... Franklin B. Francis was born in Springport, Cayuga county, Dec. 4, 1826. He is a son of Sylvester and Love (West) Francis, of Cayuga county. His father was born July 9, 1804, and his mother March 24, 1804. The former was a native of Wallingford, Ct., and son of Elihu and Lydia Francis, also natives of Connecticut. The mother of our subject, Love West, was a native of Vermont and a daughter of John and Phebe West.
Sylvester Francis moved with his family to Livonia in 1831, from his former home in Cayuga county. He settled about two miles south of Livonia Center, where he lived until he became incapacitated by being thrown from a mowing machine. About 1867 he removed to Livonia Station, where he still resides.
Mrs. Love Francis, died May 7, 1837, leaving the following five children :
- Franklin B. ;
- Andrew J., born June 26, 1828, now residing at Austin, Nevada;
- Charles L., born May 10, 1831, died in California in 1860;
- John W., born Aug. 12, 1833, died in Minnesota in 1864; and
- Jay, born Nov. 20, 1836, now residing in Portland, Oregon.
Sylvester Francis married for his second wife, Eliza Coe, by whom he has had two children, viz. :
- Lydia, now the wife of George B. Dunlap, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and
- Emma, who died in 1862, aged twenty-two years.
