Show BUSY IW C. n B II J. J O al COl County Il ICS LOM Useful en in lii Death ti i of Samuel Saluel Pral Francis I Republican Special S Service Moral Morgan May ray 2 27 Patriarch Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- uel Francis who ele died S Saturday t me a after an nn illness of ot one oc week was ono one of or orthe the pioneers of Morgan county havIng having hav hay ing log lived here herc continually since 1865 during which tune time he lie II had hall served in almost every ery office chico olce in both county nn und and church governments Mr Francis was born In Wiltshire England July 3 1830 Ills Ilia boyhood years yer were spent pmt In a n woolen wool wool- en em mill mi and it I was necessary for him to contribute to the thc support of n a 0 widowed mother mothel al and several children When 14 I years ol old he was converted to the Mormon ormon religion and entered the ministry immediately In 1851 I he lie li w went nt to Italy Ialy as a missionary and anti during his two years years' labor there he hemet hemet hemet met Miss Esther C C. C. C whom he married in 1857 Leaving Italy Ialy he spent one year in S Switzerland Switzer Switzer- erlane er- er land lane and and then returned to England whore he continued in the ministry for tor four years year more Coming to the lie United States States he lie reached Salt Lake in September 1811 and after aCer living for a few months In Salt Lake nn and Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton Cotton- Colon Colon- woo wood he settled In iii llor Morgan nn county Ills Ils civil civi offices Included el eight ht years ears earsIn in th the state legislature and one ono year in tn th the senate and he had hal served us as probate judge In tho the church h he lie was councillor to Presidents Smith and andRoid Reid Roid Fry FI as us we well as holding the stake stale presidency for many years cars Mrs Francis survived him as well velL wel as a seven sons sotis three daughters and amI thirty grandchildren lel |