Biographical Sketch of Emily Sibley Colt, M.D., St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** Emily Sibley Colt, M.D., wife of C. C. Colt, Esq., of St. Joseph, is a daughter of Elisha Sibley, of Henrietta, Monroe County, New York, and here she was born February 27, 1839. After receiving a fair business education at the common schools, she entered the Wesleyan Seminary, of Lima, New York, and was in due time graduated from this institution, with honors. In 1864, she married in Monroe County, New York, C. C. Colt, Esq. They have by this marriage two children, Gertrude Agatha and Irving Sibley. In 1865, they went West, and settled on a farm near Easton, Buchanan County, Missouri. In 1872, they moved to St. Joseph. Endowed with an excellent ed- ucation, and inspired with an ardent desire of devoting the means afforded by literary and scientific opportunities, to the benefit of suffering humanity, Mrs. Colt determined to qualify herself for the profession of medicine. She accordingly devoted the energies of her intellect and two years of her time to the pursuit of this study, under the guidance of a skillful physician of St. Joseph. She afterwards attended the lectures of Hahnemann Homoeopathic Medical College, Chicago, from which institution she was graduated with high honor and the degree of M.D., in February, 1881. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================