaged in the skirmish at Tukwillers Hill. Headquarters of the company that winter of 1863 was at Monroe Draft. Next spring they were ordered over Lynchburg way to throw a roadblock across the path of Gen. W. W. Averills Federal forces. If it was action that young Joseph Bell Handley was itching for, he found aplenty. He took part in the marching, countermarching, and engagements of the Valley campaigns until in January, 1865, the 14th Virginia Cavalry was transferred to Bealls Cavalry Brigade, operating with Lee until the surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. AMONG THE engagements in which Joe Handley took part were Monocacy Maryland; Georgetown, Fishers Hill, Kernstown, Cedar Creek, Cedarville, Winchester, and Timberville. In the command under Lee, Handley participated in the bloody battles of Five Forks and Appomattox. In the dying kick of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, soldier Joe Handley was busy firing his piece from daybreak until 10 oclock the morning of Lees surrender day. When the order reached him to cease firing his gun barrel was hot from firing it so much that sad morning. He was never wounded nor made prisoner. More than once when the smoke of the battlefield cleared away his ragged uniform was found shot full of holes. AFTER THE WAR young Handley returned to the farm near Lewisburg. At Richlands on Feb. 27, 1878 he married Miss Sallie Smith Watkins, a native of Charlotte County. She was born to William Leigh Watkins and Ann Cobbs Harris Watkins, near Smithville, Va., on July 11, 1858. More of the Handley family story on the morrow. In the history of the Handley family, occasioned by the death of the late Dr. Harry Edwin Handley (July 3 1896 March 8, 1964), president and moving spirit of the Greenbrier Historical Society, mention might be made of another uncle, John O. Handley. Harvey and Mary Bell Handley had 10 children altogether and John O. Handley, born May 25, 1849, was the fourth of the brood. He married Mattie Bell at Lewisburg on Sept 14, 1882. She was the daughter of Johnson E. Sarah A Wayte Bell. Mattie was born in Lewisburg, Jan 7, 1846. Her father was born Rockbridge County, Va., on Dec 16, 1816, and lived in Greenbrier County until 1845. Mother of Mattie was born in Augusta County, Va., Oct. 9, 1882. She died in Greenbrier County Jan. 4, 1869. AUSTIN HANDLEY was a son of John and. Elizabeth Shanklin Handley. His father, John Handley , was born Oct. 28, 1817 and died Sept. 21, 1875. His mother, Elizabeth Shanklin Handley, died Feb. 22, 1854. Wife of Austin Handley was E. Bell a native of Bath County Va. He and Mary E. married in Rockbridge County Va., Nov. 15, 1855. They had the following children: Bessie D. Handley, born Aug. 11, 1857; Charley B. Handley, born Jan. 3, 1859; Hattie B. Handley, born Aug. 1, 1860; Sallie A. Handley born June 30, 1862; Jane Lee Handley, born May 12, 1864; Mary Lewis Handley, born Aug. 10, 1874; Philip N. Handley, born. May 12, 1868; George Lacy Handley, born March 21, 1870; Lucy J. Handley, born Aug. 10, 1874; Henry M. M. Handley, born Jan. 21, 1876; and John A. Handley, born May 8, 1880. Salle died in 1863, Hattie in 1881 and John on April 13, 1883. The Mother of Mary E. Bell Handley and grandmother of. the, foregoing 11 children, Mrs. Harriet. P Dickeson, died in Bath County, Va., in 1847. DURING THE CIVIL WAR when Greenbrier was overrun by Union forcer they dealt cruel blows to Austin Handley and his family. On Jan. 10, 1863, the Yankees laid waste the estate of Austin Handley because he was a southern sympathizer. They burned to the ground his house, his barn, and all his stables, and farm buildings. ------------------------------------------------------ Get the Latest News at CNN Interactive: http://CNN.com
I am also related to John Handley & elizabeth hall and John handley & elizabeth Hale. Who is the wife of your John handley? Ann Lazygiant@aol.com wrote: > > Bill, > Who are the other children of your John Handley? My Great Grandmother was > Anna Handley, her father was reported to be John Handley. Any info welcome. > > Carol
I ' am looking for william m Handley born around 1935 , married rosemary johnson from south boston live in wilmington delaware had two children richard m handley born 12/08/1954 and sister linda ann handley born 11/03/1955 he was my father and i have never meet him and would like some answer on the familey back ground thank you very much LINDA ANN [HANDLEY ] ROMOLO
I ' am looking for william m Handley born around 1935 , married rosemary johnson from south boston live in wilmington delaware had two children richard m handley born 12/08/1954 and sister linda ann handley born 11/03/1955 he was my father and i have never meet him and would like some answer on the familey back ground thank you very much LINDA ANN [HANDLEY ] ROMOLO
Sorry, I'm a blank where it comes to John's children, other than Rebecca. I know almost nothing about the Handleys. Bill
Saw your message about Ann Handley daughter of John Handley could she be the anna Handley born in Missouri Feb. 25 1867 mother Clara Hawks wife of Edward Jackson Underwood? Se don't seem to fit the daughter of James , who married Baless Stone. She was an Anna too and I believe the finally settled in Missouri. She was born in Kentucky.Ann Lazygiant@aol.com wrote: > > Bill, > Who are the other children of your John Handley? My Great Grandmother was > Anna Handley, her father was reported to be John Handley. Any info welcome. > > Carol