Son of James Hands and Charlotte Maria (Downing) Hands of Kingsweston (now Bristol), England.
Immigrated to America with brother Francis Henry "Frank" Hands, where they joined brother Edward John Hands, already in Arizona. (Other brothers who immigrated: Percy Ashton Hands and Frederick Audley Hands)
They lived for some time at Silver Creek, not far from where Paradise is now located. It was there that Alfred Hands was killed by renegade Indians on March 28, 1896. The slaying of Alfred Hands, as far as records are available, marks the final Apache slaying in Arizona.
Buried in Portal, Az on private property.
Immigrated to America with brother Francis Henry "Frank" Hands, where they joined brother Edward John Hands, already in Arizona. (Other brothers who immigrated: Percy Ashton Hands and Frederick Audley Hands)
They lived for some time at Silver Creek, not far from where Paradise is now located. It was there that Alfred Hands was killed by renegade Indians on March 28, 1896. The slaying of Alfred Hands, as far as records are available, marks the final Apache slaying in Arizona.
Buried in Portal, Az on private property.
Son of James Hands and Charlotte Maria (Downing) Hands of Kingsweston (now Bristol), England.
Immigrated to America with brother Francis Henry "Frank" Hands, where they joined brother Edward John Hands, already in Arizona. (Other brothers who immigrated: Percy Ashton Hands and Frederick Audley Hands)
They lived for some time at Silver Creek, not far from where Paradise is now located. It was there that Alfred Hands was killed by renegade Indians on March 28, 1896. The slaying of Alfred Hands, as far as records are available, marks the final Apache slaying in Arizona.
Buried in Portal, Az on private property.
Immigrated to America with brother Francis Henry "Frank" Hands, where they joined brother Edward John Hands, already in Arizona. (Other brothers who immigrated: Percy Ashton Hands and Frederick Audley Hands)
They lived for some time at Silver Creek, not far from where Paradise is now located. It was there that Alfred Hands was killed by renegade Indians on March 28, 1896. The slaying of Alfred Hands, as far as records are available, marks the final Apache slaying in Arizona.
Buried in Portal, Az on private property.
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