Nellie Griswold Francis was an accomplished singer—a contralto—and appeared in many events as a soloist and in ensembles, mostly at her church, Plymouth Baptist. She often appeared there with another singer, William T. Francis. They married in 1893. Francis was born in Nashville in 1874 and arrived in St. Paul, Minnesota with her family in […]
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