Dallas Francis Travis

Platte, SD

1935, 1790, Rochford, F-5, died, 1936, pneumonia, Ft. Meade

"I am sure he was glad to find work in the CCC camps and leave his brothers to help with the farming." . . . . . Becky Erickson (niece)

Dallas Francis Travis was born October 2, 1913, in Sioux City, IA. He grew up with his parents, Edward & Elsie Travis, and siblings, on a farm south of Platte, SD. He was the oldest of seven children. Farming was a struggle during the dry years of the 1930's.

Dallas developed pneumonia and was treated at Fort Meade. He died on February 26, 1936 and is buried in the Saint Peter Catholic Cemetery in Platte, SD.

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