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William Payton HANDLEY

14 FEB 1843 - 9 SEP 1925

  • BORN: 14 FEB 1843, Pike Co. IL [461]
  • BORN: ABT 1844, Illinois [462]
  • DIED: 9 SEP 1925, Savannah, Hardin Co. TN
  • BURIED: Savannah City Cemetery, Hardin Co. TN
  • MILITARY SERVICE: 15 OCT 1862, Company C, 1st Regiment AL Volunteer Calvary
  • CENSUS: 1860, Dwelling 312, Eastern District, Fayette Co. AL
  • CENSUS: 1870, Dwelling 609, Township 2, Range 9, Center Star, Lauderdale Co. AL
  • CENSUS: 1880, Dwelling 72, Township 1, Range 11, Lauderdale Co. AL
  • CENSUS: 1900, Dwelling 2, District 4, Hardin Co. TN
  • CENSUS: 1910, Dwelling 265, District 4, Hardin Co. TN
  • CENSUS: 1920, Dwelling 93, District 5, Hardin Co. TN

Father: George HANDLEY

Mother: Mary EARNEST

Notes

Civil War Pension File

1. Jan. 29 1890 age 49 resident of Olive Hill, Hardin Co. Tn

2. Enrolled Oct. 15, 1862 Company C 1st Regiment AL. Volunteer Calvary commanded by Capt. J. C. Latty. Discharged Jan. 15, 1863 at Corinth Miss.

3. Filed for Original Invalid Pension Jan. 29, 1890 at this time he was described as being 49 years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall, complexion fair, hair light, eye's gray. States that while in line of duty at Camp Davis, Miss in Jan. 1863 received injury to shoulder and ankle caused by being run over by a wagon. Also say's he contracted rheumatism from exposure at Camp Davis in the middle of Dec. 1862

4. Files again on May 10, 1892 say's he is resident of Weatherford, Wayne County TN
States he was shot in the left shoulder the ball strikeing in front and lodging against the left shoulder blade and remains there now while seriously effecting the left lung causing frequent hemmorage.

5. Files again April 23, 1904 say's he is a resident of Hardin Co. TN
States that received gunshot to left shoulder and was treated at a private house in Corinth Miss by a seargent for abt. 2 weeks when discharged and was then sent to Pulaskia ILL and there treated until well. Also states that he has lived near Olive Hill, TN nearly 22 years, some of the other time in AL. States that he is totally disabled.

6. Residense June 12, 1897 Martin Mills, TN

7. Files again March 25, 1904
Age 61 Resident of Olive Hill, Hardin Co TN
Files for claim under gunshot wound, weak eyes, and general disability.

8. Also states that he enlisted for 3 years but served only 3 months 18 days, being discharged after receiving gunshot wound.


Compiled by Jerry Butler and John Russell Butler, source: Marvin Handley, census records, military pension file.

Family 1

Wife: Mary Elizabeth WALLACE

  • MARRIED: 24 JUN 1864

Children:

  1.   George Josiah HANDLEY
  2.   Mary Jane HANDLEY
  3.   James William HANDLEY
  4.   Narciss HANDLEY

Family 2

Wife: Mary Susan WALLACE

  • MARRIED: 12 AUG 1874

Children:

  1.   Frank Richard HANDLEY

Family 3

Wife: Mary Josephine BUTLER

  • MARRIED: 8 JUN 1877, Lauderdale Co. AL [3515]
  • MARRIED: 8 MAR 1877

Children:

  1.  +Marion Andrew Spencer HANDLEY
  2.   Nancy Sophronia HANDLEY
  3.  +Henry Newton HANDLEY
  4.  +Bessie Leona HANDLEY
  5.  +Agnes Louella HANDLEY
  6.   Carrie C. HANDLEY
  7.  +Thomas Russell HANDLEY
  8.  +Arthur Jackson HANDLEY
  9.  +Mamie Esterlee HANDLEY
  10.  +Minnie Drucilla HANDLEY
  11.  +Icie Myrtle HANDLEY

Pedigree

                                                                   _John HANDLEY _______
                                                                  | (1735 - ....)       
                                             _William HANDLEY ____|_____________________
                                            | (1760 - 1840)                             
                       _Thomas HANDLEY _____|
                      | (1790 - 1852)       |
                      |                     |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     |                     
                      |                     |_Susannah JANE ______|_____________________
                      |                                                                 
 _George HANDLEY _____|
| (1819 - 1891) m 1838|
|                     |                                            _____________________
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|                     |                      _____________________|_____________________
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|--William Payton HANDLEY 
|  (1844 - 1925)
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|                      _James EARNEST ______|
|                     | (1780 - ....)       |
|                     |                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                     
|                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                 
|_Mary EARNEST _______|
  (1820 - ....) m 1838|
                      |                                            _____________________
                      |                                           |                     
                      |                      _____________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                           
                      |_Mary Ann CURL ______|
                        (1791 - ....)       |
                                            |                      _____________________
                                            |                     |                     
                                            |_____________________|_____________________

Source references

[461] John Russell Butler research

[462] 1920 census Hardin Co. TN

[3515] Lauderdale County, Alabama Marriage Book B - Nov 1876 - Dec 1879 Brides

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