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Elizabeth Berthoud Grimshaw and Her Husband, William Seymour

Seymour, William J., 1832-1886
Rank:	Capt. (Asst. Adj. General)
Regiment:	C.S.A. Army. Louisiana Infantry Brigade, 1st (1861-1865)
Service:	1862 March 13-1865

Seymour, Isaac Gurdon, d.1862
Rank:	Col.
Regiment:	C.S.A. Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865)
Service:	1861 May 21-1862 June 27

Isaac Gurdon Seymour was born in Savannah, Ga., in 1804, to a family with roots in Connecticut. Graduating from Yale with the class of 1825, Seymour moved to Macon, Ga., and opened a law office, but soon found himself drawn into publishing, and in 1832, he became an editor for the Georgia Messenger. Seymour 's life in Georgia was marked by personal and financial accomplishment. A committed Whig, he took a deep interest in local politics, serving on the city council and as first mayor of Macon, and when the occasion arose, he also distinguished himself militarily, serving under Winfield Scott in both the Seminole and the Mexican Wars. Scott thought so highly of Seymour that he appointed him military governor of the Castle of Perote, Santa Anna's home, and allowed him to escort the defeated general to exile in Jamaica. The only real reversals of fortune to beset Seymour came in his family life. He and his wife, Caroline E. Whitlock, whom he married in 1829, lost three children in infancy and a fourth, their daughter Caroline, at the age of 19. Only one of their five children, William Johnson Seymour (b. May 12th, 1832 ) survived into adulthood.

After returning from his service in the Mexican War, Seymour moved to New Orleans and became an editor and partner in the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin, the most important financial paper in the city. By the outbreak of the Civil War, Seymour was an established and well respected citizen of the community and was quick to offer his military skills in the defence of his adopted state. After turning over responsibility for the Commercial Bulletin to his son, Seymour enlisted in the mostly Irish 6th Louisiana Infantry, and was elected Colonel on May 21st, 1861. To Seymour's chagrin, the 6th Regiment and its officers soon earned a reputation as a hard brawling, hard drinking set of reprobates, but to his credit, they soon, too, proved their mettle as soldiers.

The 6th Louisiana Infantry was attached to the Army of Northern Virginia and sent to Centreville , Va. Having missed the Battle of Bull Run while assigned to guard baggage trains in the rear, the regiment spent an uneventful winter on the Peninsula , but with the Spring campaigns of 1862, they were soon drawn into action. In April, the regiment was withdrawn and sent to the Shenandoah Valley under the command of Richard Stoddert Ewell, a man whom Seymour found personally repulsive and incompetent. But it was in the Shenandoah Campaign that the Irishmen of the 6th proved their worth as soldiers, playing important parts in the Battles of Front Royal, Winchester , Cross Keys and Port Republic . After returning to the Peninsula in June to help counter McClellan's advance, the 6th Louisiana was devastated at the Battle of Gaines Mills, emerging with fewer than 50 effectives. Col. Seymour was killed in the battle, leading his Tigers into Boatswain's Swamp and was buried on the battlefield.

Col. Seymour's son, William, appears to have had more than a little of his father's spirit. Having accepted the editorship of the Commercial Bulletin only reluctantly, William obeyed his father's wishes and refrained from joining in the war only until the spring of 1862, when he received an appointment as aide to Brig. Gen. Johnson Kelly Duncan, and went into the unsuccessful defences of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. On April 28th, having endured the heavy shelling of Union gunboats and the mutiny of their own men, Seymour and his fellow officers surrendered Fort Jackson to David D. Porter, and were granted release on parole, only to return to New Orleans just before it, too, capitulated.

Seymour remained in New Orleans through the fall, witness to what he considered the brutal and immoral administration of Ben Butler. Having been informed by Butler that if closed, the Commerical Bulletin would be reopened as a Union newspaper, Seymour stubbornly kept it going, however Butler seized the paper anyway after a laudatory obituary to Col. Seymour appeared, and placed William in confinement at Fort Jackson. William was released from Fort Jackson in October and married Elizabeth Berthoud Grimshaw. Butler allowed the young couple to leave New Orleans in December.

After leaving his new wife in Macon, Seymour reentered the service, this time as aide de camp under the new commander of the 1st Louisiana Brigade, Harry T. Hays (Ewell's Division, Stonewall Jackson's 2nd Corps, A.N.V.). With the luck of the Seymours, William arrived just as the spring offensive of 1863 was beginning, and survived Chancellorsville, 2nd Winchester and Gettysburg (Cemetery Hill), and later in the fall, Bristoe Station and Mine Run. Despite suffering heavily in these engagements, the Louisiana Brigade continued in their effective service through the campaigns of 1864, and the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Campaign (the Bloody Angle), North Anna River and, for a second time, the Shenandoah Valley. Exhausted and ill, Seymour was ordered to report to the Brigade Surgeon on June 4th, 1864, who placed his on disability for 50 days, later extended to 70.

When Seymour returned to duty, the tide of the war had clearly changed, and while he still considered the southerner troops to be superior to the northern, it was clear to Seymour that they were now badly outnumbered and outgunned. At Winchester, Seymour witnessed the loss of yet another Confederate general, Robert Emmet Rodes, and was present at Fisher's Hill and ensuing engagements as Confederate resistance buckled under the pressure of Sheridan 's forces. In the middle of October Seymour 's health failed, and he was placed on sick leave for at least five months. While convalescing, he appears to have attempted to secure a transfer to a post in the deep south, but with what success is hard to judge. After the war, Seymour returned to his publishing business in New Orleans , but was troubled with ill health for much of the remainder of his life. He died of heart failure in 1886, leaving his wife and five surviving children.

Scope and Contents:

The Seymour Papers contain materials relating primarily to the Civil War service of Col. Isaac G. Seymour (6th Louisiana Infantry) and his son, William J., both residents of New Orleans . The most important items in the collection are the two journals kept by William Seymour describing his experiences in the defence of New Orleans , 1862, and as Assistant Adjutant General in the 1st Louisiana Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The first of these "journals" was begun by Col. Isaac Seymour as a manuscript drill manual for his regiment (55 pp.), but it appears to have been taken up by William following Isaac's death. This volume is arranged in four section (see below), and includes a record of William Seymour's experiences from March, 1862 through May, 1864. The second volume is organized in a similar manner, but covers the period from April, 1863 through October, 1864, terminating in the middle of a description of the Battle of Cedar Creek. Both of William's "journals" are post-war memoirs drawn extensively from original diaries and notes, with some polishing and embellishment.

William Seymour's "journals" contain oustanding descriptions of life in the Confederate Army and are one of the premier sources for the Confederate side of the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. His journals also contain very important accounts for Chancellorsville , 2nd Winchester , Gettysburg (Cemetery Hill), Mine Run, the Wilderness and Spotsylvania (the Bloody Angle), but almost as important are the descriptions of camp life, and the morale and emotions of the troops. Seymour is an observant, critical, and knowledgeable writer who was placed in a position where he had access to information on fairly high level command decisions. Yet while his journal is focussed on the "more important" military aspects of the war, he includes a number of brief personal sketches of officers and soldiers, and vignettes of life in the army, ranging from accounts of Union soldiers bolstered in their courage by whiskey, to the courage of an officer's wife stopping a deserter and the Knights of the Golden Circle surfacing in Pennsylvania during the Confederate invasion.

The remainder of the collection includes three Civil War-date letters relating to Isaac Seymour, one written from Camp Bienville near Manassas , Va. (1861 September 2), one from the Shenandoah River (1862 May 2), and the third a letter relaying news of Seymour 's death at Gaines Mills. The letter of May, 1862, is a powerful, despairing one, and includes Isaac Seymour's thoughts on the Confederate loss of New Orleans and severe criticism for Jefferson Davis, a "man of small caliber, with mind perhaps enough, but without those qualities which go to make up the great and good man." At this moment, Seymour reported that he was disappointed in the quality of his officers, and regretted that he had not resigned his commission upon his son's enlistment, and further, he felt that the Confederacy was being held together only tenuously, due solely to the "the righteousness of our cause, and the innate, deep rooted mendicable hatred to the Yankee race." The remainder of the correspondence consists primarily of documents, but includes an interesting Seminole War letter of Isaac to Eulalia Whitlock and a letter from "Sister Régis" to Isaac, as editor of the New Orleans Bulletin, begging the aid of the press on behalf of the Female Orphan Asylum.

References:

Jones, Terry L. The Civil War memoirs of Capt. William J. Seymour (Baton Rouge, La., 1991)
Jones, Terry L. Lee's Tigers: the Louisiana infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia (Baton Rouge, 1987)

Civil War Records of James and Mary Grimshaw's Sons

Photo of Meta and Maude Grimshaw, Granddaughters of James and Mary Grimshaw

William Grimshaw Military Service Record

Harry Grimshaw, Railroad Executive Who Had a Community in Georgia Named After Him

Nanci Presley-Holley's Website Information on James and Mary (Berthoud) Grimshaw, Son Henry and His Descendants

1. James F. Grimshaw

ID: I17109 Name: James F. Grimshaw Sex: M Birth: 1800 in England Death: 14 JAN 1879 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA Note: 1860 Orleans Parish, LA Census The Fourth Ward, New Orleans PO 16th June 1860 Reel: M653-421 Page: 49 (written) Dwelling 390 Family 375 James Grimshaw, 60 yrs, M, W, Merchant, $15,000, $20,000, England Mary Grimshaw, 40 yrs, F, W, Kentucky Mary Grimshaw, 23 yrs, F, W, New Orlns. Henry Grimshaw, 21 yrs, M, W, Clerk, New Orlns. Elisabeth Grimshaw, 19 yrs, F, W, New Orlns. Augustus Grimshaw, 18 yrs, M, W, Clerk, New Orlns. James Rupell Grimshaw, 17 yrs, M, W, Clerk, New Orlns. Gordon Grimshaw, 15 yrs, M, W, New Orlns., Attended school during year Mercer Grimshaw, 7 yrs, M, W, New Orlns., Attended school during year Edward Grimshaw, 6 yrs, M, W, New Orlns. Frank Grimshaw, 4 yrs, M, W, New Orlns. William Grimshaw, 1 yrs, M, W, New Orlns. Sarah Grimshaw, 50 yrs, F, W, Servant, Ireland Brigette Grimshaw, 30 yrs, F, W, Servant, Ireland Marguerite Grimshaw, 20 yrs, F, W, Servant, Scotland Martha Grimshaw, 20 yrs, F, W, Servant, Scotland Catherine Grimshaw, 21 yrs, F, W, Servant, Ireland It is unlikely that all their servants last names were Grimshaw. Grimshaw, T. F. Year: 1850 County: Caldwell Township: Western District State: Louisiana Page: 1007 Book: 1 LAGENWEB: Index of New Orleans Births 1796-1900 Grimshaw, Alexander Gordon Grimshaw, James Mary Julia Bershoud M W 03/06/1845 Vol: 8 Page: 470 Grimshaw Pierce Grimshaw, William Hattie L. Knight M W 09/04/1890 90 772 Grimshaw, Jr. William Grimshaw, William Hattie E. Knight M W 10/29/1888 87 87 LAGENWEB: Orleans Parish Death Index Reel 2 (1877-1895) Name Age Date of Death Vol. Page Grimshaw, A. B., 41 yrs - W 07/24/1881 79 223 Grimshaw, James, 79 yrs - W 01/14/1879 74 267 Grimshaw, Louisa 1 day - W 01/27/1887 90 730 Marriage 1 Mary Julia Berthoud b: 19 DEC 1816 in Kentucky Married: 1835 in New York Children Henry Grimshaw b: ABT 1849 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La

 

2. Mary Julia Berthoud, Wife of James F. Grimshaw

ID: I17110 Name: Mary Julia Berthoud Sex: F Birth: 19 DEC 1816 in Kentucky Death: 2 MAY 1907 Father: Augustus Berthoud Mother: Eliza Bakewell Marriage 1 James F. Grimshaw b: 1800 in England Married: 1835 in New York Children Henry Grimshaw b: ABT 1849 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La

 

3. Henry Grimshaw, Son of James F. and Mary Julia (Berthoud) Grimshaw

ID: I17105 Name: Henry Grimshaw Sex: M Birth: ABT 1849 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La Death: BEF 1880 in Prob Santa Clara Co, CA Note: With parents in 1860 in New Orleans, LA. Middle names of children from Rootsweb's Worldconnect family tree posted by Larry at lug7846@msn.com. From: "Jeri Dias" <sevengables@townsqr.com> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 5:12 PM Subject: Kate Irene Travis HI: I'm compiling a descendency from Nicholas Augustus Berthoud & Eliza Bakewell. Their eldest daughter married a James F. Grimshaw and together had 11 children. One of their sons, Henry married a Lida Travis who matches the description of Kate Irene Travis. Born same time, same place and same parents. Amos & Eliza Travis moved to Los Angeles California area after the Civil War via Texas... I found them along with Henry & Lida (Kate) Grimshaw's 3 sons in 1930 Census (Nanci's note - 1880 census). I don't know what happened to them, whether they died, divorced or the boys were just visiting the grandparents at the time of the census while the parents were taking a cruise or whatever! Any ideas? and what's your relationship to Kate? ... Jeri Berthoud Dias Father: James F. Grimshaw b: 1800 in England Mother: Mary Julia Berthoud b: 19 DEC 1816 in Kentucky Marriage 1 Martha Eliza "Lida" Travis b: 2 FEB 1847 in Sumter Co, AL Married: 9 DEC 1868 in Sumter Co, AL Note: Brian Brimer shows date of marriage 12/16/1867. From Ancestry.com: Spouse 1: Henry Grinshaw Spouse 2: Lida Travis Marriage Date: 09 Dec 1868 Marriage Place: Sumter Performed By: Minister Surety/Perf. Name: C. A. Stillamn OSPage: 243 Source Information: Dodd, Jordan R. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920. Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999. From Genealogy.com: Lida Travis found in: Alabama, 1800-1900 Marriage Index Comments: The gender of Lida Travis is female. Spouse: Henry Grinshaw Marriage Date: Dec 09, 1868 County: Sumter Notes: This record can be found in the County Court Records, Film # 1293884 - 1293889 Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (Selected Counties) In 1880, there are 3 Grimshaw children living with Amos and Eliza and listed as "grandchildren". Aleda, Lida or Alida is never mentioned in any of the census records. Children Seaborn Travis Grimshaw b: 30 SEP 1870 in Alabama Henry Babcock "Harry" Grimshaw b: 20 JUL 1872 in Alabama James Reginald Grimshaw b: 17 FEB 1874 in California

 

4. Martha Eliza (Travis) Grimshaw, Spouse of Henry Grimshaw

ID: I16590 Name: Martha Eliza "Lida" Travis Sex: F Birth: 2 FEB 1847 in Sumter Co, AL Death: 10 MAR 1876 in Gilroy, Santa Clara Co, CA Note: Some information from Brian Brimer's webpage: http://www.brimer.net/cgi-bin/genes/family.cgi?id=0657&pass= Father: Amos J. Travis , Jr b: 28 MAY 1805 in Georgia Mother: Eliza Ann Coleman b: 3 APR 1817 in North Carolina Marriage 1 Henry Grimshaw b: ABT 1849 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La Married: 9 DEC 1868 in Sumter Co, AL Note: Brian Brimer shows date of marriage 12/16/1867. From Ancestry.com: Spouse 1: Henry Grinshaw Spouse 2: Lida Travis Marriage Date: 09 Dec 1868 Marriage Place: Sumter Performed By: Minister Surety/Perf. Name: C. A. Stillamn OSPage: 243 Source Information: Dodd, Jordan R. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920. Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999. From Genealogy.com: Lida Travis found in: Alabama, 1800-1900 Marriage Index Comments: The gender of Lida Travis is female. Spouse: Henry Grinshaw Marriage Date: Dec 09, 1868 County: Sumter Notes: This record can be found in the County Court Records, Film # 1293884 - 1293889 Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (Selected Counties) In 1880, there are 3 Grimshaw children living with Amos and Eliza and listed as "grandchildren". Aleda, Lida or Alida is never mentioned in any of the census records. Children Seaborn Travis Grimshaw b: 30 SEP 1870 in Alabama Henry Babcock "Harry" Grimshaw b: 20 JUL 1872 in Alabama James Reginald Grimshaw b: 17 FEB 1874 in California

 

5. Seaborn Travis Grimshaw, First Son of Henry and Martha Eliza (Travis) Grimshaw

ID: I17106 Name: Seaborn Travis Grimshaw Sex: M Birth: 30 SEP 1870 in Alabama Death: 22 JAN 1954 in Jefferson Co, AL Note: 1930 Palm Beach Co, FL Census E. D. 50-19, Precinct 15 City of West Palm Beach April 19, 1930 Reel: T626-328 Page: 11B (Stamped ) Dwelling 261 Family 272 Lived at: 1412 Street address unreadable, West Palm Beach, FL Grimshaw, S. T., Head, Rents home, $30, Does not own radio, Does not live on farm, M, W, 59 yrs, Married, 32 yrs old when 1st married, Can read, write, b Ala, Fa Louisiana, Mo Ala, Speaks English, Civil Engineer, RR Steam Construction, Not a veteran Grimshaw, Ella, Wife, F, W, 54 yrs, Married, 27 yrs old when 1st married, Can read, write, b Alabama, Fa Ala, Mo Ala, Speaks English, Clerk, Dairy Grimshaw, Laura, Daughter, F, W, 16, Single, Attended school during year, Cannot read or write, b Ala, Fa Ala, Mo Ala, Speaks English, No occupation Coleman, Laura C., Sister-in-law, F, W, 56 yrs, Widowed, 20 yrs old when 1st married, Can read, write, b Ala, Fa Ala, Mo Ala, Speaks English, No occupation 1920 Bibb Co, GA Census E. D. 14, Vineville 19 January 1920 Reel: T625-235 Page: 5A Dwelling 59 Family 74 Lived at: 119 Inv? , Vineville, GA Grimshaw, S. T., Head, Owns home, Mortgaged, M, W, 45 yrs, Married, Can read, write, b Alabama, Fa Louisiana, Mo Alabama, Speaks English, Manager, Steam Railroad, W Grimshaw, Ella, Wife, F, W, 40 yrs, Married, Can read, write, b Alabama, Fa Alabama, Mo Alabama, Speaks English, No occupation Grimshaw, Laura P., Daughter, F, W, 5, Single, b Alabama, Fa Alabama, Mo Alabama, Speaks English, No occupation Coleman, Laura, Mother-in-law, F, W, 72 yrs, Widowed, Can read, write, b Alabama, Fa Alabama, Mo Alabama, Speaks English, No occupation 1910 Fulton Co, GA Census E. D. 73, Atlanta City, Ward 4 27 April 1910 Reel: T624-191 Part: 2 Page: 194A Dwelling 308 Family 399 Lived with Stearns Family as "Lodgers" at 504 ?, Atlanta, GA Grimshaw, Ella Mrs., Lodger, F, W, 33 yrs, Married 1, 8 yrs, 0 children, 0 alive, b Alabama, Fa Alabama, Mo Alabama, Speaks English, No occupation, Can read, write Grimshaw, Seaborn, Lodger, M, W, 39 yrs, Married 1, 8 yrs, b Alabama, Fa Louisiana, Mo Alabama, Speaks English, Civil Engineer, Railroad, Can read, write 1900 Chatham Co, GA Census (This looks like a supplemental census) E. D. 59, 3rd Militia District Savannah City (Reynolds Ward and Derby) 5th June 1900 Reel: T623-186 Book: 1 Page: 219B Dwelling - - Family - - Living in Boarding house - among many others: Grimshaw, Seaborne T., Boarder, W, M, Sep, 1870, 29 yrs, b Alabama, Fa Louisiana, Mo Alabama, Civil Engineer, Can read, write and speaks English Grimshaw, Harry B, Boarder, W, M, July, 1872, 27 yrs, b Alabama, Fa Louisiana, Mo Alabama, Civil Engineer, Can read, write and speaks English 1880 Los Angeles Co, CA Census E. D. 109, Orange, Santa Ana Township 19th June 1880 Reel: T9-0067 Page: 273A Dwelling 140 Family 140 Travis, Amos, W, M, 75 yrs, Married, Fruit Grower, b Georgia, Fa Va, Mo Va Travis, Eliza, W, F, 63 yrs, Wife, Married, Keeping House, b North Carolina, Fa North C, Mo North C Travis, Wiley C., W, M, 21 yrs, Son, Single, At home, b Alabama, Fa Georgia, Mo North C Travis, Jesse, W, M, 18 yrs, Son, Single, At home, Attended school during year, b Alabama, Fa Georgia, Mo North C Grimshaw, Seaborn, W, M, 8 yrs, Grandson, Single, At school, b Alabama, Fa NY, Mo Alabama Grimshaw, Harry B., W, M, 7 yrs, Grandson, Single, At school, b Alabama, Fa NY, Mo Alabama Grimshaw, James R., W, M, 6 yrs, Grandson, Single, At home, b California, Fa NY, Mo Alabama Thomas, Caroline, No relationship listed, W, F, 19 yrs, Single, House Keeper, b Louisiana, Fa North Ca, Mo Louisiana From Ancestry.com: Alabama Deaths, 1908-59 Name: Seaborn T Grimshaw Death Date: 22 Jan 1954 Death County: Jefferson Volume: 3 Certificate: 1118 Roll: 5 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama Death Index, 1908-1959. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: State of Alabama. Indexes of Vital Records for Alabama: Deaths, 1908-1959. Montgomery, AL: State of Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Record Services Division, 19--. From Ancestry.com Message Board: Travis Coleman Gamble at tcgamble2@aol.com: I am the great grand son of Henry Grimshaw and Lida Travis. My grandfather is Seaborn Travis Grimshaw. My mother, Laura Pollard Grimshaw, was an only child and had no first cousins. I have three brothers, all married. My understanding is that Henry Grimshaw's mother was Mary Berthoud, daughter of Nickolas Berthoud and Eliza Blakewell. How else can I help you. Father: Henry Grimshaw b: ABT 1849 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La Mother: Martha Eliza "Lida" Travis b: 2 FEB 1847 in Sumter Co, AL Marriage 1 Ella Coleman b: SEP 1876 in Alabama Married: 16 NOV 1902 in Brunswick, Glynn Co, GA Note: From Ancestry.com: "The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA 1900-1909 November 16, 1902 Social Column: Brunswick, GA The wedding of Miss Ella Coleman, of this city, and Mr. Seaborn Grimshaw, of Atlanta, which occurred at the home of the bride's mother Tuesday evening, was one of the prettiest home weddings witnessed in this city in some time. Miss Coleman has resided in this city for only a few years, but during that period she has made a large group of friends. Mr. Grimshaw is a prominent young business man of Atlanta. After the ceremony, an elaborate reception was tendered to the attendants, after which the happy young couple left for their home in Atlanta, carrying with them the best wishes of a large circle of friends." Children Laura Pollard Grimshaw b: 7 APR 1914 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL

 

6. Ella Coleman, Wife of Seaborn T. Grimshaw

ID: I17113 Name: Ella Coleman Sex: F Birth: SEP 1876 in Alabama Death: AFT 1930 in Poss Florida or Alabama Father: Charles Coleman b: ABT 1847 in Alabama Mother: Laura Pollard b: MAY 1848 in Alabama Marriage 1 Seaborn Travis Grimshaw b: 30 SEP 1870 in Alabama Married: 16 NOV 1902 in Brunswick, Glynn Co, GA Note: From Ancestry.com: "The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA 1900-1909 November 16, 1902 Social Column: Brunswick, GA The wedding of Miss Ella Coleman, of this city, and Mr. Seaborn Grimshaw, of Atlanta, which occurred at the home of the bride's mother Tuesday evening, was one of the prettiest home weddings witnessed in this city in some time. Miss Coleman has resided in this city for only a few years, but during that period she has made a large group of friends. Mr. Grimshaw is a prominent young business man of Atlanta. After the ceremony, an elaborate reception was tendered to the attendants, after which the happy young couple left for their home in Atlanta, carrying with them the best wishes of a large circle of friends." Children Laura Pollard Grimshaw b: 7 APR 1914 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL

 

7. Laura Pollard Grimshaw, Daughter of Seaborn T. and Ella (Coleman) Grimshaw

ID: I17114 Name: Laura Pollard Grimshaw Sex: F Birth: 7 APR 1914 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL Death: 31 JUL 1990 in Alabama Note: From SSA: LAURA P GAMBLE 14 Apr 1914 31 Jul 1990 (not specified) (none specified) 416-03-6501 Alabama Father: Seaborn Travis Grimshaw b: 30 SEP 1870 in Alabama Mother: Ella Coleman b: SEP 1876 in Alabama Marriage 1 Living Gamble Children Living Gamble Living Gamble Living Gamble Living Gamble

 

8. Henry Babcock "Harry" Grimshaw, Second Son of Henry and Martha Eliza "Lida" (Travis) Grimshaw

ID: I17107 Name: Henry Babcock "Harry" Grimshaw Sex: M Birth: 20 JUL 1872 in Alabama Death: AFT 1930 Note: 1930 Baltimore Co, MD Census E. D. 44, Ward 4 Baltimore City, Wentworth Apartment April 14, 1930 Reel: T626-849 Page: 23A (Stamped 231) Dwelling 92 Family 175 Lived at: 311 Cathedral St, Baltimore, MD Grinshaw, Harry B., Head, Rents home, $75.00, Does not own radio, M, W, 57 yrs, Married, 56 yrs old when 1st married, Can read, write, b Alabama, Fa Louisiana, Mo Alabama, Speaks English, Vice-President, Steamboat Grinshaw, Annie G., Wife, F, W, 51 yrs, Married, 23 yrs old when 1st married, Can read, write, b Kentucky, Fa Kentucky, Mo Georgia, Speaks English, No occupation 1920 Chatham Co, AL Census E. D. 74, Savannah 2nd & 3rd January 1920 Reel: T625-241 Page: 2A (Stamped 245) Dwelling Family Lived at: 330 Bull St, Savannah, GA (Boarding House) Among many others: Grimshaw, Harry B., Lodger, M, W, 47 yrs, Single, Can read, write, b Alabama, Fa Louisiana, Mo Alabama, Speaks English, General Superintendant, Railroad 1910?? 1900 Chatham Co, GA Census E. D. 59, 3rd Militia District Savannah City (Reynolds Ward and Derby) 5th June 1900 Reel: T623-186 Book: 1 Page: 219B Dwelling - - Family - - Living in Boarding house - among many others: Grimshaw, Seabone T., Boarder, W, M, Sep, 1870, 29 yrs, b Alabama, Fa Louisiana, Mo Alabama, Civil Engineer, Can read, write and speaks English Grimshaw, Harry B, Boarder, W, M, July, 1872, 27 yrs, b Alabama, Fa Louisiana, Mo Alabama, Civil Engineer, Can read, write and speaks English 1880 Los Angeles Co, CA Census E. D. 109, Orange, Santa Ana Township 19th June 1880 Reel: T9-0067 Page: 273A Dwelling 140 Family 140 Travis, Amos, W, M, 75 yrs, Married, Fruit Grower, b Georgia, Fa Va, Mo Va Travis, Eliza, W, F, 63 yrs, Wife, Married, Keeping House, b North Carolina, Fa North C, Mo North C Travis, Wiley C., W, M, 21 yrs, Son, Single, At home, b Alabama, Fa Georgia, Mo North C Travis, Jesse, W, M, 18 yrs, Son, Single, At home, Attended school during year, b Alabama, Fa Georgia, Mo North C Grimshaw, Seaborn, W, M, 8 yrs, Grandson, Single, At school, b Alabama, Fa NY, Mo Alabama Grimshaw, Harry B., W, M, 7 yrs, Grandson, Single, At school, b Alabama, Fa NY, Mo Alabama Grimshaw, James R., W, M, 6 yrs, Grandson, Single, At home, b California, Fa NY, Mo Alabama Thomas, Caroline, No relationship listed, W, F, 19 yrs, Single, House Keeper, b Louisiana, Fa North Ca, Mo Louisiana From: Grimshaw Origins and History at: http://www.grimshaworigin.org/index.htm From Harden’s "History of Savannah" p. 678-679): Harry B. Grimshaw, superintendent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, Savannah, Georgia, is prominent and popular alike in both business and social circles of this city. A brief review of his life gives the following facts: Harry B. Grimshaw was born in Choctaw county, Alabama, in 1872. When he was a child, his parents removed to southern California, where he spent twelve years of his boyhood. Returning to Alabama, he began railroad service in 1890, at the age of eighteen, as a fireman, running out of Troy, on the old Alabama Midland Railway. He worked on that road till 1892, when he became an employe of the operating department of the old Savannah, Americus & Montgomery Railroad (now the Seaboard Air Line), and has remained with this system, under its different changes, ever since that time, with the exception of two years when he was superintendent of the Savannah & Statesboro Railroad. Mr. Grimshaw has lived in Savannah since 1898. On September 1, 1905, Mr. Grimshaw became superintendent of the Savannah division of the Seaboard Air Line, his jurisdiction then extending over the Savannah terminals and the lines west of Savannah extending to Montgomery, Alabama. On November 1, 1910, his jurisdiction as superintendent was expanded to include, in addition to the territory just mentioned, the main north and south line of the Seaboard extending from Columbia, South Carolina, to Jacksonville, Florida. This consolidated territory embraces 740 miles of railway, and is perhaps one of the largest divisions under one division superintendent. Mr. Grimshaw has rendered notably efficient and skillful services in railroad operation and is of high standing in railroad official circles. While not a politician in any sense of the word, Mr. Grimshaw can be depended upon to support the best men and measures, and is recognized as an all-around representative citizen. In 1910 he was honored by being elected a member of the Savannah board of aldermen. Fraternally, he is an Elk and a Mason. He belongs to Ancient Landmark Lodge, No. 231, F. & A.M., and Richard Nunn Consistory, No. 1, in which he received the thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite; and he has membership in Savannah Lodge of Elks, No. 183. Harden, William, A History of Savannah and South Georgia: Chicago and New York, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1913, v. I (529 p.) and v. II (1087 p.) From Ancestry.com: "The Constitution, Atlanta, GA, Wednesday, August 5, 1914 M., D. and S. Traffic Men Hold Meet at Dublin Macon, Ga, August 4 - Special - General Manager, Harry B. Grimshaw, accompanied by all the freight traffic of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah, railroad, left this afternoon for Dublin, where the semi-annual staff meeting, was held this afternoon with Traffic Manager, John A. Streyer, of Macon, presiding. Among those in the party were E. G. Tucker, commercial agent for the road in Atlanta; Fred J. Moser, commercial agent, Cincinnati, Ohio; W. F. Mundee, commercial agent, Jacksonville; W. F. Goble, traveling freight agent, Jacksonville; G. L. Hurley, trainmaster, Macon." "The Constitution, Atlanta, GA, Monday, September 28, 1914 H. B. Grimshaw Honored by Former Employees Americus, Ga, September 17 - (Special) -Harry B. Grimshaw, general manager of the Dublin, Macon & Savannah railway, while in Americus this afternoon, was requested to appear before an assemblage of five hundred employees of this division of the Seaboard railway, and other friends, gathered at the Americus light infantry armory. There he was presented a magnificent jewel as a testamonial of esteem of employees in all departments of this division of the Seaboard system. The presentation address was made by E. A. Nisbet, to which Mr. Grimshaw responded feelingly. The jewel was a diamond-studded Masonic emblem, Scottish Right, 32-degree. Mr. Grimshaw was for several years superintendent of the Seaboard and values as his personal friends hundreds of the employees in all departments of the service." Father: Henry Grimshaw b: ABT 1849 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La Mother: Martha Eliza "Lida" Travis b: 2 FEB 1847 in Sumter Co, AL Marriage 1 Ann G. Richards b: ABT 1879 in Kentucky Married: ABT 1929 in Prob Maryland

 

9. Ann Richards, Spouse of Henry Babcock "Harry" Grimshaw

ID: I17115 Name: Ann G. Richards Sex: F Birth: ABT 1879 in Kentucky Death: AFT 1930 Marriage 1 Henry Babcock "Harry" Grimshaw b: 20 JUL 1872 in Alabama Married: ABT 1929 in Prob Maryland

 

10. James Reginald Grimshaw, Third Son of Henry and Martha Eliza (Travis) Grimshaw

ID: I17108 Name: James Reginald Grimshaw Sex: M Birth: 17 FEB 1874 in California Death: AFT 1910 Note: 1910 Hancock Co, MS Census E. D. 29, Beat 5 4 May 1910 Reel: T624-739 Part: 2 Page: 259A Dwelling 285 Family 295 Lives with 3 other men who are listed as boarders. Grimshaw, James, Head, M, W, 36 yrs, Single, b California, Fa Louisiana, Mo Alabama, Speaks English, Occupation unreadable - he does something in shipyard, Can read, write 1900 Bryan Co, GA Census E. D. 4, 1380 Georgia Disttrict Militia 16 & 18 June 1900 Reel: T623-181 Book: 2 Page: 251B Dwelling 177 Family 206 Lives with Lawrence Freeman family (wife, Susann L., Josephine and Lessle - spellings as on census). Grimshaw, James R., Boarder, W, M, Feb, 1874, 26 yrs, Single, b California, Fa Louisiana, Mo Alabama, Telegraph Operator, Can read, write and speaks English 1880 Los Angeles Co, CA Census E. D. 109, Orange, Santa Ana Township 19th June 1880 Reel: T9-0067 Page: 273A Dwelling 140 Family 140 Travis, Amos, W, M, 75 yrs, Married, Fruit Grower, b Georgia, Fa Va, Mo Va Travis, Eliza, W, F, 63 yrs, Wife, Married, Keeping House, b North Carolina, Fa North C, Mo North C Travis, Wiley C., W, M, 21 yrs, Son, Single, At home, b Alabama, Fa Georgia, Mo North C Travis, Jesse, W, M, 18 yrs, Son, Single, At home, Attended school during year, b Alabama, Fa Georgia, Mo North C Grimshaw, Seaborn, W, M, 8 yrs, Grandson, Single, At school, b Alabama, Fa NY, Mo Alabama Grimshaw, Harry B., W, M, 7 yrs, Grandson, Single, At school, b Alabama, Fa NY, Mo Alabama Grimshaw, James R., W, M, 6 yrs, Grandson, Single, At home, b California, Fa NY, Mo Alabama Thomas, Caroline, No relationship listed, W, F, 19 yrs, Single, House Keeper, b Louisiana, Fa North Ca, Mo Louisiana Father: Henry Grimshaw b: ABT 1849 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La Mother: Martha Eliza "Lida" Travis b: 2 FEB 1847 in Sumter Co, AL

11. Amos Travis, Father of Lida Travis (Wife of Henry Grimshaw, Son of James F. Grimshaw)

ID: I02915 Name: Amos J. Travis , Jr Sex: M Birth: 28 MAY 1805 in Georgia Death: 2 AUG 1886 in Sumter Co, AL Note: 1880 Los Angeles Co, CA Census E. D. 109, Orange, Santa Ana Township 19th June 1880 Reel: T9-0067 Page: 273A Dwelling 140 Family 140 Travis, Amos, W, M, 75 yrs, Married, Fruit Grower, b Georgia, Fa Va, Mo Va Travis, Eliza, W, F, 63 yrs, Wife, Married, Keeping House, b North Carolina, Fa North C, Mo North C Travis, Wiley C., W, M, 21 yrs, Son, Single, At home, b Alabama, Fa Georgia, Mo North C Travis, Jesse, W, M, 18 yrs, Son, Single, At home, Attended school during year, b Alabama, Fa Georgia, Mo North C Grimshaw, Seaborn, W, M, 8 yrs, Grandson, Single, At school, b Alabama, Fa NY, Mo Alabama Grimshaw, Harry B., W, M, 7 yrs, Grandson, Single, At school, b Alabama, Fa NY, Mo Alabama Grimshaw, James R., W, M, 6 yrs, Grandson, Single, At home, b California, Fa NY, Mo Alabama Thomas, Caroline, No relationship listed, W, F, 19 yrs, Single, House Keeper, b Louisiana, Fa North Ca, Mo Louisiana 1870 Los Angeles Co, CA Census Los Angeles Township and City, Los Angeles PO 27th July 1870 Reel: M593-73 Part: 1 Page: 510A Dwelling 135 Family 138 Travis, Amos, 65 yrs, M, W, Farmer, 4000, 100, Alabama Travis, Eliza Ann, 62 yrs, F, W, Keeps House, North Carolina I believe these are the children of Amos and Eliza Ann even though they are listed as a different HH. 1870 Los Angeles Co, CA Census Los Angeles Township and City, Los Angeles PO 27th July 1870 Reel: M593-73 Part: 1 Page: 510A Dwelling 137 Family 140 Travis, Theodon?, 28 yrs, M, W, Works on farm, - -, - -, Alabama Travis, Coleman J. (Celemace=index), 15 yrs, M, W, Works on farm, Alabama, Attended school during year Travis, Kate Irene, 16 yrs, F, W, At home, Alabama Travis, Banks J., 12 yrs, M, W, At home, Alabama, Attended school during year Travis, Wiley C., 10 yrs, M, W, At home, Alabama, Attended school during year Travis, Jessie A., 9 yrs, M, W, At home, Alabama Cruz, Manual, 60 yrs, M, W, South American, Fa foreign born, Mo foreign born 1860 Sumter Co, AL Census Northern Division, Gainesville PO 29th June 1860 Reel: M653-24 Page: 584 Dwelling 149 Family 149 Amos Travis, 55 yrs, M, Farmer, 20,000, 88,000, Geo Eliza A. Travis, 42 yrs, F, Ala Thad A. Travis, 16 yrs, M, Ala M. E. Travis, 13 yrs, F, Ala Seaborn Travis, 11 yrs, M, Ala Kate I. Travis, 8 yrs, F, Ala Coleman Travis, 6 yrs, M, Ala C. P. Travis, 4 yrs, M, Ala Jas. B. Travis, 3 yrs, M, Ala Wesley C. Travis, 1 yr, M, Ala Fannie Travis, 19 yrs, F, Ala 1860 Sumter Co, AL Census Northern Division, Gainesville PO 29th June 1860 Reel: M653-24 Page: 584 Dwelling 150 Family 150 "A Travis AJ of Estate of Enos Travis 15,000, 30,000 1850 Sumter Co, AL Census Gamerville District 11th December 1850 Reel: M432-15 Page: 317A Dwelling 913 Family 933 Amos Travis, 43 yrs, M, Planter, 5500, Geo Eliza A. Travis, 34 yrs, F, NC Mary A. C. Travis, 12 yrs, F, Ala, Attended school during year Thadeus A. Travis, 7 yrs, F, Ala, Attended school during year Martha E. Travis, 3 yrs, F, Ala Seaborn Travis, 1 yr, M, Ala Mildred T. G. Travis, 15 yrs, F, Ala, Attended school during year Frances Travis, 9 yrs, F, Ala, Attended school during year 1840 Sumter Co, AL Reel: M704-15 Page: 149 Family #1 on page Travis, Amos J. 1 - Males Under 5 1 - Males 20 to 30 1 - Males 30 to 40 1 - Females Under 5 1 - Females 20 to 30 Slaves: 3 - Male Under 10 7 - Males 10 to 24 1 - Male 36-55 2 - Females under 10 3 - Females 10 to 24 1 - Female 24 to 35 1 - Female 55 to 100 AlaGenWeb: Sumter Co, AL Webpage: Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedule: Listed among many others: TRAVIS, Amos, 62 slaves, page 171B TRAVIS, Anna, 54 slaves, page 234B Brian Brimer in his research on the Travis family show 3 children that I do not: 1. Thaddeas A. Travis b 8/11/1836 in AL - Death unknown 2. Seaborn Travis b 9/14/1841 in AL - death unknown 3. John Coleman Travis b 11/20/1845 in AL - death unknown All 3 children had siblings by this name and may well have been part of this family. I will need to find further proof before including them. GREENE COUNTY, AL MARRIAGES 1823 - 1860 TRAVIS, Amos Jr............. COLEMAN, Mary Ann Dec 27 1832 TRAVIS, Amos Jun........... COLEMAN, Eliza Ann May 25 1837 Amos, Jr. Travis found in: From Genealogy.com: Alabama, 1800-1900 Marriage Index Comments: The gender of Amos, Jr. Travis is male. Spouse: Eliza Ann Coleman Marriage Date: May 25, 1837 County: Greene Notes: This record can be found in the County Court Records, Film # 1290852 - 1290855 Amos, Jr. Travis found in: Alabama, 1800-1900 Marriage Index Comments: The gender of Amos, Jr. Travis is male. Spouse: Mary Ann Coleman Marriage Date: Dec 27, 1832 County: Greene Notes: This record can be found in the County Court Records, Film # 1290852 - 1290855 Is this a child of Amos, Jr? From Genealogy.com: Lida Travis found in: Alabama, 1800-1900 Marriage Index Comments: The gender of Lida Travis is female. Spouse: Henry Grinshaw Marriage Date: Dec 09, 1868 County: Sumter Notes: This record can be found in the County Court Records, Film # 1293884 - 1293889 Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (Selected Counties) From Ancestry.com: Spouse 1: Henry Grinshaw Spouse 2: Lida Travis Marriage Date: 09 Dec 1868 Marriage Place: Sumter Performed By: Minister Surety/Perf. Name: C. A. Stillamn OSPage: 243 Source Information: Dodd, Jordan R. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920. Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999. In 1880, there are 3 Grimshaw children living with Amos and Eliza and listed as "grandchildren". Aleda, Lida or Alida is never mentioned in any of the census records. From Ancestry.com Message Board: Travis Coleman Gamble at tcgamble2@aol.com: I am the great grand son of Henry Grimshaw and Lida Travis. My grandfather is Seaborn Travis Grimshaw. My mother, Laura Pollard Grimshaw, was an only child and had no first cousins. I have three brothers, all married. My understanding is that Henry Grimshaw's mother was Mary Berthoud, daughter of Nickolas Berthoud and Eliza Blakewell. How else can I help you. From Ancestry.com: "The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA 1900-1909 November 16, 1902 Social Column: Brunswick, GA The wedding of Miss Ella Coleman, of this city, and Mr. Seaborn Grimshaw, of Atlanta, which occurred at the home of the bride's mother Tuesday evening, was one of the prettiest home weddings witnessed in this city in some time. Miss Coleman has resided in this city for only a few years, but during that period she has made a large group of friends. Mr. Grimshaw is a prominent young business man of Atlanta. After the ceremony, an elaborate reception was tendered to the attendants, after which the happy young couple left for their home in Atlanta, carrying with them the best wishes of a large circle of friends." From Ancestry.com: Alabama Deaths, 1908-59 Name: Seaborn T Grimshaw Death Date: 22 Jan 1954 Death County: Jefferson Volume: 3 Certificate: 1118 Roll: 5 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama Death Index, 1908-1959. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: State of Alabama. Indexes of Vital Records for Alabama: Deaths, 1908-1959. Montgomery, AL: State of Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Record Services Division, 19--. 2-2-2004: Nadine Nabors at nabors@direcway.com reports that Amos Jr. moved to Los Angeles, CA after the Civil War and then moved back to Sumter, AL near McCainville. Names of children from Nadine Nabors as well. Brian Brimer reports date of death 1/2/1886 (brian@brimer.net). Jane Embrose reports date of death 8/2/1886. Father: Amos Travis , Sr b: 9 NOV 1758 in North Carolina Mother: Frances "Fanny" Pierce b: 3 JAN 1764 in North Carolina Marriage 1 Mary Ann Coleman b: in Prob North Carolina Married: 27 DEC 1832 in Greene Co, AL Marriage 2 Eliza Ann Coleman b: 3 APR 1817 in North Carolina Married: 28 MAY 1835 in Greene Co, AL Note: Was Amos married twice - once to Mary and then to Eliza? Amos, Jr. Travis found in: From Genealogy.com: Alabama, 1800-1900 Marriage Index Comments: The gender of Amos, Jr. Travis is male. Spouse: Eliza Ann Coleman Marriage Date: May 25, 1837 County: Greene Notes: This record can be found in the County Court Records, Film # 1290852 - 1290855 Amos, Jr. Travis found in: Alabama, 1800-1900 Marriage Index Comments: The gender of Amos, Jr. Travis is male. Spouse: Mary Ann Coleman Marriage Date: Dec 27, 1832 County: Greene Notes: This record can be found in the County Court Records, Film # 1290852 - 1290855   Children Thaddeas A. Travis b: 11 AUG 1836 in Sumter Co, AL Mary Ann Coleman Travis b: 10 MAY 1838 in Alabama Seaborn Travis b: 13 SEP 1841 in Sumter Co, AL Thadeus A. "Thad" Travis b: 21 JUL 1843 in Sumter Co, AL John Coleman Travis b: 20 NOV 1845 in Sumter Co, AL Martha Eliza "Lida" Travis b: 2 FEB 1847 in Sumter Co, AL Seaborn Travis b: 22 FEB 1849 in Sumter Co, AL Kate Irene Travis b: 3 MAY 1851 in Sumter Co, AL John Coleman Travis b: 8 AUG 1853 in Sumter Co, AL Charles P. Travis b: 30 APR 1856 in Sumter Co, AL James Banks Travis b: 27 DEC 1857 in Sumter Co, AL Wiley Coleman Travis b: 12 MAR 1859 in Sumter Co, AL Jesse Cobb Travis b: 21 JUL 1862 in Sumter Co, AL Sources: Title: TRAVIS GEDCOM 7-9-2003.ged Repository: Call Number: Media: Other Text: Date of Import: Jul 9, 2003

 

12. Eliza Ann Coleman, Mother of Lida Travis (Wife of Henry Grimshaw, Son of James F. Grimshaw)

ID: I16236 Name: Eliza Ann Coleman Sex: F Birth: 3 APR 1817 in North Carolina Death: 26 APR 1896 in Sumter Co, AL Note: (374) Mary Coleman married Amos Travis, Jr. Amos was the born on 05/28/1805 in Georgia, the son of Amos Travis and Frances Pierce. After Mary's death, Amos her sister, Eliza Coleman [Hook, 2002b]. The USGenWeb site for Greene County, AL provides a list of early marriages that lists Mary Coleman and Amos Travis as on 12/27/1832. Amos died 08/02/1886 near Livingston, AL. From: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nansemondcolemans/greeneal.htm (378) Eliza Ann Coleman married Amos Travis, Jr. after his first wife, Mary Coleman, Eliza's sister, had died. Eliza and Amos Travis, Jr. were married on 05/25/1838 in Eutaw, AL. Eliza (Coleman) Travis died 04/26/1896 at the Travis plantation, Oakford, near Livingston, Alabama. [Hook, 2002b] The USGenWeb site for Greene County, AL provides a list of early marriages that lists this couple's marriage on 05/25/1837. (378) Eliza Ann Coleman and husband Amos Travis, Jr. had these children: (473) 1. Thaddeus A. Travis, b. 1836, died in infancy. (474) 2. Mary Ann Coleman Travis, b. 05/10/1837, d. 09/22/1923 in Fresno, CA, buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, CA (475) 3. Seaborn Travis, b. 1841, died in infancy. (476) 4. Thaddeus A. Travis, b. 1843, d. 11/07/1877 in Las Lunas, NM evidently a murder victim of a cattle rustler. served in the Civil War. (477) 5. John Coleman Travis, b. 1845, died in infancy. (478) 6. Martha Eliza "Lida" Travis, b. 1844, d. 1876 in Gilroy, CA. (479) 7. Seaborn Travis, b. 1849, d. 1866 in St. Louis, MO. (480) 8. Kate Irene Travis, b. 05/03/1851, d. 02/01/1915 in Santa Monica, CA. (481) 9. J. Coleman Travis, b. 1853, d. 1919 in Orange, CA (482) 10. Charles P. Travis, b. 1855, d. 1862 of measles in Gainesville, AL. (483) 11. James Banks Travis, b. 1857, d. c1905 in Los Angeles CA. (484) 12. Wiley Coleman Travis, b. 1859, d. 12/27/1916 in Primrose, AL. (485) 13. Jesse Cobb Travis, b. 1861, d. 01/??/1929 (suicide) in Livingston, AL. After the Civil War the whole family moved out to Orange, CA to join the oldest daughter, Mary (Travis) Van de Graaff, who had been widowed shortly after moving there with her husband and son. The family traveled by way of the land route across the Ithmus of Panama before the Canal was built. The parents missed Alabama and returned with the two youngest sons some time in the 1870's. J COLEMAN TRAVIS III <jctravis@jctravis.cnc.net> Date: 2004-03-12 MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS ELIZA A. COLEMAN (3/4/1817-26/4/1896). SHE MARRIED AMOS TRAVIS JR. AND HER PARENTS WERE JOHN AND RHODA COLEMAN OF SUMTER COUNTY, ALABAMA. Father: John Coleman Mother: Rhoda Unknown Marriage 1 Amos J. Travis , Jr b: 28 MAY 1805 in Georgia Married: 28 MAY 1835 in Greene Co, AL Note: Was Amos married twice - once to Mary and then to Eliza? Amos, Jr. Travis found in: From Genealogy.com: Alabama, 1800-1900 Marriage Index Comments: The gender of Amos, Jr. Travis is male. Spouse: Eliza Ann Coleman Marriage Date: May 25, 1837 County: Greene Notes: This record can be found in the County Court Records, Film # 1290852 - 1290855 Amos, Jr. Travis found in: Alabama, 1800-1900 Marriage Index Comments: The gender of Amos, Jr. Travis is male. Spouse: Mary Ann Coleman Marriage Date: Dec 27, 1832 County: Greene Notes: This record can be found in the County Court Records, Film # 1290852 - 1290855 Children Thaddeas A. Travis b: 11 AUG 1836 in Sumter Co, AL Mary Ann Coleman Travis b: 10 MAY 1838 in Alabama Seaborn Travis b: 13 SEP 1841 in Sumter Co, AL Thadeus A. "Thad" Travis b: 21 JUL 1843 in Sumter Co, AL John Coleman Travis b: 20 NOV 1845 in Sumter Co, AL Martha Eliza "Lida" Travis b: 2 FEB 1847 in Sumter Co, AL Seaborn Travis b: 22 FEB 1849 in Sumter Co, AL Kate Irene Travis b: 3 MAY 1851 in Sumter Co, AL John Coleman Travis b: 8 AUG 1853 in Sumter Co, AL Charles P. Travis b: 30 APR 1856 in Sumter Co, AL James Banks Travis b: 27 DEC 1857 in Sumter Co, AL Wiley Coleman Travis b: 12 MAR 1859 in Sumter Co, AL Jesse Cobb Travis b: 21 JUL 1862 in Sumter Co, AL

1880 Census Records

Census Place:	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana					LA-2
Source:	FHL Film 1254458 National Archives Film T9-0458 Page 100A
	Relation	Sex	Marr	Race	Age	Birthplace
Mary J. GRIMSHAW	Self	F	W	W	53