descent, her parents moved from Saxony, Germany, to Italy to work as an attendant to the German consulate. This gave privileges for special schooling and training. Ester achieved equivalent to a junior college education and taught in a ladies' seminary in Italy. She spoke and wrote four languages - German, French, Italian, and English. She was also an expert mathematician and talented musician. When quite a young girl, Mrs. Francis had a severe illness and lay in a trance for four days, her family thinking she was dead. During this time she saw in a vision the rise of the church in this country and the exodus of the people from the Missouri River to Utah. Mrs. Francis was converted and baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by Samuel Francis, a missionary in Italy. On July 1, 1857, Ester Weisbrodt and Samuel Francis were married in Geneva, Switzerland, where she was employed as a translator. In May 1961, she with her husband and two small children migrated to America from England, crossed the plains, arriving in Salt Lake that September. In 1863 the family moved to Morgan, Utah, where she endured the hardships of early pioneer life, along with bearing and rearing ten children. Always active in community life, she served as midwife, and taught mathematics, language, and music in the first school. She had a background in the use of medicinal plants. She had a good Morgan Pioneer History Buhls Us 'Together knowledge of drugs and their preparation and use. She had a herb garden that was the envy of the county and saved many a life by its medicinal values. Her practical nursing skill, combined with her medicinal treatments proved a blessing for the healing of many patients. The public service she rendered was unique for a pioneer woman - translating mail for neighbors, also acting as interpreter for the probate and district courts. Her knowledge of mathematics and calculus drew many to seek her help in figuring the tons of hay in a stack, bushels of grain in a bin, or acres of land on their farm. She assisted early surveyors by calculating the proper acreage per lot or section; she also participated in the surveying and layout out of Morgan City into blocks, lots and streets with Jessie W. Fox. For these outstanding achievements, Francis Peak was named in her honor. Mounted on a wall in the station's main building at Francis Peak is a plaque with a picture of Esther Francis with this inscription: "History and local tradition during the past century verifies that Francis Peak was named in honor of Esther Charlotte Emily Weisbrodt Francis, as early pioneer woman of Morgan, Utah" On February 21, 1913, at age seventy-seven, Esther Charlotte Emily Weisbrodt Francis passed away at her home in Morgan, Utah, and was buried in the local cemetery. Samuel Francis and Esther Charlotte Emily Weisbrodt Francis and Family. 77