The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Benjamin
Surname: Francis

Gender: Male

Birth date: 12 February 1802

Birth place: Llanybydder, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Death date: 1 May 1849

Death place: St. Louis, Clayton, Missouri, United States

Burial date: 1 May 1849

Burial place: St. Louis, Clayton, Missouri, United States

Father: David Frances
Mother: Ruth Davies

Siblings

Evans, Margaret (1800-1886)

Married 16 December 1828 in Llanwenog, Cardiganshire, Wales

Children

Francis, Ann Evans

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 26 February 1849 aboard the ship Buena Vista.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 19 April 1849.

Francis, Benjamin - Benjamin Francis (1802-1849): Biography

The Call of Zion by Ron Dennis

Captain Dan Jones wrote of Benjamin Francis:

"One dear and faithful elder died this morning, namely Benjamin Francis, leaving great sorrow behind him. It would be difficult to find any more faithful than he in his life, and he died happy. His wife and children will come along with us."

Letter of Dan Jones to William Phillips, 30 April/1 May 1849, from St. Louis. Published in "Udgorn Seion" (Zion's Trumpet), June 1849, p. 123.