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Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham[1]

Male 1804 - 1878  (74 years)


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  • Name Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham 
    Born 22 Jul 1804  Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Jul 1878  Provo, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried 24 Jul 1878  Provo, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I4354  Main Tree
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2009 

    Father Joshua Mecham,   b. 12 Apr 1773, Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1846, Bonaparte, Van Buren, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Permelia Chapman,   b. 25 Jan 1777,   d. 19 May 1866  (Age 89 years) 
    Family ID F1918  Group Sheet

    Family Elvira Derby,   b. 6 Nov 1811, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1886, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 28 Nov 1827  Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Leonidas Americus Likurkus Dewitt Clinton Mecham,   b. 20 Aug 1828, Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1883  (Age 55 years)
    +2. Sarah Mecham,   b. 11 Aug 1829, Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1898  (Age 69 years)
     3. Samuel Mecham,   b. 9 Feb 1831, Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1877  (Age 45 years)
     4. Mormon Mecham,   b. 17 Apr 1832, Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1832, Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Polly Mecham,   b. 15 Mar 1833, Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1920  (Age 87 years)
     6. Emily Mecham,   b. 9 Jun 1834, Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1861  (Age 27 years)
     7. Americus Mecham,   b. 20 Dec 1835, Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1837  (Age 1 years)
     8. America Mecham,   b. 11 Oct 1837, Kendrick, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1917  (Age 79 years)
    +9. Martha Mecham,   b. 23 Feb 1839, Columbus, Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1924  (Age 85 years)
    +10. Lucina Mecham,   b. 11 Mar 1841, Lee, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1925, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +11. Elvira Jane Mecham,   b. 4 Mar 1843, Lee, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1920  (Age 76 years)
     12. Moses Moroni Mecham,   b. Abt 1846, Van Buren, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1928  (Age ~ 82 years)
     13. William Wallace Mecham,   b. 22 Apr 1847, Van Buren, Lee, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1847, Van Buren, Lee, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     14. Celestia Ann Mecham,   b. 12 Sep 1848, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1909  (Age 60 years)
     15. John Derby Mecham,   b. 30 Apr 1850, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1932  (Age 81 years)
     16. Donna Maria Mecham,   b. 15 Apr 1852, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1925  (Age 73 years)
     17. Marcius Lafayette Mecham,   b. 9 Feb 1855, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1856  (Age 1 years)
    Family ID F1917  Group Sheet

  • Notes 

  • Sources 
    1. [S282] Meacham - Mecham Family Book of Remembrance and Genealogy with Allied Lines, Compiled by Leon idas Devon Mecham, 1953., Page 708.

    2. [S52] Utah Burials Database, Utah State Historical Society, (Internet web site), http://utstcess.dced.state.ut.us/NEWBURIALS/Silver., http://utstcess.dced.state.ut.us/NEWBURIALS/SilverStream/Pages/pgLongOne.html?CEMETERY_ID=UT2, 601&BURIAL_ID=13479, Mecham, Moses, Gender: Male, Birth: 2/19/1804, Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, Death: 7/22/1878 , Provo, Utah, Buried: 7/22/1878, Grave Location: Provo City Cemete.

    3. [S274] Boren, Annie Marie -- Autobiography, Annie Marie Boren, (Privately published as typescript for family members), When I was three my Grandfather Mecham died..