was born to Hiram and Eliza Handy.
Clues to Mary’s children are in her father’s Will. Hiram specifically names two of his grandchildren, Lester Rosecrants and [what looks like] Amy Lorrisa Merrill, although she is listed on the 1860 census with her father and paternal grandparents as “Emma”.
Lester Rosecrants is listed in several censuses living with the Handy family. It is unknown if Mary was previously married or if Lester was born out of marriage. Mary used her maiden name up until the time she married Charles Merrill in December 1858. She died shortly after giving birth to her daughter.



Mary is buried in Ray Cemetery
Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA