Description
According to Earle, located in Wicomico County and "facing down Williams Street, Salisbury, is 'Popular Hill Mansion,' which was built by Maj. Levin Handy in 1795. Major Handy came to Maryland from Rhode Island, and in the year 1795 purchased 'Pemberton's Good Will' from the heirs of Capt. John Winder. Major Handy's former state is used with his name in the deed to distinguish him from Col. Levin Handy, of the Revolutionary Army, although it is said that the major was originally from Somerset. The Winder heirs above referred to were the three daughters of Captain Winder, and had married, respectively, J. R. Morris, Levin Handy and David Wilson. Capt. John Winder was the father of Gov. Levin Winder and Maj.-Gen. William H. Winder. A son of David Wilson and Priscilla Winder was Col. Ephraim King Wilson, the elder, representative in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses, and the father of Senator Ephraim King Wilson, the younger. Colonel Wilson married a daughter of Col. Samuel Handy, of Worcester. Major Handy built the 'Poplar Hill Mansion' of New Jersey heart pine and spared no cost in the construction. Its large rooms and spacious hall lend themselves now, as in past generations, admirably to social functions. The interior finish--woodwork and painting--have been keen interest to the community for years and much praised by those seeking true colonial models. After Maj. Levin Handy, the property was owned by Peter Dashiell, a brother-in-law of Dr. John Huston, to whom he conveyed 'Poplar Hill' in 1805....
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Digital Reproduction Of 1 Lantern Slide, 5 X 8 Cm.
