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F. D. TRAVIS was born in Indiana county, Pa., April 12, 1836, and is a son of William and Jane Travis, both natives, also, of Pennsylvania. His father engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life. The maiden name of her mother was Jane McPherson. They moved to Illinois, where they passed a great part of their lives and where they died, having been life-long members of the Presbyterian church.

The subject of this biographical notice is the fourth of seven children. He received his education at the Glade Run Academy, Armstrong county, Pa., and afterward located at Paxton, Ill., where he engaged in the mercantile and grain business. He subsequently opened a branch house at Pelleville, Ill. In 1884 he immigrated to Nebraska and located in Holdrege and engaged in the real estate business, dividing his time between Holdrege and Kearney. When Cleveland was elected President, Mr. Travers was appointed postmaster at Holdrege, serving the people faithfully till the close of that administration. His sterling integrity and executive ability were at once recognized by his fellow-citizens by his election in 1889 as treasurer of Phelps county. Being a democrat and his party being largely in the minority, his election indicates the appreciation of the man by the people of his adopted county. As the political sentiments of his constituents is largely opposed to his own, he has the satisfaction of knowing that his selection to fill this important position was made from purely personal qualifications and the unqualified confidence in his ability as a man and character as a citizen. His administration of the county’s finances has not only been satisfactory to his supporters, but pre-eminently so to those opposed to him politically.

On September 18, 1887 he married Mrs. L. J. Evans, a lady eminently qualified to bear him the companionship he sought with her hand.

Mr. Travis is personally very popular and is one of Holdrege’s representative citizens and a polished gentleman. He takes an active interest in all the affairs of his adopted home and that place is justly proud of him.