The first Charleston and Cincinnati packet was the Fairy Queen, which was built at Cincinnati for Messrs. Andrew Donnally and A. M. Henderson. She entered the trade in 1824 and continued to ply therein for several years.
The second boat in the same trade was the Paul Pry, built and owned by Messrs. Joel Shrewsbury and Captain John Rodgers. She entered the trade in the year 1826, and continued to make regular trips for two years, when she exploded her boilers at Guyandotte, at which time the engineer, Thomas Phillips, of the Kanawha Salines, and Lewis Handley, of Teays Valley, were killed.
The first Charleston and Cincinnati packet was the Fairy Queen, which was built at Cincinnati for Messrs. Andrew Donnally and A. M. Henderson. She entered the trade in 1824 and continued to ply therein for several years.
The second boat in the same trade was the Paul Pry, built and owned by Messrs. Joel Shrewsbury and Captain John Rodgers. She entered the trade in the year 1826, and continued to make regular trips for two years, when she exploded her boilers at Guyandotte, at which time the engineer, Thomas Phillips, of the Kanawha Salines, and Lewis Handley, of Teays Valley, were killed.
Inscription
In
Memory of,
LEWIS son of S. & S. Hand
ley who met with a fatal accid
ent, on board the Kanawha
Steamboat with many of his
Fellow mortals, June 24, and
Whilst his tender parents wait
ed around him full of grief he
Expired 25th 1829
Aged 24 years.
Family Members
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Nelson Handley
1798–1879
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Isaac A. Handley
1799–1876
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Sampson Handley
1801–1888
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Alexander Walker Handley
1803–1883
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James W Handley
1806–1873
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Margaret Handley Love
1808–1840
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John Handley
1812–1852
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Mary Handley Poindexter
1815–1885
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Martha J. Handley Davidson
1819–1890
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Elizabeth A. Handley Simmons
1820–1878
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William Allison Handley
1822–1889
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Albert G Handley
1823–1885
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