Former New Jersey State Senator and former Supreme Court Judge of
Dakota, William R. Francis, died in the City Hospital in Newark, this
State, on Dec. 15th last, aged 82 years. His death was the result of a
fall in the bedroom of his home, 324 S. Orange Ave., Newark.
Judge Francis was born in Connecticut. He was a graduate from Oberlin
College and then came to Newark, where he became a member of the law
firm of Titsworth, Francis & Marsh. He served as city counsel of Newark
from 1871 to 1875 and in the State Senate from 1879 to 1881. In 1882 Mr.
Francis went to Dakota. At that time the two Dakotas were united in a
territory of the United States. After completing his term as Supreme
Court Judge there he became attorney for the Northern Pacific Railroad.
About twenty years ago he returned to Newark. Mr. Francis was a Master
in Chancery and had offices with Scharringhausen & Hartpence, 800 Broad
street. Mr. Francis is survived by a widow, who was Miss Annie Yeomans
of Newark. He is also survived by a niece, Mrs. C. L. Bryant of Danbury,
Conn., and a cousin, Miss Mary Francis, of Newark.
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