Handley, Mary Alice

1853 - 1916  (63 years)

• Name	Handley, Mary Alice
  Birth	1853	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census		1880 Census, Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 18 1880 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 155) (Clay City Township), image 18, page 18
  Reference Number	HAND.M003
  _FGRAVE	166237536
  Death	28 Oct 1916	Geneva, Kane County, Illinois
  Burial	Whitney Cemetery, Wasco, Kane County, Illinois
  Person ID	I28156	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Travis - Jones Noah Travis and Hannah N. Jones Descendants
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Handley, Dennis,   b. 1 Dec 1818, Maryland d. 16 Nov 1878 (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Gordon, Julia,   b. 1828, Cattaraugus County, New York
  Marriage	Jun 1852  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F12025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Travis, Wade Hampton,   b. 26 Nov 1885, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 31 Jul 1981, Garden Valley, Boise County, Idaho (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Children	> 1. Travis, Melissa Alice,   b. 1871   d. 1956 (Age 85 years)   2. Travis, Frank E.,   b. 21 Jan 1875   d. 28 Feb 1941 (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F19108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Eddy, George H.,   b. 1856   d. 1939 (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F19110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1853 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Death - 28 Oct 1916 - Geneva, Kane County, Illinois Burial - - Whitney Cemetery, Wasco, Kane County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Oldest child of seven born to Julia Gordon & Dennis Handley. Alice married first to Wade Travis, son of Hannah White & Noah Travis, on February 28th, 1881, Clay Co., IL. The couple had two children together: Melissa & Frank E Travis. The 1880 Clay Co., IL census shows her & her two children living with her widowed mother Julia Handley & lists her as married. the couple clearly divorced, however, as Wade Travis remarried to Mary E Bennett on February 28th, 1881 in Champaign Co., IL. (Wade fathered six additional children with Mary Bennett). Mary Alice wed for a second time (the record is poorly transcribed) to George Allen Eddy, son of Allen Eddy with his second wife Harriet Gordon, on December 22nd, 1881, Kane Co., IL. (There is no census listing for the couple in 1900). They had no known children of their own but "adopted" two: Frances Perry & Frederick Hope. (Frances formally took the Eddy name in the 1910's but Fred kept his Hope surname). After her death, George lived with his two adopted children & son Fred's wife Gladys but later remarried on December 24th, 1920, Kane Co., IL to Millie née Henry Mills. Of her children with Wade Travis: 1). Melissa Travis (1871 Clay Co., IL- 1950 Republic, MI, not on FAG) m. Charles W Simon on July 9th, 1891,Kane Co., IL. The couple moved to Michigan & had two children: Bertha & Floyd. 2). Frank E Travis (21 Jan 1875 Clay Co., IL- 28 Feb 1941 Lily Lake, IL, #55560384) m. Nora E Mitchell on March 21st, 1898, Kane Co., IL. The couple had one child: Harry C. Of her adopted children with George Eddy: 3). Frederick Humble Hope (14 Oct 1894 Chicago, IL- 23 Sept 1948 Stephenson Co., IL, buried in Chicago, #157278717) m. Gladys F née unknown, with whom he had two sons: William F & John. 4). Frances Perry (c. 1903- ?, last record found was the 1920 census, in which she'd taken the Eddy surname). Note: George's death record transcribed his middle initial as H, which was used when creating the FAG memorial, though his marker correctly shows George Allen. Gravesite Details May have originally been interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Geneva.

  
  

• Sources

  [S16441] https://www.ancestry.com/, 1880 Census, Clay City Township, page 18, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4240459-00208?usePUB=true&_phsrc=LXT1&pId=20621444) (Reliability: 2). [S8153] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Handley, Dennis, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23166524/dennis-handley), none. (Reliability: 2).