1. Martin Beatty Travis was born on 1 Nov 1816 in , Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He died on 1 Apr 1879 in Warren Twp, Madison County, Iowa. He was buried in Apr 1879 in Peru, Madison County, Iowa.
Martin was employed as Blacksmith.
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Martin married Lavina Catherine Beyer, daughter of John Beyer and Esther Pontius, on 20 Jan 1847 in , Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Lavina was born on 3 Jul 1827 in , Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. She died on 22 Jun 1903 in , Madison County, Iowa. She was buried in Jun 1903 in Peru, Madison County, Iowa.
They had the following children.
+ 2 M i Sylvestor Newton Travis was born on 31 Oct 1847. He died on 3 Apr 1922. 3 M ii Leander Lynch Travis was born on 14 Dec 1848 in , , Pennsylvania. He died on 18 May 1852. He was buried in Brookville, , Pennsylvania. + 4 F iii Mary Esther Travis was born on 7 Jul 1851. She was buried on 27 Oct 1936. + 5 M iv William Martin Travis was born on 28 Dec 1852. He died on 20 Sep 1928. + 6 M v John Beyer Travis was born on 5 May 1854. He died on 4 Jan 1933. + 7 F vi Lavina Caroline Travis was born on 31 May 1856. She died on 30 May 1932. + 8 M vii Thomas Hamlin Travis was born on 2 Feb 1859. He died on 3 Jun 1939. + 9 M viii Samuel Clarke (Clark C.) Travis was born on 16 May 1860. He died in 1922. 10 F ix Eva May Travis was born on 11 Oct 1864 in , Madison County, Iowa. She died on 13 Sep 1949.
Eva resided Mar 1915 in Great Bend, Kansas.Eva married Albert Franklin Foster on 19 Oct 1881. Albert was born on 27 Aug 1854.