| JAMES TRAVIS, Sec. 13, 24 and 25; P.O. Syene; born in the town of Green, Chenango Co., N.Y. in 1825; son of Stephen and Mary (Timson) Travis; his father was born near Peekskill, N.Y. and his mother in New York City; in 1846 they, with their children, James and Catherine, and a nephew, C.B. Travis, located on Sec. 24, Fitchburg; James Travis worked six years as a teamster, hauling produce and goods over the bridgeless road to and from Milwaukee; thirteen days were often spent in making the round trip.He married, in the fall of 1852, Miss Laura A. Sutherland, of Genesee Co., N.Y.; they lived eighteen months on the farm of Rev. M. A. Fox; in August, 1854, they began on 80 acres of the present farm, and in what is now the kitchen and woodhouse; Mr. Travis began in Wisconsin penniless, and worked until he was 22, before receiving a dollar; today he has 200 acres, 120 under cultivation, substantial barns, windmill, etc. and a most pleasant home. Mr. Travis died Nov. 17, 1878, leaving four children-Julia A., Arthur L., Sadie M. and Mary A. Mr. T. is a Democrat; was Assessor one year, Supervisor three years, and Chairman two years.Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; devotes his farm about equally to grain and stock, and, for sixteen years past, has bred fine Morgan horses. His brother, D.B. Travis, located, in 1845, on a farm adjoining his on the south.
Ref. 1880 History of Dane County, Wisconsin, p. 1258. |
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