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- [S294] Carman.net: Samuel7, Samuel6.
- [S62] 1870 Census, 1870; Census Place: San Francisco Ward 10, San Francisco, California; Roll: M593_83; Page: 221; Image: 444.
- [S1121] Yale College Obituary Record, 1870-1880., p. 571.
William Carman, son of Captain Samuel and Catherine (Homan) Carman, was born in South Haven, a part of the Town of Brookhaven, Long Island, N.Y., April 26, 1819.
After graduation he began the study of medicine in New New York, with Dr. Willard Parker, and received the degree of M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in March, 1846. For the next eight years he practiced his profession at Port Jefferson, in his native township, and then (March, 1854) sailed for San Francisco, where he remained in practice until his death. He died in San Francisco after a very brief illness, of pleuropneumonia, May 19, 1890, in his 72nd year.
He was married in July, 1854, to Margaret, daughter of Col. William Smith, of Whitestone, L.I. She died about 1875, leaving a son and a daughter.
- [S637] Biographical Record. Yale College: 1850, p. 42.
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