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Handley Cemetery

Copied May 1996 by Weldon Hudson

Although Tex Carter had already provided us an inventory for Handley Cemetery, it was decided to use both as each has something to offer. On a number of stones, the two gentlemen interpreted the worn engraving differently.

This inventory appeared in the May 1996 issue of Footprints, the quarterly publication of the Fort Worth Genealogical Society. It is reprinted here with permission.

This burial ground originally served the pioneer settlers of the Handley community (named for Civil War veteran James M. Handley), which was settled in 1876, soon after the Texas and Pacific Railroad built a line, to the area. A church, constructed on adjacent land in 1882, was in existence for 48 years.

Ed. Note: When several names are grouped together, all were found within a single plot.
 

HARRIS, Albert G. May 21, 1855 - Nov. 13, 1888   FINCHER, Hulda M. Wife of J. C. FINCHER Dec. 1, 1831 - Apr. 25, 1896   DEAVER, Dora wife of F. M. DEAVER July 30, 1869 - Jan 29, 1892   PELLEY, Robert L. Oct. 28, 1868 - May 10, 1892   PELLEY, Nannie 1876 - 1902   GRAVEY, Abanathey B. son of W. M. & A. J. GRAVEY Aug. 8, 1883 - Oct. 14, 1903   LADD, Henry Walker son of R. S. & R. J. LADD Sept. 6, 1893 - June 5, 1902   FOWLER, Infant dau. of J. C. & F. FOWLER age 4 months   CALIAS, Cynthia Marie May 15, 1882 - Apr. 8, 1896   RASBURY, Lucy J. Feb. 26, 1844 - Mar, 19, 1906   FLOYD, A. J. 1816 - 1898   FOSCUE, Mary A. Jan. 7, 1848 - Feb. 9, 1919   FLOYD, James M. Jan. 4, 1853 - Feb. 4, 1918   GILLIAM, James Oct. 21, 1847 - Nov. 12, 1905 GILLIAM, Sarah E. June 20, 1851 - July 29, 1915   GRAHAM, Dr. A. E. 1857 - 1903 GRAHAM, Ella Lee - 1864 - 1929 GRAHAM, Robert 1892 - 1902 CRAIG, Wm. Fietcber May 28, 1911 - Aug. 3, 1911 HAILEY, Madeline Craig Dec. 25, 1906 - Mar. 24, 1967 CRAIG, Proctor G. [Masonic Emblem] June 29, 1880 - Feb. 27, 1963 CRAIG, Allie Graham Oct. 9, 1885 - Aug. 7, 1945   GRAHAM, Louis L. [Masonic Emblem] Aug. 27, 1893 - Feb. 13, 1953   GILLESPIE, James O. 1905 - 1923   EVERETT, Ernest T. 1870 - 1922 EVERETT, Rose R. 1874 - 1945   CRAIG, W. D. July 6, 1817 - Jan. 15, 1903   MOORE, Lila Nov. 1, 1830 - Apr. 30, 1899 SHAPPELL, M. M. Feb. 4. 1816 - Aug. 25, 1899 SHAPPELL, Mary J. Aug. 30, 1826 - Apr. 27, 1899 MOORE, M. F. d. Mar. 25, 1894, age 66 years   SHAPPELL, A. A. d. Dec. 25, 1891, age 41 yrs   REVES, Addie Wife of C. P. REVES Oct. 25, 1874 - Oct. 3, 1906 BREWER, Preston Oct. 8, 1825 - Aug. 23, 1902   HARRISON, Mattie C. Wife of W. I. HARRISON Nov. 17, 1874 - May 12, 1899   REEVES, Rev. O. Dec. 29, 1809 - Apr. 8, 1892 REEVES, Rebeca [sic] wife Apr. 10, 1812 - Mar. 4, 1898   FLETCHER, P. C. Dec. 30, 1848 - Feb. 11, 1896   REVES, C. F. 1831 - 1886 REVES, E. C. [wife] 1836 - 1908   SEALY, Minnie Wife of J. L. SEALY Feb. 15, 1873   CASSIDY, James [Masonic Emblem] July 18, 1849 - Oct. 26, 1885   MORRIS, Robert Apr. 23, 1853 - Jan. 19, 1894   BUTLER, Henry May 5, 1841 - Mar. 19, 1880   GRAY, James S. 1828 - 1902 GRAY, Mary E. 1846 - 1886   EDER, George Feb. 18, 1810 - Oct. 1, 1896 EDER, Elizabeth Oct. 17, 1832 - Aug. 19 - 1904   MCRAE, Ernest son of D. & E. MCREA May 1, 1880 - Nov. 12, 1882   PATTILLO, Inf. son of J. W. & C. B. PATILLO d. Jan. 31, 1894   DAVIS, Emma Z. 1859 - 1884 DAVIS, Annie E. July 6, 1893 - Nov. 6. 1883   WHEELER, Floyd D. son of J. H. and A. W. Wheeler Apr. 28, 1881 - July 15 - 1882   LACY, Willie H. son of J. & M. A. LACY July 29, 1886 - Feb. 17, 1900   BENNING, I. G. 1822 - 1900 BENNING, Mary 1832 - 1913 BENNING, J. R. 1862 - 1899 BENNING, B. F. 1858 - 1889   CLARKE, W. E. Sept, 28, 1867 - May 6, 1926 CLARKE, Julia E. Nov, 11, 1868 - May 10, 1904   DANNER, Ada wife of J. W. DANNER Aug. 18, 1869 - July 29, 1894   DANNER, Jonnie Ruth Dau J. W. & Naoni DANNER Mar, 12, 1904 - Nov. 13, 1905   WARREN, Tearl A. Aug. 9, 1966 - Sept. 26, 1899 Born in Cabot, Lincoln Co. Ark.   DARNELL, Mrs. Isabella Mother d. Nov, 27, 1893, age 86 DARNELL, Sidney Brother d. Aug. 6, 1910, age 62   BICKLEY, Etta Wife of W. H. Bickley Oct. 5, 1905 - Dec. 17, 1921 THOMAS, H. C. Dec. 31, 1861 - Jan. 1, 1915 THOMAS, Ida S. Dec. 5, 1874 - June 7, 1956   MONTAGUE, H. T. Apr. 7, 1841 - Feb. 29, 1928 MONTAGUE, Frances M. July 29, 1845 - Apr. 27, 1920

PORTER, Sadie J. Mother Sept. 30, 1858 - May 15, 1923 PORTER, Wm Claud - Son Aug. 28, 1887 - Oct. 29, 1939   McCLARY, Eula Jane July 20, 1893 - Nov. 25, 1925   RAINEY, John Hamilton Aug. 6, 1849 - Jan. 8, 1828   MEALS, Glena Lou dau of M. S. and Fred Meals Dec. 15, 1919 - Feb. 25, 1923   HAYNIE, Sanford M. - Mason Oct. 18, 1834 - Nov. 5, 1918 HAYNIE, Georgia A. Apr. 7, 1844 - Dec. 13, 1923   VADEN, Ural Mayo - Mother June 10, 1898 - Mar. 10, 1924   PATTY, Robert C. July 15, 1862 - June 12, 1949   PATTY, Laura S, July 5, 1866 - June 5, 1938 PATTY, Ruth - daughter Age 4 Yrs 6 Mos. PATTY, Solomon - Son Age 10 Yrs. 3 Mos.   WASHBURN, Rufus 1823 - 1909 WASHBURN, Emma J. 1840 - 1923 COVINGTON, P. F. 1839 - 1927 COVINGTON, Clara 1864 - 1934 FARMER, Ella - Wife of T. F. FARMER Dec. 4, 1859 - Sept. 10, 1894   FALSOM, Mrs, Amanda June 13, 1803 - Apr. 4, 1889   COWAN, Robert J. Feb. 11, 1873 - Sept. 28, 1890 COWAN, Sallie ]an. 28, 1842 - Oct. 21, 1892   HARVEY, W. H. Co, A. Ist Ohio Inf. [no dates]   CANNON, Robert G. Son of J. A. & W. C. Mar. 10, 1889 - May 13, 1889   HALL, Richard Oct. 14, 1843 - Jan. 29, 1885   McINTYRE, Marla Aug, 6, 1851 - Apr. 23, 1891   SMITH, William D. 1835 - 1895 SMITH, Edward 1860 - 1882   SMITH, Mary B. 1909 - 1914   BRYAN, J. Jane 1826 - 1909 BABY 1902   ROBINSON, Frances M. Wife of J. C. Born in Fauquier Co., Va. Jan. 20, 1846 - Dec. 23, 1887   THEILEMAN, F. H. [W.O.W. Emblem] Sept. 2, 1870 - Jan. 10, 1910   BULLARD, Roxey A. 1878 - 1900 BEATY, Violio dau of J. M. & A. 1899 - 1903   WILSON, David B. Aug. 24, 1838 - Feb. 12, 1902 WILSON, Mary Catherine Oct. 26, 1847 - July 25, 1932 SMITH, W. Tom [W.O.W. Emblem] Aug. 15, 1869 - June 20, 1918   MESSER, Herman son of W. & S. E. Age 43 days   JACOBS, L. E. Mar. 2, 1842 - Aug. 11, 1883   VANCE, Ella wife of J. C. d. Feb. 1881 Age 32 yrs   TIP'TON, Mary D. Sept. 12, 1845 - Oct. 8, 1890 PATTERSON, S. E. March 15, 1842 - Oct. 17, 1910 PATTERSON, S. H. Mar. 5, 1834 - Sept. 16, 1890   KVETON, [sic] Jordon Joseph June 11, 1918 - June 29, 1919   GUNNELLS, John D. May 8, 1823 - Sept. 12, 1903   THOMAS, Jane Wife of E. D. Dec. 27, 1832 - Apr. 5, 1878   BOWMAN, Anna dau of J. R. & Mattie Alford Sept. 26, 1807 - Aug. 4, 1899   McBEE, Alex D. 1930 McBEE, Mattie - Wife of J. R. Alford 1879 - 1921 McBEE, Charlie 1854 - 1934   WORD, G. W. 1828 - 1897 SMITH, Richard Hugh Jan. 30, 1918 - Feb. 18, 1918   NOAH, Solomon K. Mar. 28, 1828 - Mar. 18, 1893   NOE, Fred son of C. E. & F. L. Jan. 11, 1895 - Jan. 21, 1895   KELL, Hugh H. July 6, 1845 - June 6, 1889 KELL, Mary 1851 - 1922   HOOVER, Jennie wife of Ben O. Oct. 3, 1872 - Aug. 20, 1893   HENRY, Mrs. B. A. Mar. 30, 1883 - Dec. 25, 1911   BEATY, George TR.L. 1st Texas Cav. Sp. Am. War [no datesl   HARBSON, E. E. Aug. 25, 1890 - June 27, 1908   TARPLEY, Ida May Wife of H. T. Dec. 9, 1873 - Dec. 21, 1907   CHAMBERS, Fannie M. Wife of T. F. May 23, 1851 - June 4, 1902   STRICKLAND, Lomas Ella J. wife of H. J. 1854 - Jan. 26, 1910   EARNEST, Marth [sic] L. Wife of R. D. Nov. 3, 1846 - Feb. 8, 1904   DONOHO, Paul [no datesl   LINDSAY, J. H. Sept. 22, 1848 - May 12, 1933 LINDSAY, Hardenia Feb. 16, 1863 - Feb. 18, 1922   YOUNG, W. L. Sept, 1, 1864 - Mar. 17, 1926 YOUNG, Herschel G. Mar. 30, 1890 - Oct. 21, 1933 YOUNG, Sarah Clyde Dec. 28, 1888 - May 6, 1981

Mrs. Homer L. Roper and Mrs. A. C. Lacroix, members of the Six Flags Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Fort Worth, Texas, copied the inscriptions in this cemetery in 1957. Their findings were subsequently published in a compilation of cemetery records. In checking my listing with theirs, sixteen entries found at that time are not visible now - the headstones probably destroyed by vandals or other forms of destruction. Information contained on these stones appears below. - Weldon Hudson
  

THOMAS, Annie 1856 - 1915 THOMAS, E. D. 1828 - 1907   FERGUSON, Delia Gertrude Dau. of N. N, and Jennie July 17, 1882 - Sept. 22, 1882   PATTILLO, James H. Son of J. W. and C. B. Sept. 18, 1882 - Nov. 11, 1883   BEGGES, Tom Sept. 15, 1883 - died 1886   HARRISON, Mary E. Dau. of W. L. and M. G.   REEVES, Willie I. Dau. of W. O. and M. B. Age 5 Mos.   HAILEY, Betty Graham died Nov. 29, 1934   FARMER, Mary Ella Wife of T. F. Dec.. 4, 1859 - Sept. 10, 1894

PHEMISTER, Infant son 1911 - 1911   LEWIS, Sarah Brown Oct, 27, 1876 - Nov. 24, 1903   LEWIS, Oliver P. June 18, 1869 - Feb, 8, 1889   STRICKLAND, Grace Lee Daughter Mar. 18, 1889 - Dec. 25, 1909   BLACK, Elsie Estelle Dau of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. July 21, 1906 - Sept. 24, 1906   RASUBRY, [sic] Walter Son of N. A. & C. J. June I - Oct. 3, 1904   GRAVEY, Birdie Dau. of W. M. & A. J. Sept. 13, 1887 - Sept. 22, 1887

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