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Doctor James Hervy Handy
Lot Title none Location in Cemetery Section: Unspecified 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 Civil (1861-1865) 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 was an officer in the US Navy & nearly 74 years old when appointed medicial officer in 1864. He served aboard a ship for about 1 1/2 years. 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 just three years after being mustered out. He was 76. Information from Andrew Macomber and Richard Wertz. "Westporters and the Civil War.", typed and printed manuscript

Cemetery

BROWNELL - HANDY

Address

Adamsville (near 138)
Westport
Massachusetts
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Supplementary Information

47 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 2006 is owned by Thaddeus Zmuda.