Simeon Sim Francis and Cassie Branham Smith

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. Children of Simeon "Sim" Francis and Cassie Branham Smith;

1. Elizabeth Francis b about 1841 m. 21 Mar 1867 to 1st George Watts s/o Thomas Watts and Nancy Hagin; m. 2nd 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 1845 Perry 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.