1. Martin Beatty Travis was born on 1 Nov 1816 in , Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He died on 14 Apr 1879 in Warren Twp, Madison County, Iowa. He was buried in Apr 1879 in Peru, Madison County, Iowa. Martin was employed as Blacksmith.
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Martin married Lavina Catherine Beyer daughter of John Beyer and Esther Pontius on 20 Jan 1847 in , Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Lavina was born on 3 Jul 1827 in , Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. She died on 22 Jun 1903 in , Madison County, Iowa. She was buried in Jun 1903 in Peru, Madison County, Iowa.
They had the following children:
+ 2 M i Sylvestor Newton Travis 3 M ii Leander Lynch Travis was born on 14 Dec 1848 in , , Pennsylvania. He died on 18 May 1852. He was buried in Brookville, , Pennsylvania. + 4 F iii Mary Esther Travis + 5 M iv William Martin Travis + 6 M v John Beyer Travis + 7 F vi Lavina Caroline Travis + 8 M vii Thomas Hamlin Travis + 9 M viii Samuel Clarke (Clark C.) Travis 10 F ix Eva May Travis was born on 11 Oct 1864 in , Madison County, Iowa. She died on 13 Sep 1949. Eva resided in Mar 1915 in Great Bend, Ks. Eva married Albert Franklin Foster on 19 Oct 1881. Albert was born on 27 Aug 1854.