I am searching for info on John Ervin Allen and Florence Travis. I have a birth for John as being 1882 (this is on his grave marker) and death as 1952 (grave marker). For Florence I have B:29 Oct 1884 D: 1 Sep 1949 ( I got the years from the grave marker and the day and month from family). Here is part of my dilema. I found a 1930 census that has them listed with their children in Cannon Co. so I know it has to be them but their birth years are listed as being three years later. Why would that be and who should I trust for this info for record keeping purposes? I can not seem to find either of these people in a census with their parents. I have the names of Florence's parents as Sampson B. Travis and Minerva Emiline Hays. That is as far back as I have gotten but now I am all messed up over the dates. As far as I know the Allens and Travis' have been in Cannon for quite awhile. Any info or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Merideth K. Allen --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.

Merideth, I just checked the 1910 Census, and I have John & Florence in Woodbury, TN with two sons, Lebran, and Raymond. It's showing John being 28, and Florence being 21. Same ones? Bobby Lykins -----Original Message----- From: Meri Allen [mailto:jemka[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 7:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TNCANNON] searching for info on Allen and Travis I am searching for info on John Ervin Allen and Florence Travis. I have a birth for John as being 1882 (this is on his grave marker) and death as 1952 (grave marker). For Florence I have B:29 Oct 1884 D: 1 Sep 1949 ( I got the years from the grave marker and the day and month from family). Here is part of my dilema. I found a 1930 census that has them listed with their children in Cannon Co. so I know it has to be them but their birth years are listed as being three years later. Why would that be and who should I trust for this info for record keeping purposes? I can not seem to find either of these people in a census with their parents. I have the names of Florence's parents as Sampson B. Travis and Minerva Emiline Hays. That is as far back as I have gotten but now I am all messed up over the dates. As far as I know the Allens and Travis' have been in Cannon for quite awhile. Any info or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Merideth K. Allen --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== To subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Cannon Co. list, send mail to.. [email protected] ,with subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject line. NOTHING ELSE. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Merideth, In researching the descendants of John Morgan for a recently published book Our Morgan Family, I found some ot the information you are looking for. As you mention Florence's parents were Sampson B. Travis and Minerva Emiline Hays (Hayes). Sampson's parents were Daniel Travis and Margaret Porterfield. The 1850 Cannon County census has Travis, D. 31, Margaret 26, S. B. 4 and other persons. The 1970 census has Travis Daniel 47, no wife, Sampson 12 and others. Sampson married Charita Unknown before 1880. He is listed in the 1880 census as Sampson B. 25. The wife and several other persons are listed. On August 26, 1883 S. B. Travis married Nerve Hayes. The parents of Minerva Emiline Hayes were Alexander Hayes and Sarah Morgan. Sarah's parents were John Allen Morgan and Sylvia Barrett. John Allen Morgan's parents were Lydia Morgan and Unknown. Lydia,s parents were John Morgan and Elizabeth Unknown. Sylvia Barrett's parents were Ward Barrett and Charity Mears. I hope this helps some.----- Original Message ----- From: "Meri Allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 7:32 PM Subject: [TNCANNON] searching for info on Allen and Travis >I am searching for info on John Ervin Allen and Florence Travis. I have a >birth for John as being 1882 (this is on his grave marker) and death as >1952 (grave marker). For Florence I have B:29 Oct 1884 D: 1 Sep 1949 ( I >got the years from the grave marker and the day and month from family). >Here is part of my dilema. I found a 1930 census that has them listed with >their children in Cannon Co. so I know it has to be them but their birth >years are listed as being three years later. Why would that be and who >should I trust for this info for record keeping purposes? I can not seem to >find either of these people in a census with their parents. I have the >names of Florence's parents as Sampson B. Travis and Minerva Emiline Hays. >That is as far back as I have gotten but now I am all messed up over the >dates. As far as I know the Allens and Travis' have been in Cannon for >quite awhile. > > Any info or suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Merideth K. Allen > > > --------------------------------- > Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! > Messenger with Voice. > > > ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Cannon Co. list, send mail to.. > [email protected] ,with subscribe or unsubscribe > in the subject line. NOTHING ELSE. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >