Historic Handley

Late yesterday Capt W A HANDLEY received a telegram announcing that

his brother, Major James M. HANDLEY, died yesterday afternoon at 

Handley, Texas,and that the interment would occur there at 3 o’clock this 

afternoon.The deceased was a gallant Confederate soldier, and held the 

rank of major in an Alabama regiment. He was captured and imprisoned 

before the close of the war. About thirty years ago he removed to Texas. 

Limited space forbids a longer sketch.

[From The Roanoke Leader (Randolph County, Alabama), 1 Apr 1906, p.3]

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MAJ J M HANDLEY

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Hon W A HANDLEY has received a letter from Mr. Thos B WOOD,

now in Dallas, Texas, giving particulars of the death of 

the former’s brother, Major J. M. HANDLEY, at Handley,Texas. 

From this letter we quote as follows:

“Dear Colonel: Your brother died yesterday about two o’clock. Mr. PEELER, 

one of his neighbors, telephoned me right after dinner to come down right 

away, as Major HANDLEY was dying. I went out on the first car, but got 

there too late.

“He remained conscious to the last and expressed a desire to see you, yet he 

insisted all the time that he was going to get well.

“His relatives, Mr. and Mrs. HAYNIE and their daughter, Mrs. KELL, 

and all of his neighbors, after realizing that he was so ill, were 

very kind and attentive and did all they could to make him comfortable.

“We buried him this afternoon at three o’clock, after having the 

funeral preached at the Baptist church.

“The school turned out in a body, and a good many friends from 

Fort Worth and Arlington came over to the funeral. All the stores 

and business houses closed. Among the friends from Fort Worth whom 

you know were Mr. and Mrs. FARNSWORTH and Mr. Jim WOOD, who named 

the town, Handley. We had him put away just as nicely and 

reasonable as we could.

“A great many beautiful floral offerings were sent in by the 

friends and a very lovely one by Mr. and Mrs. FARNSWORTH.

“The children of the town seem to regret his death very much, 

as he was a special favorite among them.”

[From The Roanoke Leader (Randolph County, Alabama), 8 Apr 1906, p.3]

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HANDLEY, JAMES M. (Major)

Received major's commission June 4, 1862. Captured at Champion Hill (Bakers Creek), Mississippi May 17, 1863. Paroled at Johnson's Island and then transferred from a Depot for POW's near Sandusky, Ohio to Point Lookout, Maryland February 20, 1865