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James Carlton Francis

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James Carlton Francis

Birth
Roane County, Tennessee, USA
Death
25 Mar 1881 (aged 70)
Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas, USA
Burial
Dialville, Cherokee County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 31.8548917, Longitude: -95.2390399
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Married Sarah "Sallie" McKinney on September 27, 1832 in Roane County, TN.


From the Galveston Daily News, Saturday, March 26, 1881, p. 1:

Rusk, March 25 -- Hon. James A. Francis, a venerable citizen of this county, aged seventy years, died to-day at his residence in this city. Mr. Francis was an industrious, well-to-do farmer, and had many friends and no enemies. He served with distinction in the Sixth, Eighth and Tenth Legislatures of Texas.


From the Dallas Herald, Tuesday, March 29, 1881, p. 3:

Hon. James C. Francis, a number of terms representative in the legislature from Cherokee county, died at his home in Rusk, on Friday, at the age of seventy years, and was buried with masonic honors.
Married Sarah "Sallie" McKinney on September 27, 1832 in Roane County, TN.


From the Galveston Daily News, Saturday, March 26, 1881, p. 1:

Rusk, March 25 -- Hon. James A. Francis, a venerable citizen of this county, aged seventy years, died to-day at his residence in this city. Mr. Francis was an industrious, well-to-do farmer, and had many friends and no enemies. He served with distinction in the Sixth, Eighth and Tenth Legislatures of Texas.


From the Dallas Herald, Tuesday, March 29, 1881, p. 3:

Hon. James C. Francis, a number of terms representative in the legislature from Cherokee county, died at his home in Rusk, on Friday, at the age of seventy years, and was buried with masonic honors.

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Our Father

Born in Roane Co. Tenn.
Died at Rusk Texas
Aged 70 ys 19 days.



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