Simeon Sim Francis and Cassie Branham Smith
Simeon Sim Francis b 25 Mar 1818 VA d 31 Jul 1878 Letcher Co KY; s/o Thomas Francis and Jane Hammonds. Simeon Sim Francis m. 28 May 1840 Perry Co KY to Cassie Branham Smith b 29 Jan 1825 Letcher Co KY d 31 Jul 1878 Letcher Co KY; d/o William Branham Smith and Elizabeth Childers. (1850 Letcher Co KY Census and 1860 Letcher Co KY Census). Children of Simeon Sim Francis and Cassie Branham Smith;
1. Elizabeth Francis b about 1841; m. 21 Mar 1867 to (1) George Watts s/o
Thomas Watts and Nancy Hagin; m. (2) Kelly Franklin; s/o James W Franklin and Eliza Cornett. Kelly Franklin m. about 1902 to Matilda Smith b about 1855; d/o Alexander Smith and Mary Ashley. Matilda Smith m. 10 May 1875 Letcher Co KY to Thomas Hale b 1853 Russell Co VA d 1888; s/o
James Dickenson Hale and Mary Jane Grizzle.
2. Samuel Black Sam Francis b 25 Jun 1848 d 18 Sept 1922; m. 11 Feb 1864 to Lettie Mullins b 11 Sept 1846 Letcher Co KY d 2 Aug 1931; d/o John S Mullins and Matilda Amburgey.
3. Polly Jane Francis b about 1845; m. John Hall.
4. Nancy Francis b about 1848; m. Andrew Andy Combs b 25 Dec 1845Perry Co KY d 15 Apr 1917 Perry Co KY; s/o John Lorenzo Combs and Sarah Sally Kelly.
5. Margorie Francis Pug Francis b 26 Mar 1851; m. Skyler Hamilton. (the following from Dan Mohn Website) Marjorie Pug Francis b 26 MAR 1851 m. William Riley Combs
b 11 Feb 1849 KY d 5 Jan 1919 Knott Co KY heart trouble and dropsy; s/o Jeremiah Lorenzo Combs and Sarah Sally Kelly.
William Riley Combs m. 11 Nov 1872 Letcher Co KY to Sarah Sally Francis b 19 Oct 1853 Letcher Co KY d 23 Dec 1936; (sister of Marjorie Pug Francis)
6. Sarah Sally Francis b 19 Oct 1852 d 23 Dec 1936; m. 11 Nov 1872 Letcher Co KY to William Riley Combs b 2 Jan 1849 d 1 May 1918 (or 5 Jan 1919 Sassafras), Knott Co KY; s/o Jeremiah Lorenzo Combs and Sarah Sally Kelly. (The following from Dan Mohn Website) Sarah Sally Francis b 19 OCT 1853 Letcher Co, KY d m. 11 Nov 1872 Letcher Co KY to William Riley Combs b 11 Feb 1849 KY d 5 Jan 1919 Knott Co KY heart trouble and dropsy; s/o Jeremiah Lorenzo Combs and Sarah Sally Kelly. William Riley Combs m. Marjorie Pug Francis b 26 Mar 1851.
7. Lucinda Francis b Oct 1857 Winchester, Clark Co KY d about 1934; m. Ambrose J Amburgey b 25 May 1854 Little Carr Creek, Knott Co KY d 1 Dec 1931; s/o William J Tanner Bill Amburgey and Elizabeth Stamper.
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