Biography of Wallace W. Travillion, 1898, Baker Co., Oregon Surnames: Travillion, Sonna ************************************************************************ 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 and not to be removed separately without written permission. ************************************************************************ Transcribed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: W. David Samuelsen - April 2002 ************************************************************************ Morning Democrat, 20 May 1898 Illustrated Souvenir Edition Bowen & Small, Publishers WALLACE W. TRAVILLION Office holding is not always a recommendation to a man. There are those who seek office, and those whom the office seeks. The subject of this biography is one of the latter class, and he has proved equal to all requirements imposed upon him. Wallace W. Travillion is a native of Cooper County, Missouri, where he was born January 24, 1849. At the age of 21 he left home, coming to Baker County, and became engaged in mining, which occupation, in connection with farming, he still follows. In 1876 he was appointed deputy sheriff, and served four years. In 1880 he was nominated by the Democrats for sheriff, and at the polls their judgement was ratified by the tax-payers. Serving creditably, he was re-elected in 1882. In 1887 he was appointed chief of police of Bake rCity by Mayor McCord, the first under the new charter, and served two yeas. In 1894 he was elected as County Judge, and has been renominated for the position on the Union ticket. He is one who has made it his sole business to attend to the duties of his office, and is to-day probably the most popular man in the county. In 1883 Judge Travillion was married to Miss C. C. Sonna, and he has two sons.