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John Brown Francis, Governor
1791 - 1864 (73 years)-
Name John Brown Francis Suffix Governor Birth 31 May 1791 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gender Male Death 9 Aug 1864 Spring Green, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Burial North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Person ID I11040 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 18 Nov 2009
Father John Francis, b. 30 May 1763, of, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 8 Oct 1796 (Age 33 years) Mother Abigail "Abby" Brown, b. 20 Nov 1766 d. 5 Mar 1821 (Age 54 years) Marriage 1 Jan 1788 Family ID F6452 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Ann Carter or Anne Carter Brown, b. 11 Oct 1794, , , Rhode Island d. 1 May 1828, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 33 years) Marriage 18 Jun 1822 Children 1. Abby Francis, b. 8 Sep 1823 d. 19 Oct 1841, Spring Green, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island (Age 18 years) 2. John Francis, b. 17 Mar 1825 d. 22 Jan 1826 (Age 0 years) + 3. Anne Brown Francis, b. 23 Apr 1828 d. 24 Aug 1896 (Age 68 years) Family ID F6448 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Elizabeth Francis, b. 27 Jan 1796, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 14 Jun 1866, Spring Green, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island (Age 70 years) Marriage 22 May 1832 Children 1. Elizabeth Francis, b. 12 Mar 1833 d. 2 May 1901 (Age 68 years) 2. Sally Francis, b. 31 Mar 1834 d. 1 Jun 1904, Spring Green, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island (Age 70 years) 3. Sophia Harrison Francis, b. 23 May 1836 d. 23 Sep 1860 (Age 24 years) 4. John Brown Francis, b. 11 Feb 1838 d. 24 Feb 1870, Rome, Italy (Age 32 years) Family ID F6451 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - !SOURCE: Email from Brenda Bova (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple dated 6 Oct 1997.
!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 27 Mar 2002. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850; Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index.
!SOURCE: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial, Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888), p. 51, 82-83. Gives birth in Philadelphia (previously entered as Rhode Island.); gives death at Spring Green, Warwick (previously entered as Providence, R.I.).
!OFFICES: Numerous government positions, including Governor of Rhode Island, 1833-38. --A.I.B. Bulkley
- !SOURCE: Email from Brenda Bova (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple dated 6 Oct 1997.