Biography of Wallace W. Travillion, Baker Co. Oregon: Surnames listed: Travillion, William, Brannin, Sonnia.

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902 
by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. 

page 245

Judge Wallace W. Travillion

The subject of this sketch was born in Cooper county, Missouri, on January 24, 
1849, being the son of Thomas and Anna E. (William) Travillion, natives of 
Virginia and Missouri, respectively. His mother was a granddaughter of Richard 
Brannin, who in 1822 was sent by President Monroe as Indian agent of the Osage 
Indians located where Kansas City is now situated. In his native state, our 
subject was educated and there passed the years of his minority. In the year 1870
he located in Baker City and gave his attention to the prosecution of mining for 
six years. At the expiration of these years, he was appointed deputy sheriff and
in 1880 was elected as county sheriff, the responsible duties of which office he
discharged with manifest ability and care to the satisfaction of his constituency
for two terms. In 1894 he was again called by the people to public office, this 
time to the prominent position of judge of Baker county and continuously since 
that time he has filled this office, displaying his characteristic faithfulness
and acumen coupled with probity and impartiality. The Judge owns a fine estate 
near the city.  The marriage of Mr. Travillion and Miss C. C. Sonna, a native of
Denmark, was solemnized in Baker City in 1883 and they have become the parents of
two sons, Clair E. and William W., Jr. The Judge is a member of the I.O.O.F., 
Lodge No. 25, of Baker City, and is also affiliated with the Encampment, NO. 7, 
in which order he has passed all of the chairs.
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