ID	First	Middle	Last	DOB	DOD	COD
78	Adalissa	N/A	Francis	8/10/1845	10/3/1865	Dysentary

veteran	exhumed	purchaser	cemetery
N/A	FALSE	N/A	Adams Street

lot	plot
N/A	R6 G13

relations

Samuel Francis (father) Lydia Francis (mother)

comments

Adalissa's parents are not enumerated in the census under any obvious name; the only Francis in Berea is Charles Francis. On 13 May 1865, Adalissa's father bought a half acre of land on the north side of Bridge St. west of Wallace Alley, from B.B. Balch for $700 (Samuel Francis deed, 20 May 1865). On 14 Nov. 1865, he sold the same lot to George Caniffe for $805 (Samuel Francis deed, 19 Dec 1865). It was legally necessary for a man's wife to be examined separately to ensure she approved of the sale of land; there is no such statement in this deed, and indeed, Samuel's wife Lydia ("Mip") had died Oct 29 of that year, less than a month after the death of their daughter. It appears that Samuel, deprived of his wife and daughter, decided to move on. Berea recorded her burial in 1865: "Oct. 3 Adalipa Francis--dysentary [age] 20" 1904 and 1934 transcriptions of her tombstone said "Adalissa, dau of S & Lydia Francis, born Aug 10, 1845, died Oct 3, 1865" and "Lydia, wife of Samuel Francis, born Nov 11, 1808, died Oct 29, 1865." In 2007, the stone was found to be broken, repaired badly, and barely legible. Samuel Francis bought lot #178 1/2.

sources

E. S. Loomis and D. T. Gould, "Inscriptions from the Old Berea Cemetery," 1904, Berea Historical Society "List of Burials and Names 1856-1871," City of Berea Records "Cuyahoga Cemetery Inscriptions," Vol. I, compiled by the Western Reserve Historical Society, 1934 "Number of burial lots and price," Adams St Cemetery folder, Berea Historical Society Samuel Francis deeds, Cuyahoga County Recorder's Office online, recorded 20 May 1865 and 19 Dec 1865.