. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. fAf\\Ay\S. C. ^AVlS CHARLES B. TRAVIS. Amasa Travis, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., Sept. 29,1770. Hemanled Dec. 14, 1800. Phoebe Travis, his wife, was also born in Dutchess County, Dec. 25, 1783. Of this union were born twelve chil- dren, three males and nine females, nine of whom lived to ma- turity. In May, 1801, they moved to Bergen, N. J
. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. fAf\\Ay\S. C. ^AVlS CHARLES B. TRAVIS. Amasa Travis, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., Sept. 29,1770. Hemanled Dec. 14, 1800. Phoebe Travis, his wife, was also born in Dutchess County, Dec. 25, 1783. Of this union were born twelve chil- dren, three males and nine females, nine of whom lived to ma- turity. In May, 1801, they moved to Bergen, N. J., staying there four years; thence to Sheshequin, Pa., where they remained one year. At this place Charles B. Travis, their third child, was born, March 22,1805. From Sheshequin they moved to Howard, in this county, in 1806. .Coming through Chimney Narrows, at Corning, they were in great peril, their horses losing their footing in the rapid water, which was several feet in depth on the narrow roadway. Mrs. Travis says: " I held my babes, Charles, a year old, and Absalom, three years, and my husband reined the horses safely to ; They were the second family settling in Howard, where they occupied a place which had been' in the possession of a Mr. Hovey. He had chopped about three acres, and had put up a log house, which had only one gable end boarded up; a floor had been laid, except around the fireplace; no ceiling, no doors. Mr. Travis had to return for another load of goods, so they put up a quilt for a door, and rolled a barrel on the bottom of it to keep it secure. Here she remained alone with her babies until the return of her husband, with no neigh- bors within miles of her. In the night scarce a sound was heard save the shrill, piercing cry of the hungry panthers. They stayed in this place about one year, and then removed to Howard Flats, where they lived from 1806 to 1818, twelve years. Mrs. Travis was a woman of wonderful genius and physical energy, and
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