George Nichols HANDY

1840 - 1910  (~ 70 years)

• Name	George Nichols HANDY
  Birth	Aug 1840	Mercer County, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	1BDDD6FC5AD2493BBDC98BC558B9B02132DC
  Death	31 Dec 1910	Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Burial	Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Notes	From findagrave.com: HANDY Last Saturday just before noon, as the old year began to wane, death claimed Mr. George Handy, aged seventy, one of the most prominent men in the community, who had been a sufferer for several years. The funeral services were held on the afternoon of New Year's Day at the Assembly Presbyterian church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. M. V. P. Yeaman. The service was touching and impressive in its dignified simplicity, and after it the burial was in Spring Hill cemetery. Mr. Handy was a native of this county, coming of one of the state's representative families, and he had always been identified with the best interests of his native place. He was a man of strict integrity, full of charity and kindliness, and a courteous and hospitable host at "Adair Place," his handsome country home. Perhaps no man in the county was wider read or broader of intellect, nor possessed of a more able and forceful pen when he chose to write. During the Civil War his sympathies were with the confederacy and he enlisted and fought as a member of Morgan's command. All through the war he carried a little testament given him by his sister when he was eight years old, and the worn little volume, which he had always treasured, was buried with him at his request. No man held his friendships truer or firmer and many will sorrow over his going away, although it meant rest after his months of suffering. The sympathy of the entire community goes out (to) the beloved wife, who was Miss Mary McGaughey, of Indianapolis, and his daughter, Mrs. W. W. Ensminger. (Courtesy of Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Fri Jan 6, 1911).
  Person ID	I8703	America
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	John G HANDY,   b. 2 Apr 1801, Scott County, Kentucky, USA d. 19 Mar 1867, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Mary WATKINS,   b. 30 Nov 1803, Woodford, Kentucky, USA d. 6 Aug 1877, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1825	USA
  Family ID	F3519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary H McGAUGHEY,   b. 31 Mar 1843   bur. Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
  Marriage	1882	USA
  Children	1. Georgie "George" HANDY,   b. 3 Sep 1884, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA d. 6 Sep 1956, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F3535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later.