Fillmore
In March 1863, Church President Brigham Young asked Francis to settle in Fillmore, Utah. The next fourteen years of his life were spent there, and he engaged himself in leadership in church, politics, business, and manufacturing there. Among his positions and honors were:
- assistant assessor of United States internal revenue
- lieutenant-colonel of the first regiment of militia in the Pauvan District at 25
- member of the House of the General Assembly of the State of Deseret
- a member of the 17th, 18th, 22nd and 23rd sessions of the Utah Territorial legislature
- county clerk and recorder
- superintendent of schools
- prosecuting attorney
When a stake was formed in Fillmore, he was ordained to the office of high priest. Later he was called to the High Council.
On October 4, 1869, he practiced polygamy by marrying his second wife, Clara Caroline Callister. Her grandfather was John Smith, Joseph Smith's uncle, and her son Richard R. Lyman would go on to serve as an apostle from 1918 to 1943.
He was called to a second mission to England and left Salt Lake City on October 20, 1873 and arrived in Liverpool on November 12. During his mission, he also visited and proselyted in Wales, Scotland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and France. He arrived with 300 saints in Utah, returning to Fillmore on October 11, 1875.
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