Brief Life History of Charles Benjamin
When Charles Benjamin Handy was born on 20 November 1846, in DeKalb, Indiana, United States, his father, Abner Stephen Handy, was 22 and his mother, Sally Malinda Tanner, was 17. He married Alice Crapsey on 19 December 1869, in Martin, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Southbrook Township, Cottonwood, Minnesota, United States for about 15 years and Nehalem, Tillamook, Oregon, United States for about 10 years. He died on 13 October 1938, at the age of 91.
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- Charles B Handy, "United States Census, 1850"
- Charles B Handy, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Charles Handy in entry for Stephen Abner Handy, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
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1854
Historical Boundaries 1854: Winona, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Winona, Minnesota, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English hondi ‘skillful with one's hands, dextrous’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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