Parker Handy

Parker Handy (April 24, 1809 – April 8, 1890) was an American banker who was "one of the best known dealers in bullion and specie" in New York City.

Early life Handy was born in Paris Hill in Oneida County, New York on April 24, 1809. His elder sibling was William Porter Handy and his paternal grandfather was Jarius Handy, who was born in Connecticut but relocated to New York.

After receiving a common school education in New York, he went to work in a bank at Massillon, Ohio. In 1879, it was known as Handy & Cronice and remained so until 1885 when Cronice retired and J. F. Harman became partner and it was known as Handy & Harman. He ran the business until his death in 1890. and served as a trustee of the Equitable Life Insurance Company, the American Fire Insurance Company and was a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce.

Elizabeth Sloan Handy (1839–1911), who married Benjamin Ropes Dimon, brother of Charles A. R. Dimon. After his death in Mobile, Alabama during the Civil War, she married the Rev. William Halsey Van Dorn. Susan Maria Handy (1841–1914), who married Robert Bliss in 1861; they had eleven children including C. D. Bliss and Laurie Bliss.

After her death in 1843, he married her younger sister, Cornelia Kirkland Sloane (1827–1904), in 1845. Cornelia Sloane Handy (1869–1949), who died unmarried.