cje
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Post by cje on Aug 25, 2012 21:09:51 GMT -5
Maybe I have missed it in my reading but I cannot recall ever reading about Col. Travis's parents and something of their background. Bowie and Crockett materials seem to have some background on their parent's background but not Travis. Anyone have any information? Thanks!
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Post by Rich Curilla on Aug 26, 2012 0:56:32 GMT -5
Mark Travis and Jemima Stallworth Travis were his father and mother. He was born in the Red Bank district of later Saluda County, South Carolina. The family moved him to southwestern Alabama when he was nine. There, he acquired a better-than-normal education for the frontier and, by the time he was in his early twenties, he had been a school teacher, a newspaper editor and a lawyer, was married and had a son. His wife was possibly pregnant with a daughter when he left for Texas due to having essentially maxed his credit cards. Debtors' prison awaited if he stayed. So G.T.T.
A good early biography is Archie P. McDonald's Travis. (1976, Pemberton Press, Austin). A far more up-to-date one is included in William C. Davis' Three Roads to the Alamo about Crockett, Bowie and Travis. He did a monumental amount of primary research on all three.
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Post by tonythered on Dec 9, 2013 10:14:57 GMT -5
You are correct. Here is his mother Jemima's grave marker. She is my 5th great grandmother. She is buried next to her son Nick in his family cemetery south of Brewton, Alabama.  |
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Post by Riley Gardner on Oct 24, 2014 16:19:52 GMT -5
What a fascinating photo to share, thank you! Where is that particular grave located at? I know the family relocated to Sparta, Alabama (south of present day Evergreen) but there's nothing at all left of the city. Where is this located? Thanks!
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Post by Rich Curilla on Oct 25, 2014 15:43:11 GMT -5
She is buried next to her son Nick in his family cemetery south of Brewton, Alabama. |
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Post by twobitdandy on Oct 25, 2014 20:07:58 GMT -5
Wow, I'm really glad I decided to tune in. Travis is my focus, as you can probably tell, and any information of his childhood and of his family is so scattered and it is hard to get a complete grasp on it all, so to see a picture of his mother's grave is wonderful. Granted, I probably could have done a simple search online but they don't always have the picture of the grave itself. On a family site I found (http://gen.culpepper.com/ss/p45195.htm), it says Mark Butler Travis (Sr) is buried in Old Beulah Cemetery in Conecuh county, Alabama -- but it does not say so on Find A Grave, at least, there is no documentation of it or pictures. There is documentation however of his brother, William B Travis's uncle, Alexander Doniphan Travis (the preacher) of being buried there. I wish I knew more about William's parents, or of his relationship with them.
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Post by Riley Gardner on Oct 27, 2014 2:38:27 GMT -5
Wow, I'm really glad I decided to tune in. Travis is my focus, as you can probably tell, and any information of his childhood and of his family is so scattered and it is hard to get a complete grasp on it all, so to see a picture of his mother's grave is wonderful. Granted, I probably could have done a simple search online but they don't always have the picture of the grave itself. On a family site I found (http://gen.culpepper.com/ss/p45195.htm), it says Mark Butler Travis (Sr) is buried in Old Beulah Cemetery in Conecuh county, Alabama -- but it does not say so on Find A Grave, at least, there is no documentation of it or pictures. There is documentation however of his brother, William B Travis's uncle, Alexander Doniphan Travis (the preacher) of being buried there. I wish I knew more about William's parents, or of his relationship with them. Here's some photos of Old Beulah Cemetery in Old Sparta, Alabama, for those who are interested. Many of WBT's relatives are believed to be buried in lost and unmarked graves, and as you pointed out, Alexander Travis is thought to be buried here (and in this user's perspective, is certainly buried here). (The large monument on the left of the picture below is the headstone for Alexander Travis, according to those who have visited the site)    |
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Post by twobitdandy on Nov 15, 2014 17:21:41 GMT -5
Ah, someday I will make it out there. When I'm finally writing that biofic on Travis -- I'll stop & visit his family (or what family I can visit. Apparently one of his little sisters is buried in Florida!)
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Post by Rich Curilla on Nov 15, 2014 18:58:32 GMT -5
There is a descendant in Alabama who was interviewed for the BBC-TV documentary on the Alamo ten or fifteen years ago who had a lot to say about him. He was a young man that one could fantasize as being a lot like Travis. Don't know his name or where he lives. At a time when The History Channel had so many docs on the Alamo and kept interviewing all the same people, BBC managed to find unique but effective folks to interview. It was a worthy show.
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