Louise (Wise) Francis (1895-1937)

Mrs Mary "Louise" Clisby (Wise) Lewis, Lewis, Francis

She inherited a fortune from her aunt, Mary Lily Kenan, widow of one of the original partners of Standard Oil, Henry Morrison Flagler. As such, in 1918 she came in at 23rd (tied with James B. Duke, Jacob Schiff, George Eastman, Louis F. Swift, Julius Rosenwald, Pierre S. Du Pont and Henry Phipps) on the first ever Forbes Rich List with an estimated personal fortune of $50-million. She inherited "Kirkside" the Flagler mansion at St. Augustine in Florida. She was married three times and had two children by her first marriage to Dr. Lawrence Lewis, twice (through his mother and great-grandmother) a direct descendant of U.S. President William Henry Harrison.

Parents (2)

Joseph Clisby Wise

Joseph Clisby Wise, of Macon, Georgia

1871-1930

Jessie (Kenan) Wise

Mrs Jessie Hargrave (Kenan) Wise

1870-1968

Spouses (3)

Dr. Lawrence Lewis

Dr. Lawrence Lewis, M.D., of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

1895-1954

Hugh Romaine Lewis

Hugh R. Lewis, Ice Merchant, of Bear Creek, Pennsylvania

1895-1948

Frederick Gomer Francis

Frederick G. Francis, Baseball Player & Co-Owner of the Saint Augustine Saints

1899-1962

Children (2)

Lawrence Lewis

Lawrence Lewis, Jr., of Richmond, Virginia; Vice President of Flagler Systems, Inc.

1918-1995

Mary Lily Flagler (Lewis) Wiley

Mrs. Mary Lily Flagler (Lewis) Pollard, Wiley

1920-2010