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Goodsel Buckingham Handley

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Goodsel Buckingham Handley

A copy of the following unidentified newspaper article was found in a scrapbook owned by Town Historian Richard Schmal:

    ANOTHER OLD RESIDENT DIES IN NEBRASKA

    On Monday morning, Oct. 2, at the home of his daughter in Fairbury, Neb., occurred the death of G.B Handley, a former resident of Crown Point.

    Goodsel Buckingham Handley was born in Richmond County, Ohio, on Dec. 18, 1835, and on Sept. 2, 1860, was united in marriage to Mary A. Burge at Crown Point, Indiana. They resided in Lake County until 1903 when they went to Jefferson County, Neb., to be with their children.

    Besides his wife he leaves Melville of Chicago, Jennie Sawyer of Selbert, Colo., and Belle of Fairbury with whom he made his home, three children having preceded him.

Last updated on April 26, 2006.

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