Obits: Captain J. E. Travis: Fayette County, Georgia This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Lorna L. Travis. LTravis685@aol.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ This is transcribed from the original obituary notice which is in my possession. Captain J. E. Travis, Veteran of Sixities, Dies at Fayetteville Captain J. E. Travis, 90 of the Confederate Army, father of C. C. Travis, of College Park, and Mrs. J. K. Peebles, of Atlanta, died Thursday at his Fayetteville, Ga., home. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Saturday from the Methodist Church of Fayetteville, with burial in a cemetery there. Captain Travis participated in the Battle of Jonesboro during the War Between the States. At one time, he was in charge of a thousand Federal prisoners. One of his favorite accounts of the was concerned his unsuccessful attempts to arrange for exchange of Confederate prisoners with a Union general. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Annie Beatles and Mrs. Katie Lou Phillips, both of Fayetteville. He was related to the famed Travis who distinguished himself in the Battle of the Alamo. note: this notice appeared in the Atlanta Journal on Friday, January 23, 1937 Another obituary notice, I don't know from which newspaper it was taken, it reads: When John Edward Travis died at his home in Fayetteville on January 21st, another name was erased from the rolls of the rapidly dwindling survivors of the "Lost Cause." There are very few of the valiant soldiers left who followed the banners of Lee and Jackson and Mr. Travis was next to the last one in Fayette. If he had lived until February 27 he would have been 90 years of age. After the war, Mr. Travis came back to Fayette County and in 1867 married Miss Henrietta Malissa Alford. Eight children were born to bless this union, five of whom are still living. They are: O.E. Travis of Fayetteville; Charlie Travis, of College Park; Mrs. Carl Peebles, of Atlanta; Mrs. Annie Beadles, and Mrs. Katie Lou Phillips, of Fayetteville. There was also a poem that was with the obituary notices: Confederate Veteran Alone there in the sun he grips his cane Hearing the First Manassas rumbling back, The galloping clang of cavalry passing again Toward Vicksburg in the night, the whistling crack Of guns at Kennesaw. But, high and sweet, And always louder comes the alien sound Of bugles blowing beautifully Retreat Across his spirit's withered battleground. Who one was splendid as a bayonet Sits crumpled, silent, where the slow wind blows. Only his soldier's heart is marcing yet Whose shoulders bend beneath his ghostly gun Which weary hands at last must ground upon Some lovelier Appomattox than he knows. James E. Waren, Jr. In Kaleidograph for December. Captain J.E. Travis is my husband's GGGrandfather.