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Ancestors

John Marion Francis

1839-1921 · Buena Vista
Born 1839, Buena Vista, Lewis County, Kentucky
Died 1921
Father: John Francis
Mother: Minerva Evans
Children include Carey

John Marion Francis was born on 18 May 1839. His memorial gives his birthplace as Buena Vista, Lewis County, Kentucky, a river landing opposite Adams County, Ohio. His death certificate says Ohio. The same certificate names his parents as John Francis and Minerva Evans, both born in Ohio.

He married Henrietta Grooms in 1862. She died in 1866, the year their son John William "Bill" Francis was born. A son named John Wheeler Francis, born in 1878, is also listed among his children.

In 1883 he married Luella Piatt, daughter of Benjamin Piatt Jr. and Elmira Bayless Piatt of Tiffin Township, Adams County. He was 43 or 44 and she was 18 or 19. Their children were Anna Belle (1886), Benedict Benjamin (1888), the twins David Evans and Carey Hall (both 1891), Izella (1896) and Jesse Stanley (1900). David Evans carried his grandmother's maiden name.

He farmed near West Union for the rest of his life. A tintype of John Marion and Luella survives: he sits bearded, in a dark coat with his boots showing, and she sits beside him in a dark dress with a light bow at the collar.

In his last years he had cancer of the left eye socket, which his doctor recorded as seven years' standing. His doctor had attended him since October 1920. He died at West Union on 19 August 1921, aged 82 years, 3 months and 1 day. Luella gave the details for his death certificate. Latour and Lafferty buried him on 21 August in Harmony Cemetery near West Union. His grave had no stone as of 2021.

Parents

Minerva Evans

John Francis

Children

Carey Hall Francis 1891-1962

Sources

Find a Grave memorial of John Marion Francis
Find a Grave, memorial 20738169, John Marion Francis (18 May 1839 to 19 Aug 1921), Harmony Cemetery, West Union, Adams County, Ohio
Proves: Lists Carey Hall Francis (1891-1962) among the children of John Marion Francis, who married Henrietta Grooms in 1862 and Luella Piatt in 1883; Carey falls under the 1883 marriage by date.
Find a Grave memorial of Carey Hall Francis
Find a Grave, memorial 59009079, PFC Carey Hall Francis (28 Jul 1891 to 29 Jul 1962), West Union Cemetery, Section 4, West Union, Adams County, Ohio
Proves: Names John Marion Francis and Luella Piatt as Carey's parents, with his wife Elma Matilda Bayless and children including Robert Melvin Francis (1922-1984).
Find a Grave, memorial 59009079, PFC Carey Hall Francis, West Union Cemetery, West Union, Adams County, Ohio, Section 4
Find a Grave, memorial 20738169, photograph added by Tree Of Life, 2020, captioned "John Marion Francis & Luella Piatt Francis"; the same picture on memorial 62740594.
Ohio Department of Health, certificate of death, file 42613, John M. Francis, 1921 (Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953, FamilySearch ark 1:1:VK57-WDJ). Image from Find a Grave memorial 20738169, added by Tree Of Life, 2020.
Adams County, Ohio, marriage records, vol. 3 (Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, FamilySearch ark 1:1:X8CV-C96).
Ohio death certificate of John M. Francis, 1921, file 42613 (Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953, FamilySearch ark 1:1:VK57-WDJ; a copy on Find a Grave memorial 20738169); Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003, entries for David E. Francis and Benedict Francis (arks 1:1:KSYK-YW2, 1:1:KSYK-TFS); Find a Grave memorial 20738169 and its photographs.
The People's Defender (West Union, Adams County, Ohio), 25 August 1921, page 1 (Ohio Memory, Ohio History Connection, collection p16007coll108).
Ohio death certificate of John M. Francis, 1921, file 42613 (Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953, FamilySearch ark 1:1:VK57-WDJ; a copy on Find a Grave memorial 20738169); The People's Defender (West Union, Adams County, Ohio), 25 August 1921, 18 January 1917, 15 March 1917 and 7 February 1918 (Ohio Memory, Ohio History Connection, collection p16007coll108); Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003, entries for David E. Francis and Benedict Francis (arks 1:1:KSYK-YW2, 1:1:KSYK-TFS); Find a Grave memorial 20738169 and its photographs.
The People's Defender (West Union, Adams County, Ohio), 17 July 1919, West Union local news (Ohio Memory, Ohio History Connection, collection p16007coll108).
The People's Defender (West Union, Adams County, Ohio), 28 April 1921 (Ohio Memory, Ohio History Connection, collection p16007coll108).
The People's Defender (West Union, Adams County, Ohio), 23 March 1911, real estate transfers (Ohio Memory, Ohio History Connection, collection p16007coll108).
The People's Defender (West Union, Adams County, Ohio), 22 March 1917, real estate transfers (Ohio Memory, Ohio History Connection, collection p16007coll108).
Ohio death certificate of John M. Francis, 1921, file 42613 (Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953, FamilySearch ark 1:1:VK57-WDJ; a copy on Find a Grave memorial 20738169); The People's Defender (West Union, Adams County, Ohio), 25 August 1921, 18 January 1917, 15 March 1917 and 7 February 1918 (Ohio Memory, Ohio History Connection, collection p16007coll108); Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003, entries for David E. Francis and Benedict Francis (arks 1:1:KSYK-YW2, 1:1:KSYK-TFS); Find a Grave memorial 20738169 and its photographs; The People's Defender (West Union, Adams County, Ohio), 23 March 1911, 22 March 1917, 17 July 1919 and 28 April 1921 (Ohio Memory, Ohio History Connection, collection p16007coll108).

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