Doctor Coleman Dorcas Smith

1811 - 1898  (86 years)

• Name	Coleman Dorcas Smith  [1]
  Title	Doctor
  Birth	16 Jul 1811	Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States of America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	L632-BRK
  Death	5 Jul 1898	Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States   [1]
  Burial	Sonoma, Sonoma County, California, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I25110	footsteps | Beaufort, Smith, Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II, DonCampbell
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Amos B. Smith,   b. 26 Oct 1775, Dutchess, New York, United States d. 27 Dec 1825, Townsend Township, Sandusky, Ohio, United States (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Purdy,   b. 15 Feb 1777, Westchester, New York, United States d. 17 Oct 1858, Indiana, United States (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1795	Chenango, New York, United States
  Family ID	F125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Grace Bigelow,   b. 27 Jan 1822, Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 1860, Sonoma, Sonoma County, California, United States of America (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	22 Oct 1842	Gasconade County, Missouri, United States
  Children	1. Sarah A. Smith,   b. 16 Aug 1844, Missouri, United States d. 1849, Sacramento County, California, United States (Age 4 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Marcelina Smith,   b. 5 Jan 1845, Oregon, United States d. 7 Feb 1926, San Francisco, California, United States (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Catherine Amelia Smith Legro,   b. 16 Apr 1847, Oregon, United States d. 15 Apr 1939, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Seraphine Smith,   b. 10 Feb 1849, Sonoma County, California, United States d. 10 Feb 1849, Sonoma County, California, United States (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Mary Malvina Smith,   b. 18 Nov 1850, Sacramento County, California, United States d. 8 Oct 1887, Sonoma County, California, United States (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 6. Elizabeth Thurston Smith,   b. 16 Jul 1852, Oregon, United States d. 26 Sep 1947, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States (Age 95 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Nelson A. Smith,   b. 7 Mar 1854, Oregon, United States d. 14 Jul 1867 (Age 13 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Ellen M. Smith,   b. 2 Feb 1855, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, United States of America d. 17 Dec 1859 (Age 4 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 9. Esmerelda Eramantha Smith,   b. 10 Dec 1857, Sonoma County, California, United States d. 9 Mar 1895, Sonoma County, California, United States (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Ira Smith,   b. 15 Feb 1859, Sonoma, Sonoma County, California, United States of America d. 1884 (Age 24 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F13879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Photos

  Emma Bigelow Tombstone

  
  

• Notes

  Came by covered wagon to Salt Lake City, then in 1848 on the Oregon Trail to Willamette Valley, Oregon where he setup a store. He then bought a schooner which was ship wrecked. He made his way to San Francisco, then went to Sacramento, where he setup another store. His daughter, Mary Malvina Smith, was born in Sacramento. He then moved to Sonoma, where he bought 40 acres, (Lot #516). In 1851, he went to Mexico.

  
  

• Sources

  [S762] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Emma Grace Smith https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=46911062&indiv=try