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Handley, William A

merchant, congressman, was born Dec. 15, 1834, in Franklin, Ga. He was for many years a mail contractor; and was engaged in mercantile pursuits in the service of the confederate states, as a civil and military officer from 1861 to 1865. He was elected to the forty-second congress as representative from Alabama. HANDY, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, jurist, was born Dec. 25, 1809, in Princess Anne, Md. He was a judge of the high court of errors from 1853 till 1867, when he resigned. He died Sept. 12, 1883, in Canton, Miss.

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