Texas Spirit Quest #23 Handley Cemetery Traditional Geocache
Texas Spirit Quest #23 Handley Cemetery
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Another in the
Texas Spirit Quest
Cache Series
The Texas Spirit Quest
is a series of Caches
placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic
sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer
ancestors that have ‘walked’ before us.
There are hundreds of cemeteries in the rural communities
across
Texas. This series will introduce you to many of them. The
cache
pages will provide a virtual history tour of the cemeteries,
tombstones and local lore.
Location: From Colorado
City take SH 377 about 3 miles west to FM 1229. Take FM 1229 about
6 miles north to cemetery.
Sited from the Historical Marker:
Site given by John J. Handley (1842-1935), Confederate veteran who
settled here in 1892, after living earlier in Georgia and in Smith
and Comanche Counties, Texas. A farmer, he lived to see agriculture
rival ranching. Teville (named for "T" Junction in road) post
office was opened here in 1906; closed 1910. W.B. Berry, with W.H.
Badgett, surveyed 4-acre cemetery, 1914. Graves were moved from
across road into this ground. In 1945 Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Strain gave
one acre to enlarge the cemetery. Four generations of Handley's
family and neighbors rest here.
Congrats to
paleopoppy for First to
Find.
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