Contra Costa-Napa County CA Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Napoleon Bonaparte December 5, 1907
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San Francisco Call, December 8, 1907
"DEATH OF A VETERAN.

OAKLAND, Dec. 7.

Napoleon B. Smith, who was prominently identified with the affairs of Alameda 
and Contra Costa counties in the early days and came to California in 1846, 
died Wednesday [Thursday, December 5] at the Soldiers' home at Yountville.  He 
was a veteran of the Mexican war and was born in Ohio in 1818.  Smith settled 
here in the fifties and later moved to Martinez, where he married and reared a 
large family.  His funeral will be held at the latter place [Martinez] 
tomorrow." END

Additional Comments:
San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California).  December 8, 1907 (Sunday).  
Page 44, Column 4.  He was buried in Alhambra Cemetery, Martinez.  He married 
Margaline Brown, daughter of Elam Brown.  He was the brother of Henry Clay 
Smith, another California pioneer with links to the early American history of 
Contra Costa and Alameda counties.

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