FRANCIS, George, Richmond, KY., then Iberia Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** GEORGE FRANCIS, NEW IBERIA.--George Francis, architect and builder, is a native of Richmond, Kentucky, born August 18, 1868. He is the son of William Francis and Mary (Kerridge) Francis; both are English by birth. George Francis received a good common school education and served an apprenticeship in Louisville, and later in Cincinnati, as an architect and builder. To this business he has devoted his whole life, and his achievements show that he pursued the proper course in life. He is the architect and builder of many of the finest residences in this section of Louisiana, among which may be mentioned the residence of Joseph Jefferson, and numerous others in this section. He has for thirteen years been a resident of Louisiana; prior to that time having lived for a short while in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Mr. Francis was married in 1886 to Miss Sallie Sylis, of Mississippi. They are the parents of five living children, all of whom are daughters. Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp. 109-110. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.