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Obituary—William Archer HandyWilliam Archer Handy was born ;in Melrose township in this county lt;• on May 19, 1837, and departed this jltfe at his home in West Union, III., on August 31, 1922, at the advanced 'age of 85 years and 3 months, all of which longg life he passed in the one community His father was Stephen !d. Handy, a native of New York state, and his mother was Margaret Dixon who was born in Virginia. This | couple were married at old Ft. Har-j rison, now Terre Haute, Ind., and [came to Clark county with the first ! company of settlers and after spend-irg a short time in York township, founded a home in Melrose township where William A grew to manhood.I Stephen D and Margaret Handy' jwere the parents of ten children of whom William A was next to the youngest and the last to pass beyond, William A was married on December 31, 1858, to his neighbor girl, Sarah Jane Hull, who lived to bless his life until one year ago. To this couple were born five children—Mary* E., now the wife of Leonard Walker' tof West Union; William W. living at I Oliver; Sol H. of Marshall; Mattie F., wife of Charles Prevo of West Union,' and Edward E., who died in 1888 at the age of 14 years William A was a veteran of the Civil War, giving four years’ service to the preserva-'tion of the Union, a service of which I he always felt proud Earl} in life he professed Christianity and united With the Methodist Protestant church und this faith sustained and comforted him until the hour of death He i gave freely to the church and in ,do}s Mif the Circuit Rider his was ahvn\s a haven of rest to earnest ministers He made no pro-jfessioi* did not live, and all his life In squared b the Golden Rule ,He wi- a farmer ard home-maker and there was his happiness always *« o» fojnd unt.l the one great sor-l*. \\ of i is 1”e the dt ith of his be-jdov \] companion, but this sorrow was greatlv lessened bv his daughter,' Mrs P»e\o, who Hosed her home and mamtamr i his home for him that he might i a\« that devoted attention and rare he had lavished on his wife and children for «o man} }c*arlt;The funeral services, were conducted l* Rev jt lark S Thomas of Marshall at the famil} r» s dence at West Union «»n Sept 3, and the buna! wiu inhis famdv lot in the \ork eemeterv and vv4l. ir* t h ug«* of tie Ament an Legion *#•*♦*♦*
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Marshall Clark County Democrat
Marshall, Illinois, US
Wed, Sep 06, 1922
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