Dorcas (Ranshaw) Field (abt. 1810 - 1861)

Born about 1810 in Iowa [uncertain]

Wife of Sargent Leonard Field — married 29 Jan 1859 (to Jan 1861) in Colesburg, Delaware, Iowa

Died Jan 1861 at about age 51 in Honey Creek, Iowa

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Biography

Dorcal was born about 1810. Recorded as Dorcal or Dorcas Renshaw or Ranshaw. She passed away about 1861. ^[1]

Married Sargent Field 29 Jan 1859 in Delaware County, Iowa. Shows his estimated birth year 1817 and her estimated birth year 1810. No parents or birth locations for either person.^[2]

Sargent Leonard married a second time in October 1855 to Helen Arnold who was only 19 years of age. Helen had a baby girl, Lilla, in 1857. Lilla died a year later, the loss was too much for Helen to bear and she left Sargent and his children. Sargent married again in 1859 to 49 year old Dorsal Rashaw. There is a worldwide flu epidemic from 1860 through 1861; his daughter Minerva dies in late 1860 and Dorsal dies in January 1861. The resourceful Sargent marries again in early spring to a Margaret Colbert.

Sources

• http://www.mocavo.com/family-tree/Dee-Bryan/Genealogy-of-Dee-Bryan/Sargent-Leonard-Field

References

1. ↑ Entered by Bob Fields
2. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KC49-YBV Dorcas Or Dorcal Renshaw Or Ranshaw: Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934.

• Bob Fields, Mar 15, 2012.