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Francis Willis was born in Benton, Franklin County, Illinois in 1843. His mother was Jane
Smith Chidester and in the 1850 census she listed Frank as Francis M. Richards. In the
1860 census she listed him as Francis M. Chidester. Francis served the union for ILL in
1861 and listed himself as Francis Marion Willis. His pension record has the name Willis as
an "alias". Francis kept the name Willis and on March 17, 1869 in Richland County,
Louisiana he married Althea Catherine Moore (Selman). Francis moved the family to Panola
County Texas and he was in the Texas census from 1880 until 1910. He died about 1916.
Who were Jane Smith and Francis Marion Richards?
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