Moses Worthen Mecham
1804 - 1878 (74 years)-
Name Moses Worthen Mecham Born 19 Feb 1804 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA 
Gender Male Baptized (LDS) Mar 1837 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA Endowed (LDS) 30 Dec 1845 NAUVO Died 22 Jul 1878 Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Initiatory (LDS) 11883 Three or More Nauvoo Sources Person ID I120692 Early Latter-day Saints Last Modified 13 Feb 2008
Father Joshua Mecham, Sr , b. 12 Apr 1773, Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA , d. 8 Oct 1846, Bonaparte, Van Buren, Iowa, USA (Age 73 years) Mother Permela Chapman, b. 25 Jan 1787, Hanover, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. 19 May 1866 (Age 79 years) Married 5 Apr 1793 Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA Family ID F25416 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elvira Derby, b. 6 Nov 1811, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA , d. 28 Apr 1866, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA (Age 54 years) Married 8 Nov 1827 Sealed S (LDS) 7 Feb 1846 NAUVO Children 1. Leonidas Clinton Mecham, b. 20 Aug 1828, Delaware, Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 20 Aug 1883, Riverdale, Onela, Idaho, USA (Age 55 years)2. Sarah Mecham, b. 11 Aug 1829, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co. Pa. , d. 26 Jan 1899, Spring City, Sanpete Co. Utah (Age 69 years)3. Polly Mecham, b. 15 Nov 1833, , Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA 4. Emily Mecham, b. 9 Jun 1834, Delaware, Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 5 Nov 1861, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA (Age 27 years)5. Mary America Mecham, b. 11 Oct 1837, Liberty,Clark,Iowa,USA 6. Martha Mecham, b. 23 Feb 1839 7. Lucina Mecham, b. 11 Mar 1841, ,Lee, Iowa USA , d. 21 Jun 1925, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA (Age 84 years)8. Elvira Jane Mecham, b. 4 Mar 1843 9. Moses Moroni Mecham, b. 8 Jul 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA , d. 16 Mar 1928 (Age 82 years)10. William Wallace Mecham, b. 22 Apr 1847 11. Celestia Ann Mecham, b. 12 Sep 1848, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA , d. 11 Mar 1909, Dayton, Oneida, Idaho, USA (Age 60 years)Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 Family ID F32127 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Baptized (LDS) - Mar 1837 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA 
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Notes - Family Group Record by Nauvoo Lands and Records
PROPERTY:
Nauvoo : Block 146, Lot 4
Joseph Smith: Block 12
T6 R8, Sec 9, 8 Acres
Half Breed Tract: T66 R5, Lee County Iowa
Hancock County Land Records, 1 page
Property Transactions, Hancock County, Black Black & Plewe, p 2684
NAUVOO RECORDS:
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, p 71
70's Record, H Black, p 499
Members, LDS 1830-1848, Susan Easton Black, Vol 30 pp 549-552
Record of Baptisms for the Dead, Nauvoo, Susan Easton Black, Vol 4 p 2427
Nauvoo Legion, John Sweeney, 1 page
Commissioned Officers of the Nauvoo Legion, Susan Easton Black, p 402
HISTORIES:
Conquerors of the West, SUP 1999, 2 pages
BIOGRAPHIES:
History of Lucina Mecham Boren (Moses' daughter), 14 pages
OTHER SOURCES:
Nauvoo Data Bank, 2 pages
Internet Research:
rootsweb.com: World Connect, 1 page
VARIANTS:
Complete name: Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham
Name: Mecham, Meecham, Meacham
Marriage Date: 28 Nov 1827
Death Date: 27 Nov 1878
- Family Group Record by Nauvoo Lands and Records