John W FRANCIS
NOTES: August 2008 - See Kentucky Birth Records, 1852-1910 in my Mantlo certificates file. NOTES: April 2013 - found her in the 1860 US Census, Ellen Hightower age 6 found her in the 1870 US Census, Ellen Hightower age 14 NOTES: June 2013 - All her info came from Kentucky, Death Record, 1852-1953 on ancestry.com Name: Mary Elizabeth Francis [Mary Elizabeth Hightower] Death Date: 22 Jan 1931 Death Location: Todd Age: 74 Gender: Female Ethnicity: White Birth Date: 30 Jan 1856 Birth Location: Kentucky Spouse's Name: John Francis Father's Name: William Hightower Father's Birth Location: Kentucky Mother's Name: Laura Keeling Mother's Birth Location: Kentucky NOTES: November 2013 - Added children from papers copied on our trip & 1880 census has Lillie M age 3, James W age 2.
NOTES: July 2016 - Her information came from the papers I copied while on our trip, chapter 6 #1935
He married Mary Ellen Hightower 6 May 1875 at Todd, Kentucky . Mary Ellen Hightower was born at Elkton, Todd, Kentucky 29 Jan 1856 daughter of William Robert Hightower and Louisa C Keeling .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Lillie Mae Francis
born 30 Oct 1876.
James William Francis
born 5 Nov 1878.
Rosie Alice Francis
born 1 Apr 1883.
John W Francis died 25 Jul 1937 at Christian, Kentucky .
Mary Ellen Hightower died 22 Jan 1931 at Elkton, Todd, Kentucky .