M.F. Travis
Co. K
17 Ky Cav.
born
Dec. 27, 1847
died
June 17, 1908
Buried Sugar
Grove Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 11 March
2011. This Civil War veteran's grave is marked by a government-provided
tombstone.
Marcus
Travis and Miss Mary Lamb were married by W.C. Love at the home of Robartus
Lamb 1 March 1868 in Crittenden County.[1] They were married 40 years before Marcus'
death.
During the
last days of the Civil War, Marcus F. Travis enlisted in Co. K, 17 KY Cavalry (Union),
which was organized at Russellville, Kentucky 25 April 1865 and was attached to
the Military Dept. of Kentucky and assigned to duty at Hopkinsville. They were
mustered out 20 September 1865.[2]
Following
her husband's death, Mary Lamb Travis filed for a widow's pension. [3]
[1] Brenda
Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky
Marriage Records, Vol. II 1866-1886, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1991)16.
[2]
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Regiment_Kentucky_Volunteer_Cavalry).
[3]
U.S. Civil War Pension Index; General Index to Pension Files 1861-1934, Mary
Travis, widow, Application #899313, Certificate #657660, Ancestry.com.
Published 31 May 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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