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Joseph Mecham


Birth14 January 1845Illinois, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joseph Mecham, ID: LHGR-T1V.
Death27 May 1923San Bernardino County, California, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joseph Mecham, ID: LHGR-T1V.
Burial1923Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Joseph Mecham (1845-1923), memorial #37075509.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joseph Mecham, ID: LHGR-T1V.
FatherJoseph Mecham
MotherMalinda Haskell
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   • Mary Jane Vassar
Married30 April 1868San Bernardino County, California, United States
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    California County Clerks, California, County Marriages, 1850-1952 (California: County courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Joseph Mecham and Mary Jane Vassar (30 April 1868); citing San Bernardino County Recorder, San Bernardino, California, “Index to marriages, men 1854-1891,” image 162, FHL microfilm 004640186.
          Children:
               William Mecham
               Mary Evelyn Mecham
               Susan Mecham
               Marsha Mecham
               Henry Mecham
               Joseph Mecham
               Minnie Florence Mecham
               Bertha Jane Mecham
               Dora Elizabeth Mecham
               John Mecham
               Gertrude Mecham
               Edwin Mecham
               Rollie Mecham

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• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Utah County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Payson, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Kern County, California, United States
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• 1850 Population CensusUtah County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusPayson, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population Census5th District, Kern, CaliforniaExtractImage
• 1900 Population Census12 Judicial Township, Kern, CaliforniaExtractImage
• 1910 Population CensusTownship 12, Kern, CaliforniaExtractImage
Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• Benjamin Hawkins CompanyView Source
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Crossing the Plains Citation(s)
    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure5 Jun 1850
       Arrival9 Sept 1850
• Nathan C. Tenney CompanyView Source
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Crossing the Plains Citation(s)
    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), .
       DepartureJan 1858
       Arrival1858

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