Botetourt-Middlesex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Francisco, Mary B. 1859
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Memphis Daily Appeal, 2 July 1859


Source: Memphis Daily Appeal, Saturday, July 2, 1859 (Library of Congress, loc.gov)

Death of the widow of Peter FRANCISCO: Mrs. Mary B. Francisco, widow of the
celebrated Peter Francisco, of revolutionary memory, died in Fincastle, on the
8th inst., at the residence of her son-in-law, Joseph V. CARPER, Esq. Mrs.
Francisco was born in England, in Brompton, the western suburb of the
Metropolis, on the 12th of July, 1782. By the death of her parents she was early
left as orphan. Thus, at the age of five years she became a member of the family
of her grandmother, Mrs. Randolph, who resided in the city of London. At about
the age of fifteen years she sailed to America, landed upon Virginia soil and
became an inmate of the household of her uncle, Gov. R. HAVING (?), remained two
or three years in the family of the Governor, she was received into the family
of her uncle Phillip L. GRIMES, of Brandon, Middlesex county, with whom she
resided until about the time of her marriage with Major WEST, a wealthy planter
of Virginia. Of this marriage she left three daughters, whose families are
respected citizens of the State which she adopted as her home on her arrival in
the United States. Being left a widow, she married Peter Francisco, the soldier
of revolutionary memory.


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