Tillman, OK - Biography - Eugene Travis & wife Sarah Boyles

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Submitted by:  Debbie (Travis) Blakley
e-mail:  blakley@mci2000.com
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Eugene Powell Travis & Wife Sarah  Lucille (Boyles) Travis,  moved to
Davidson, Tillman Co., Oklahoma  from Wapanucka, OK.  around 1927.   "Gene"
as he was called,  was born in 1900 in Whitewright, TX.   " Lucille"  was
born abt 1905, prob. in Ponder, TX.      Many of Gene and Lucilles  children
were born in Davidson.     Gene , worked for the Friso Railroad and was
eventually transferred to Carrier & Enid, OK.
   
Lucille was a Avon sales lady for many years, and took in sewing from
outside the home.  Gene and Lucille had 9 children together.
   
Gene is the son of Joseph N. Travis and Ellen (Butler) Travis, originally
from Eastern Tenn.    Lucille is the daughter of Mary Elizabeth (Sa(u)nders)
Boyle(s) ---Hunt, Co., TX. and William Joseph Boyle(s) from Clinton, TX.
"Joe"  Boyle(s) was the local blacksmith in Davidson, OK. for many years,
before  he retired  to Slaton, TX.

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