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John Handley

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Death: September 28, 1865 (88)
Atchison County, Missouri, United States
Place of Burial: Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of James Handley and Mary Handley
Husband of Elizabeth Handley
Father of James R Handley; Sarah Elizabeth Millsap; Archibald Handley; Mary Jackson; Matthew Alexander Handley and 6 others
Brother of Alexander Handley; Margaret Hardin/Harding; Grisal McColgan; Sarah Purdy; Anne Stone and 2 others

Managed by: Keith Edward Miller
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About John Handley

John Handley, born September 7, 1777, married Elizabeth Hall, died September 28, 1865, in Atchison County, Missouri. She was born November 17, 1793, and died October 1, 1865. John served in the 4th Regiment, Kentucky Militia for a number of years while he lived in Washington County, Ky. John and Elizabeth are buried in the Millsap Cemetery near Rock Port, Missouri. They moved to Scott County, Missouri about 1823 and later moved to Atchison County, Missouri. Their children were; a. James R. Handley, born 1814, married first Cassandra Cooley on January 22, 1835, and second Mary Read on December 6, 1846. b. Sarah Handley, born June 18, 1816, married Callaway Millsap on May 1, 1834, and died January 15, 1874. Both she and her husband are buried in the Millsap Cemetery near Rock Port, Missouri. c. Archibald Handley, born October 18, 1818, married Anna Croslin and they lived in Nemaha, Nebraska. d. Mary Handley born 1820, married Asa Jackson on January 30, 1837, and they lived in Sidney Iowa. e. Matthew Alexander Handley, born January 23, 1822, married Elizabeth Carolina Scott on April 18, 1852, died December 12, 1883. f. John Mason Handley, born 1823, married Elizabeth Ann Hale on February 24, 1853, and died August 3, 1904, in Hamburg, Iowa. g. Eliza Handley born 1826, married first Joshua Keelison on July 24, 1845, and second to a man named Young. She and Young are buried in Sidney, Iowa. h. Julia A. Handley, born December 1828, married William Archibald Haynes. They are buried in Watson, Atchison County, Missouri. i. William Handley, born 1830, married a woman named Margaret and died in Hiawatha, Kansas. j. Harvey Handley, born May 2, 1832, married Harriett Read on September 18, 1853, and died in Soledad, California. February 18, 1916. k. Margaret Handley, born November 11, 1833, married Henry Harmon on March 1, 1849. They lived at Auburn, Nebraska and are buried there. l. Nathan H. Handley, born 1837, married first Mary Plasters on June 12, 1859, and second Elizabeth (Lizzie) Arnold on February 28, 1865. He was murdered during the Civil War just a short time after his marriage.

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John Handley's Timeline

1777
September 7, 1777
Virginia, United States
1814
1814
1816
June 18, 1816
KY, United States
1818
October 18, 1818
1820
1820
1822
January 23, 1822
Kentucky, United States
1823
1823
1828
December 19, 1828
1830
October 22, 1830
Watson, Atchison County, Missouri, United States
1832
May 2, 1832