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• Birth	1819	Rhea county, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	1875	Texas   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I405	mykindred
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2009 00:00:00
  Father	Woodson Francis, b. Between 1780 and 1790, Virginia
  Mother	Elizabeth "Betsy" Henry, b. Abt 1785, Virginia
  Family ID	F15920	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Mary C. Earley
  Married	15 Mar 1843	Johnson county, Missouri
  Children	1. George Francis, b. 1839   2. Susan Francis, b. 1846
  Family ID	F5856	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Mary Jane Josephine Cloud, b. 1832, Alabama
  Married	23 Aug 1847	Austin county, Texas   [6, 7]
  Notes	- 1860 census, TX, Austin, Travis, p. 43, June 24 enumerated by "Jerry Cloud" -- HH 329/329 Joseph Francis, 41, M, farmer, $5620, $7400, TN Mary J, Francis (wife), 28, F, AL Jane Francis (child), 7, F, TX Charles C Francis (child), 6, M, TX Jo(?) W Francis (child), 4, M, TX M.W. Francis (child), 1, F, TX Gundy Gonzles, 45, M, laborer, Mexico -
  Children	1. Jane Edna Francis, b. 23 Dec 1852   2. Charles E. Francis, b. 1854, Texas   3. Joseph W. Francis, b. 1856, Texas   4. Mary Elizabeth Francis, b. Jan 1859, Texas > 5. John William Francis, b. 24 Jun 1861, Kenney, Austin county, Texas > 6. James Cloud Francis, b. 6 Aug 1868, Kenney, Austin county, Texas
  Family ID	F214	Group Sheet

• Notes

  The children for this family deduced from census records (and assume that the Joseph and Mary Francis of the 1850 and the 1860 Austin County censii are the same people.)     Carol Higginbotham higgie-at-samlink.com> wrote NOV 3, 1999:  "from my sources (Grandmother, mother and other family members) Joseph was married before he married Mary. He had at least two children." 1850 Austin Cty TX census, October 3, 1850, p 89 (M432-908, p.89) HH 16 James Cloud, 38, M, farmer, 800, GA Jane Cloud, 38, F, GA Joseph Francis, 31, M, farmer, TN Mary Francis, 20, F, AL George, 11, M ( b. 1839), TX Susan, 4, F (b. 1846), MO HH 17 Jeremiah Cloud, 68, M, farmer, 2000, GA Elizabeth Cloud, 66, GA Marion, 21, labourer, ALHH 18 John C. Cloud, 31, M, farmer, GA Mary Cloud, 32, F, GA Mary ?J??, 11, TX Marion, 8, TX John, 5, TX Margarette, 2, TX - HH 20 Miller Francis, 40, farmer, 5950, TN Nancy Francis, 30?, Ohio Marguerette, 10, TX James, 6, TX Lidia Ann, 4, TX Elizabeth Francis, 65, VA Elizabeth F. ?us?, 22, TN Mary McKey, 21, LA John Ahrent?, 14, Germany - HH 22 (Oct 3, 1850) James Francis, 45, county clerk, TN Claracy Francis, 42, TN Woodson, 18, labourer, MO Jonathan, 14, MO William, 11, MO James, 6, MO Narcissa, 17, MO Missouri, 9, MO America, 7, MO Jane, 8/12, TX - Jim Francis wrote regarding the names on the 1850 census: "The way the children's names are presented in this Census, it's implied that both George and Susan are named Francis and thus are Joseph's children.  I believe this is true for Susan, but not for George.  I think he is George Cloud, for the following reasons: 1.  Joseph's previous marriage (to a Mary C. Early) occurred in Johnson County, MO on March 15, 1843.  Susan is young enough to be a child of this marriage, but George is not. 2.  Susan is said to have been born in MO, which is where Joseph grew up and married his first wife.  George is said to have been born in TX, but there is no evidence that Joseph Francis was in Texas prior to his migration from MO around 1848.  According to the 1840 Austin County tax list, the only Francis in the area around 1839 was Joseph's brother Miller. 3.  George is not a name which appears in Joseph Francis's ancestry, but it does appear in the Cloud ancestry. 4.  In the 1860 Census, there is no George Francis in the area who is of the correct age.  There is, however, an HGW Cloud, Jr. living in the James M. & Jane Cloud household who is of the correct age and who does not appear in the 1850 Census. I believe that the 1860 HGW Cloud, Jr. and the 1850 George “Francis” are the same person and that he is a son of James & Jane Cloud.  I think the “Jr” is simply to distinguish him from the older HGW Cloud living in the area." - 1860 Austin Co. census: Joseph Francis 41 Farmer b. Tenn. Mary J. wife 28 b. Ala. Jane 7 female b. TX. Charles E. 6 b. TX. J.W. 4 b. TX. M. E. 1 b.TX. - Lura Black wrote NOV 5, 1999     "I believe that Joseph is related in some way to Miller (born abt 1810) Francis and Nancy (born abt 1816) (brother??).  Miller and Nancy had at least two children James W (born abt 1844) and  Lydia A (born abt 1847).  This was from 1860 census, Bellville, Austin, TX" The 1870 census would indicate that the J stands for John, to wit: - 1870 Bellville Austin TX, page 241, dwelling 461 taken 12 Jul 1870 Francis, Joseph   51   TN Mary Jane           39   AL Jane                   17   TX Joseph               14    TX Mary E.              11    TX John W.               8    TX James                  2    TX - It would appear that Joseph Francis died between the 1870 and 1880 census.  1880 census shows Mary J. Francis, as head of household, with children, Joseph, M. E. and James C., still living at home with her.

• Sources

  [S248] Higginbotham, Carol Youngblood, email of 6-19-00. [S825] Gedcom - Henry, Judy. [S1082] Francis, James, email to Tom Cloud of JUL 26, 2005, and JamesCloudwithAdditions.rtf. [S1082] Francis, James, email to Tom Cloud of July 26, 2005. [S1992] Francis Family Bible. [S216] Austin County records, Marriage records of Austin county.. [S824] Texas marriage records (online), Dodd, Jordan R, et. al. Early American Marriages: Texas to 1850. Joseph's surname is transcribed as "FRUNIS".