Margeline (Brown) Smith. Grave in Lot 167B. Inscription on the north side of large family marker is: "Mrs. Margeline/ Wife of / N[apoleon] B[onaparte] Smith / Died Mar. 12, 1893 / Age 63 yrs & 11 mos." (Also on the marker is her husband Napoleon Smith on the east side and Ella [Ellen Josephine] Smith, their daughter, on west side.) Her father, Elam Brown, and step-mother, Margaret Boyd Miller Brown, are also buried in the Alhambra Cemetery.
San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California)
March 15, 1893 (Wednesday)
"Funeral of a Pioneer.
Martinez, March 14. The funeral of Mrs. Margelina Smith, mother of the first American child born in Contra Costa county, who died on the 12th instant, took place to-day." END
AND
"THE COAST DEATH LIST.
Contra Costa County Loses One of Its Pioneer Women.
Martinez, March 14. The funeral of Mrs. Margelina Smith mother of the first American child born in Contra Costa county who died on the 12th inst., took place to-day and was attended by a large number of the pioneers, relatives and friends. The deceased lady came to this country in 1849 and has resided here ever since."
San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California)
March 15, 1893 (Wednesday)
"Funeral of a Pioneer.
Martinez, March 14. The funeral of Mrs. Margelina Smith, mother of the first American child born in Contra Costa county, who died on the 12th instant, took place to-day." END
AND
"THE COAST DEATH LIST.
Contra Costa County Loses One of Its Pioneer Women.
Martinez, March 14. The funeral of Mrs. Margelina Smith mother of the first American child born in Contra Costa county who died on the 12th inst., took place to-day and was attended by a large number of the pioneers, relatives and friends. The deceased lady came to this country in 1849 and has resided here ever since."
Margeline (Brown) Smith. Grave in Lot 167B. Inscription on the north side of large family marker is: "Mrs. Margeline/ Wife of / N[apoleon] B[onaparte] Smith / Died Mar. 12, 1893 / Age 63 yrs & 11 mos." (Also on the marker is her husband Napoleon Smith on the east side and Ella [Ellen Josephine] Smith, their daughter, on west side.) Her father, Elam Brown, and step-mother, Margaret Boyd Miller Brown, are also buried in the Alhambra Cemetery.
San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California)
March 15, 1893 (Wednesday)
"Funeral of a Pioneer.
Martinez, March 14. The funeral of Mrs. Margelina Smith, mother of the first American child born in Contra Costa county, who died on the 12th instant, took place to-day." END
AND
"THE COAST DEATH LIST.
Contra Costa County Loses One of Its Pioneer Women.
Martinez, March 14. The funeral of Mrs. Margelina Smith mother of the first American child born in Contra Costa county who died on the 12th inst., took place to-day and was attended by a large number of the pioneers, relatives and friends. The deceased lady came to this country in 1849 and has resided here ever since."
San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California)
March 15, 1893 (Wednesday)
"Funeral of a Pioneer.
Martinez, March 14. The funeral of Mrs. Margelina Smith, mother of the first American child born in Contra Costa county, who died on the 12th instant, took place to-day." END
AND
"THE COAST DEATH LIST.
Contra Costa County Loses One of Its Pioneer Women.
Martinez, March 14. The funeral of Mrs. Margelina Smith mother of the first American child born in Contra Costa county who died on the 12th inst., took place to-day and was attended by a large number of the pioneers, relatives and friends. The deceased lady came to this country in 1849 and has resided here ever since."
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