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Note: SOURCE BAP/END/SP: LDS Vital Records Married/Death: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah p864
!NOTES All Previous Blessing reconfirmed and ratified 13 sep 1962 SL Came to Utah 1849 Manufacturer of shingles and farmer Senior president 101st Quorum of seventy Presiding elder over Spring Glenn branch of Price Ward 1883-89 Teachere and superintendent of Sunday schools Verteran of Blackhawk war In 1870, Francis had a household of 7 and a real wealth of $700 Francis located in the Provo, Utah area. Here he passed through the hard times of 1855-56 during which period he lived on fish alone for six weeks. At the time of the Johnson army trouble in 1857-58, he was sent to guard duty in Echo Canyon. After his marriage, he moved to the "Old Fort" in Goshen and later settled in Payson where he engaged in manufacturting nails and hoop iron from chains and wagon tires which had been bought in by the army. Subsequently he located at a mill which he owned on Summit creek near Santaquin. He served as a soldier in the Blackhawk war, and about 1877 he went into the business of manufacturing shingles. He had just completed and repaired his mill on Summit creek, when it was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $200-500, But he built another one further up the stream. In 1882 he moved to the Price river in Emery county where he was a farmer. (the above information from LDS Vital Records)
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