Colonel
Robert
Eden
Handy
Born in Kent County, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of Sewell Handy
and Harriet Hutchings
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 32
in Richmond, Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 6 May 2018
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Biography
Robert Handy was a Texan.
Officer in the Texas Army; aide-de-camp to Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto; one of the founders of Richmond, Texas, where he died in 1838.
Sources
- Handy, Isaac W. K., Mildred Handy Ritchie, and Sarah Rozelle Handy Mallon. Annals and Memorials of the Handys and Their Kindred. Ann Arbor: W.L. Clements Library, 1992.
Biography, Texas State Historical Association
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Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup R-U198
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