FRANCIS, Ada Pearl

Date of birth:  12 Jul 1889 – Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 6 Dec 1898

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 16, 1898,
Volume XXXIX Number 23, page 6 column 6

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OBITUARY.

Ada Pearl Francis, daughter of T. O. and Mary L. Francis, was born July 12, 1889, and departed this life Dec. 6, 1898, aged 9 years 4 months and 24 days. She was sick but one short week, yet she bore her suffering with much fortitude. She seemed to realize that she could not get well so she called for her friends, telling her mamma and Stella not to cry for when the good man wanted her she must go. So she has an­swered the call. She leaves a father, mother, four brothers and one sister and other relatives and friends, her school­mates and Sunday school class, to mourn her loss, but we realize our loss is heaven’s gain.

Link to Ada Pearl Francis’s grave

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Birth Index, 1882–1920, referencing Book H-2, page 190, records that a white female infant was born to Thomas J. [sic] Francis and Lavinia Craig on 12 Jul 1889.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson