William Prince Travis (1907 - 1989)

Born 1 Jan 1907 in Lexington, Holmes, Mississippi, United States

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Died 22 May 1989 at age 82 in Lexington, Holmes, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

When William Prince Travis was born on 1 January 1907, in Lexington, Holmes, Mississippi, United States, his father, James Travis, was 30 and his mother, Mary Mcgaw, was 34. He married Lucile Beatrice Smith on 24 December 1924, in Holmes, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Beat 4, Holmes, Mississippi, United States in 1910 and Beat 5, Holmes, Mississippi, United States in 1930. He died on 22 May 1989, in Lexington, Holmes, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 82.

Sources

• United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8J-1DQ : accessed 24 June 2021), William P Travois in household of James Travois, Beat 4, Holmes, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 50, sheet 13B, family 304, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 743; FHL microfilm 1,374,756.

• Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8K6L-4YW2 : 3 August 2020), William Travis, 24 Dec 1924; citing Marriage, Holmes, Mississippi, United States, 00454, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.

• United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM13-14B : accessed 24 June 2021), William Travis, Beat 5, Holmes, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 24B, line 68, family 602, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1149; FHL microfilm 2,340,884.

• District of Columbia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ1-228Q : 13 March 2020), William Travis, Washington, , District of Columbia, United States; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Ancestry; citing Draft Registration, 16 Oct 1940, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FHL microfilm

• Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D9Z5-GWN2 : 18 September 2020), William Travis in entry for Jimmie Travis, 6 Jul 1946; citing Marriage, Holmes, Mississippi, United States, 00245, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.