Francis Holmes
7 Jul 1815 - 30 Aug 1868
Francis Holmes (Homes) (1815–1868) was christened 7 Jul. 1815 in Pencombe, Herefordshire, England. He was the son of Francis Homes and Elizabeth Derry. He married Hannah Grittins on 13 May 1839 in Cradley, Herefordshire, England; widowed in 1841. He married Jane Hunt Melling (Mealon) on 4 Mar. 1843 in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. He was baptized by Wilford Woodruff on 31 May 1840. He died 30 Aug. 1868 in Montrose, Lee Co., Iowa.
Francis Homes (LCZ6-KXV), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 30 Sep. 2021). Francis Holmes, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/francis-holmes, accessed Sep. 30, 2021). Church of England, Parish Church of Pencombe (Herefordshire), “Bishop’s Transcripts for Pencombe, 1660-1872: Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, 1660-1854,” Francis Homes, 7 Jul. 1815; Hereford County Record Office, Hereford, England; microfilm 992335, item 5, DGS 7566447, FHL. Church of England, Parish Church of Cradley (Herefordshire), “Bishop’s Transcripts for Cradley, 1660-1873: Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1660-1873,” Francis Homes and Hannah Gittins, 13 May 1839; Hereford County Record Office; microfilm 992143, DGS 7566420, image 583, FHL. “Francis Holmes,” Saints by Sea: Latter-day Saints Immigration to America (https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu/, accessed 30 Sep. 2021). Lynn W. Cook, Nauvoo Deaths and Marriages, 1839-1845 (Orem, UT: Grandin Book Co., 1994), 103. 1850 US Census, Lee, Lee County, IA, Francis Holmes. 1860 US Census, Jefferson Township, Lee County, IA, Francis Holmes. “Francis Holmes,” Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Lee Co., IA; Find A Grave, 18 Aug. 2013, memorial no. 115686893 (https://findagrave.com, accessed 30 Sep. 2021).
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