1823 - 1909; Tappan Francis was a physician in Brookline for some 50 years. He graduated from Harvard College in 1844 and Harvard Medical School in 1847. He lived on Davis Ave. and, in 1878, built a home at 35 Davis Ave. that is now on the National Register of Historic Places. He was one of the signatories on the Charter of the Brookline Historical Society. He is buried in the Walnut St. Cemetery.