Jul-28-2018
Husband: George B. McClellan Travis
Born: Aug- 7-1876 in Tyler Co, WV 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Nov- 2-1927 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Buried: in Blandville Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Cause of death: tuberculosis 2 Census: 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1918 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Lincoln District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1896 in Tyler Co, WV 3 Occupation: oil & gas producer 2 Father: Robert M. Travis Mother: Emily Lamp
Wife: Liva Belle DeLong 4 Also known as: Lenora B. DeLong 2 Married: Aug-25-1896 in Pleasants Co, WV 5
Born: Apr-24-1877 2,5 (see note 2) Died: Dec-25-1928 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Buried: in Blandville Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Lincoln District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1896 in Pleasants Co, WV 3 Cause of death: tuberculosis 2 Father: L. M. DeLong Mother: Emiline Patterson
M Child 1: William Lawrence Travis Also known as: Lawrence Travis 6,7,8 Born: Oct- 5-1896 in Wood Co, WV 9,10,5,11 Died: Mar- -1965 10 Resided: in Maryland 10 Resided: 1942 in Brooklyn, Anne Arundel Co, MD 9 Census: 1930 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Resided: 1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1900 in Lincoln District, Tyler Co, WV Occupation: 1942 Bethlehem-Fairchild Shipyard, Baltimore MD 9 Occupation: 1930 driller for gas company 8 Wife: Nellie Virginia Sutton b. Jul-26-1897 d. Feb-22-1951 Married: Apr-24-1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 11
M Child 2: Robert Levi Travis Born: Mar-15-1898 in Wood Co, WV 12,1,5,13 Died: Mar-29-1972 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 14,12 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 14,15 Resided: at Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1920, 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1927 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Resided: 1918 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Census: 1900 in Lincoln District, Tyler Co, WV Occupation: oil & gas worker 14 Military: World War I 15 Wife: Ollie Gay Sutton b. Feb-10-1898 d. Jan- 6-1985 Census name: Gay Sutton Married: Sep-18-1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13
F Child 3: Ola G. Travis Born: ca 1902 17 Census: 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 4: Claude Ora "Bill" Travis 4 18 Born: Dec- 9-1903 in Wood Co, WV 11,12,19 Died: Nov- 1-1964 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 20,21 (see note 4) Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 19,22 Census: 1920, 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 5) Wife: Mona Lenora Cox b. Sep-18-1906 d. May- 7-1960 Also known as: Lenora Cox 23,11,24,25 Married: Sep-26-1925 in Doddridge Co, WV 26
F Child 5: Fay G. Travis Born: ca 1907 17 Census: 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 6: Hazel Travis Born: ca 1909 14 Died: Jan- 8-1914 14 Buried: in Blandville Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Cause of death: rheumatism 14
F Child 7: Virginia Olive Travis Born: Mar-29-1914 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 27 Census: 1920, 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 6)
M Child 8: John C. Travis Born: ca 1917 17 Census: 1930 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Sources: (1) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV. (4) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 327. (5) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. (6) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 204. (7) Death record of daughter. (8) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (9) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online database) (10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (11) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (12) Social Security Death Index. (13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (14) Obituary. (15) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (16) Death record of father. (17) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (18) Obituary of granddaughter. (19) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (20) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (21) Headstone. (22) Findagrave.com. (23) Newspaper anniversary announcement of parents. (24) Marriage record of son. (25) Obituary of daughter. (26) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Claude O. Travis, 21, b. Wood Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Lenora Cox, 19, b. Harrison Co, d. Doddridge Co. Married Sep 26 1925. (27) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1876, but World War I Draft Registration and death record state Aug 7 1876. Note (2) Birthplace given in marriage record as Pleasants County, but death record shows it as Tyler County. Note (3) He was not with family in 1940 Census. Note (4) SSDI lists death date as Oct 1964. Note (5) Meathouse Fork Road Note (6) In 1930, in household of brother Robert.Name Index