Company B.
Phil. H. Francis, Secretary and Treasurer of the First Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteer Association, was born in Lyons, Iowa, November 3d.,1848. Educated in the public schools of Lyons. Served as private in B company. Began the study of law soon after returning home; was admitted to the bar in 1875; practiced the profession until 1883. when he was elected Chief of Police of Cedar Rapids, which position he held till April. 1890, when declining a re-election he resumed the practice of law.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lothrop, A History Of The First Regiment Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, p. 331-2
Phil. H. Francis, Secretary and Treasurer of the First Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteer Association, was born in Lyons, Iowa, November 3d.,1848. Educated in the public schools of Lyons. Served as private in B company. Began the study of law soon after returning home; was admitted to the bar in 1875; practiced the profession until 1883. when he was elected Chief of Police of Cedar Rapids, which position he held till April. 1890, when declining a re-election he resumed the practice of law.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lothrop, A History Of The First Regiment Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, p. 331-2
