Lucinda C. (Travis) Ellis (1879 - 1956)

Born 21 Aug 1879 in Tracy City, Grundy, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 Jul 1956 at age 76 in Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Lucy was born in 1879. She was the daughter of William Travis and Virginia Parmley. She passed away in 1956.

In the 1880 census for Grundy Co., TN, William H. Travis (age 35 and b. in Al) was head of a household. He was living with wife Virginia W. (age 32 and b. in TN), son Charles A. (age 9 and b. in TN), son N. B. (age 7 and b. in TN), son John C. (age 4 and b. in TN), daughter Lucinda C. (age 1 and b. in TN), sister-in-law Rebecca Parmley (age 43 and b. in KY), and four apparently unrelated boarders. Wm. Travis was boss of a minetip.

James E. Ellis (b. Jun 1862 in TX) was head of a household in the 1900 census for Jefferson Co. AL. He was living with wife Lucy (b. Aug 1878 in TN), boarder Burg M. Travis (b. Jan 1874 in TN), and boarder Hugh D. Landrum (b. Apr 1876 in AL). James and Lucy had been married five years and had no children. James Ellis was an engineer. Burg Travis was a helper for a blacksmith.

Obituary

Mrs. Lucy Stephens Mrs. Lucy Travis Ellis Stephens died early Monday morning, July 30, in a local hospital. She had been in ill health for some time. She is survived by two sons, Tom Ellis of Mobile and Clyde Ellis of Pensacola, Fla.: two grandsons; one sister, Mrs. Mary Wood of Rock Mills; and one brother, T. V. Travis of Birmingham. Funeral services for Mrs. Stephens were held at ten oclock Tuesday morning at Quattle-baums Funeral Home. Rev. G. W. Bailey officiated. Interment was in Bay View Cemetery, Pensacola, with Quattlebaums directing.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7C-G98 : 15 January 2022), Virginia W. Travis in household of Wm. H. Travis, District 11, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Precinct 45, Jefferson, Alabama; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0129; FHL microfilm: 1240022 Description Enumeration District: 0129; Description: Precinct 45 (pt) excluding Ensley City All of precinct outside of Ensley City, northwest of the L and N RR Source Information Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data:United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Original data: Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27155347/lucy-ellis : accessed 21 February 2022), memorial page for Lucy Travis Ellis (21 Aug 1879–30 Jul 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 27155347, citing Rays Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Bogia, Escambia County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 48115733) .

• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXF1-3NP : 11 January 2021), Lucy Travis in entry for William Thomas Ellis, 1966.