Clovis Leonidas Alvis (1891 - 1961)

Born 30 Jan 1891 in Fisher Co TX

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Salome (Bull) Alvis — married 16 Feb 1915 in Haskell Co TX

Descendants

Died 31 Jan 1961 at age 70 in Travis Co TX

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Biography

Clovis was raised in West Texas along with 12 brothers and one sister, Mary Ellen. His father was a Baptist Minister who had graduated from the Seminary in Bowling Green, Kentucky. As a young man Clovis worked as a cowboy on the famous XIT Ranch that was sold to pay for the Texas State Capitol. In later years Clovis worked as a Security Officer at the Texas State Capitol.

After WWII Clovis and his wife, Ruth, bought a small farm outside of Austin, Texas. They raised chickens, goats and hogs and had a large fruit orchard. The hogs were slaughtered and turned into ham, bacon and sausage and cured in the smokehouse. The chickens provided eggs and Sunday dinner.

Clovis was always the West Texas gentleman. He served as an Elder in their church and dressed in suit with Stetson hat with cowboy boots.

Sources

• Census 1900 w/parents
• 1910 Haskell Co TX, w/bro Quintus V
• 1920 Briscoe Co TX Clovis in household w/wife Ruth, Viva and Berry

Findagrave.com.

Clovis Leonidas Alvis, the son of Reverend Isaac Newton Alvis and Lucy Ermine Hubbard, married Ruth Salome Bull in Haskell County, Texas on February 16, 1915. They had three children: Viva Laura, Berry Leonidas, and Ned Jewitt. Clovis' paternal ancestors first settled in Hopkins County, Texas in

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65036695/clovis-leonidas-alvis1850.