Francis-Martin Family.

James Carrington Francis, Sr., was born in Jasper, Tenn., on July 26, 1810 and died in 1888. In 1831 or 1832, he married Amy Ingram in Washington, Tenn., and became a doctor. They moved to Jacksonville, Ala., in 1837 where they raised a large family of seven sons and three daughters who lived to maturity. Six of the sons served in the Confederate army. Miller William Francis was a surgeon who served first with the 6th Alabama Infantry and later with the 51st Alabama Infantry. He married Julia Patterson Clark, and they had three sons. The youngest of the three sons was John Miller Francis who received his BA and MA degrees in chemistry from the University of Alabama. In the 1890s he moved to Detroit, Mich., and became the chief chemist for Parke, Davis and Co.

The younger sons of James C. Francis, Sr., include Thomas Woodson Francis of the 10th Alabama Infantry and Hopkins Turney "Hop" Francis who served in the 9th Mississippi Infantry. They married Fannie Abernathy and Sophena "Phena" Sims, respectively, and were planters in Calhoun County after the war. James Carrington "Jim" Francis, Jr., was in the 4th Alabama Infantry and was promoted to captain. Near the end of the war, he moved to Georgia and married Sadie Whitehead. John Clark Francis was an officer in the 30th Alabama Infantry and was killed at Rocky Face Mountain near Dalton, Ga., in May 1864. Joseph Hugh Francis served in the 51st Alabama Infantry. After the war he worked for Tefft, Weller and Company in New York. Charles Henry Francis was too young to serve in the war and later owned a shoe store in Birmingham. None of the three younger sons appear to have married.

James C. Francis, Sr., had three daughters. The oldest two, Emma Mary Francis and Willie Caroline Francis never married. The youngest girl, Susan Hannah "Sue" Francis, married a Jacksonville attorney, John Thomas Martin, in 1873. J.T. and Susan F. Martin had five children: Woodson J., Frank, Joseph Francis, Amie, and John Thomas Martin, Jr. Woodson J. Martin was appointed judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit in 1918, a position which he apparently held until his death in 1934. His only child, Frank Jackson Martin, married Clara Jackson. J.T. and Susan F. Martin's sons Frank and Joe both died in 1904 of illness. Amie Martin married R.W. Morris in 1908 and moved to Birmingham were they had one child, Joe Martin Morris. The youngest child of J.T. and Susan F. Martin, Thomas Martin, became postmaster of Jacksonville and apparently did not marry. Susan Francis Martin died in November 1939.

From the description of Francis-Martin family papers, 1831-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122381148