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Elvira Delvis Smith Mecartea

Birth: 11 May 1833
Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA
Death: 26 Nov 1903 (aged 70)
Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Burial: Divide Cemetery

Groveland, Tuolumne County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot: Sec 4 Grave 142
Memorial ID: 19432124 View Source

Daughter of Samuel W. Smith
Married to James Wyatt Mecartea 24 Jun 1852 in the saloon by a circuit rider in Chinese Camp, Tuolumne County, CA
Children
James William Mecartea
Francis Marion Mecartea
Elias C. Washington Mecartea
Walter Lee Mecartea
Joseph Hiram Mecartea
Jasper Authur Mecartea
George Sanford Mecartea
Franklin Elmer Mecartea
Alice Elvira Mecartea
Charles Delvis Mecartea
Chester Benjamin Mecartea
Austin Norman Mecartea
Eugene Edgar Mecartea

Came to California with parents in Oxen pulled wagon train, crossed Yuba river and camped in Marysville through the winter of 1849.
Pioneer family of Chinese Camp & Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne County, CA durring gold rush days. 11 of 13 children were born in Chinese Camp the last two were born in Big Oak Flat. Husband was Blacksmith and Sheriff in Big Oak Flat.

Daughter of Samuel W. Smith
Married to James Wyatt Mecartea 24 Jun 1852 in the saloon by a circuit rider in Chinese Camp, Tuolumne County, CA
Children
James William Mecartea
Francis Marion Mecartea
Elias C. Washington Mecartea
Walter Lee Mecartea
Joseph Hiram Mecartea
Jasper Authur Mecartea
George Sanford Mecartea
Franklin Elmer Mecartea
Alice Elvira Mecartea
Charles Delvis Mecartea
Chester Benjamin Mecartea
Austin Norman Mecartea
Eugene Edgar Mecartea

Came to California with parents in Oxen pulled wagon train, crossed Yuba river and camped in Marysville through the winter of 1849.
Pioneer family of Chinese Camp & Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne County, CA durring gold rush days. 11 of 13 children were born in Chinese Camp the last two were born in Big Oak Flat. Husband was Blacksmith and Sheriff in Big Oak Flat.

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James Wyatt Mecartea

1824–1899 (m. 1852)

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Created by: Helen Rowe Bledsoe
Added: May 18, 2007
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19432124/elvira_delvis-mecartea: accessed ), memorial page for Elvira Delvis Smith Mecartea (11 May 1833–26 Nov 1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19432124, citing Divide Cemetery, Groveland, Tuolumne County, California, USA; Maintained by Helen Rowe Bledsoe (contributor 22611885).

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