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Haddon township wants to jointhe honor rank of Sullivan county townships that contain the graves of soldiers of the Revolutionary war, and Haddon township claims the major honors in this connection, for it has the graves of two soldiers of the Revolution.These two are Adam Hart, whose grave is in Bethlehem cemetery, and Handy Handley, whose grave is in the Carlisle cemetery. The exact location of Hart’s grave is known, but that of Handley has been lost. Adam Hart was in the Second North Carolina regiment during theRevolutionary war. He had a grandson in the war of 1812 and two great-grandsons in the Civil war. All the Haddon townshipHarts are descended from Adam Hart.Few facts are known about Handy Handley. The county his* tory, in speaking of the soldiers of the Revolution, saya; ‘ ‘Allhonor tc those o 1 heroes—theimmortals!—one of whom, Haavdy Handley, lies in the cemetery at Carlisle. He was on of the guard selected by Washi ngton to watch and keep up the fires during the night before the battle of Trenton, in order to de-™ ceive the British commander as to the real movements of the *e Americans.”
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Sullivan Union
Sullivan, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 05, 1905
Page 6
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