Samuel Clark Travis (1922)

FORESMAN, FOSTER, KING, MARCHEL, SAYRE, SCHOENENBERGER, TRAVIS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 10/3/2013 at 09:00:41

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 20, 1922
Page 1, Column 4

Death of S. C. Travis

Samuel Clark Travis died in Des Moines on July 12th aged 62 years. Mr. Travis was a brother of Mrs. Mary Travis and Mrs. Lavina Schoenenberger, W. M. and T. H. Travis, all of Winterset; John B. of Peru and Mrs. Eva Foster of Great Bend, Kansas. A brother, Sylvester Travis, passed away in April.

Funeral services were held in the Methodist church at Peru on July 14th conducted by Rev. C. K. Corkill of Menlo, assisted by the local pastor, Rev. L. B. Shannon. Mrs. Travis and two daughters survive. Mr. Travis was a son of the late Martin Travis, who came to Walnut township in 1855. The family is widely known in Madison county.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 20, 1922
Page 4, Column 5

MORTUARY - Samuel Clark Travis

Samuel Clark Travis was born in Madison county, Iowa, May 16, 1860 and died in Des Moines, July 12, 1922, at the age of 62 years, 1 month and 26 days.

He was united in marriage to Miss Josie Marchel, Jan. 20, 1886. To this union were born two sons, Albert W. and Everett M., who died in infancy and two daughters, Mrs. Blanch R. King of Peru and Mrs. Fern E. Sayre of Ensign, Kansas, who with their mother survive him.

The family moved from Madison county, Iowa, to Gray county, Kans., where they resided until 1917, when they returned to Madison county, where they have since resided.

In his early life he was a member of the Elm Grove M. E. church; when in Kansas he was a member of the Ensign M. E. church and when he returned to Iowa, transferred to the Peru M. E. church.

Besides his wife and daughters, he leaves in bereavement six grandchildren; three brothers: William M. and Thomas H. of Winterset and John B. of Peru; three sisters: Mrs. Mary E. Foresman and Mrs. Lavina C. Schoenenberger of Winterset, and Mrs. Eva M. Foster of Great Bend, Kansas. He was a steadfast Christian, a devoted husband, an affectionate father and a friend to all who knew him.

Funeral services were conducted from the Peru M.E. church at 2 p.m. Friday, July 14th, by Rev. C. K. Corkill, pastor of the Menlo Methodist church, assisted by Rev. L. B. Shannon, pastor of the Peru church, after which he was laid to rest in the Peru cemetery.

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