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Doctor James Hervy Handy
Lot Title none Location in Cemetery Section: a Lot: -- Grave: --
Date of death May-15-1868	Date of birth Nov-13-1792	Age 75 yrs 6 mths 2 dys
Verse (Legibility: G - GOOD) Unspecified
Veteran Information War of 1812 (1812-1815) Veteran: Yes
Relatives Son of Eli Handy & Mary Brownell.
Stone Shape R - ROUNDED TOP	Stone Decoration O - OTHER	Stone Condition F - FAIR
Stone Material M - MARBLE	State of Stone B - BROKEN
Other Information Gravestone & pedestal are broken. James' father was a doctor also. James lived at the corner of Hix Bridge Road and Drift Road with his wife Hope & other family members. He died on May 15, 1868 at the age of 75. Information from Andrew Macomber and Richard Wertz. "Westporters and the Civil War.", typed and printed manuscript. James served in the War of 1812 in Captain Jonathan Davis' Co., Lt. Colonel Benjamin Lincoln's Regiment along with 93 other privates. The Company was raised at Westport; Service at Westport. Sources: "MA Volunteer Militia in the War of 1812" p.56 and "History of New Bedford and Its Vicinity - 1602 - 1814", p. 225.
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Cemetery

BROWNELL - HANDY

Address

Adamsville (near 138)
Westport
Massachusetts
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Supplementary Information

49 Marked Stones in this Cemetery
22 Unmarked Stones (Fieldstones) in this Cemetery
Does host War Veterans
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G.R. 16. - gravestone record, Brownell private lot, on road from Central Village to Adamsville, Westport, Vital Records to 1850. This cemetery is located within map and lot 80/9 and as of 2020 is owned by Norm Anderson and Laurie Marinone.