Laura Cornelia (Smith) Francis (1842 - 1930)

Born 20 Jun 1842 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Morrell Francis — married 7 May 1874 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1930 at age 88 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Laura Cornelia SMITH "Celia" ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} was born ^[10][11] 20 Jun 1842 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States and was christened ^[12] 19 Sep 1847 in Christ Church, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States. She died ^[13] 11 Oct 1930 and was buried ^[14] in Great Hill Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States. Celia married ^[15] Morrell FRANCIS on 7 May 1874 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Oxford Census.
2. ↑ 1860 Oxford Census. "Laura C. / School Teacher."
3. ↑ 1870 Oxford Census. "Cornelia L. / School Teacher."
4. ↑ B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 2. . " Bennett lived at home until he m. Celia Smith, daughter of Ephraim Smith of Rockhouse Hill. Soon after he went to Oregon and was never heard from after. It was supposed that he was killed by the Indians. His widow m. Frances, of Rockhouse Hill." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-02.html.
5. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 142. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/142.html.
6. ↑ 1900 Oxford Census. "Laura C."
7. ↑ 1910 Oxford Census. "Laura."
8. ↑ 1920 Oxford Census. "Cornelia."
9. ↑ 1930 Oxford Census. "L. Cornelia."
10. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 113. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/113.html.
11. ↑ 1900 Oxford Census. "June 1840 Connecticut."
12. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 137. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/137.html.
13. ↑ Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), p. 49.
14. ↑ Great Hill Cemetery Photograph - Seymour, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem10000.html.
15. ↑ Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family, p. 49.

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