Washington County Biographies



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Thomas Travers

Thomas Travers, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Hartford; has 100 acres lying partly in three sections; residence, village; settled in the country in 1847; he is the son of Bryan and Bridget (McDermot) Travers; is a native of Ireland, and was born Feb. 1, 1817. He came to America in 1845, and located in Erie Co., N. Y., where he spent two years; and, in 1847, he came to Washington Co. and settled on Sec. 22. He was married, in the town of Erin, Jan. 26, 1856, to Miss Eliza Cooney, daughter of Richard and Mary Cooney. Mrs. Traverse was born in Ireland. Eight children were born to them-Hattie, now Mrs. Andrew O. Bryain, of Milwaukee; Frank, Sarah, Louisa, Robert, Annie and Nellie; one died in childhood. Mr. Travers moved to his present location in 1852. He was Supervisor of Hartford in 1858 and 1859.

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