Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Austin HANDLY

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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook @earthlink.net>, 1998.
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AUSTIN HANDLY - one of the substantial farming residents of Lewisburg 
District, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, was born in their county, 
June 4, 1826. He married Mary E. BELL, who was born in Bath County, 
Virginia. Their marriage was solemnized in Rockbridge County, Virginia, 
November 15, 1855, and their children were born: Bessy D., August 11, 
1857; Charlie R., January 3, 1859; Hattie B., August 1, 1860; Sallie A., 
June 30, 1862; Jane Lee, May 12, 1864; Mary Lewis, August 24, 1866; Phil.
N., May 12, 1868; George Lacy, March 21, 1870; Lucy J., August 10, 1874;
Henry M. M., January 21, 1876; John A., May 8, 1880.  Sallie A. died in 
1863, Hattie B. died in 1881, and John A. died April 13, 1883; the others
are living in Greenbrier County.  John and Elizabeth (SHANKLIN) HANDLY 
were the parents of Austin HANDLY, and both are now deceased.  His mother
died February 22, 1854, and his father departed this life September 21, 
1875.  The wife of Mr. HANDLY was a daughter of Joseph G. W. and Harriet P.
(DICKESON) BELL, her father, born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, February
22, 1814, and her mother, born in Bath County in 1847.  On the 10th of 
January, 1863, soldiers of the Federal army laid in waste the estate of 
Mr. HANDLY, burning to the ground his house, barn and stables.  He was 
three years sheriff of Greenbrier County, elected in 1862, was re-assessor
of lands, 1882, and has been county commissioner since 1881.  His post 
office address is Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.


Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.