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Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham

Birth	19 February 1804	Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Leonidas Moses Worthen "Moses" Mecham (1804-1878), memorial #12162539. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Leonidas Moses Worthen Meacham, ID: KWV9-W5Z. Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 71, n. 1; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846. Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham Folder "Companies of 10, schedules, 1848 February" (#66), Image (1), Line (35).
Death	22 July 1878	Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Leonidas Moses Worthen "Moses" Mecham (1804-1878), memorial #12162539. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Leonidas Moses Worthen Meacham, ID: KWV9-W5Z.
Burial	24 July 1878	Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States	Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Leonidas Moses Worthen "Moses" Mecham (1804-1878), memorial #12162539. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Leonidas Moses Worthen Meacham, ID: KWV9-W5Z.

Father	Joshua Meacham
Mother	Permelia Chapman

Marriages Label

• Elvira Derby

Married

8 November 1827

Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Leonias Moses Worthen Meacham and Elvira Derby, ID: KWV9-W5Z and ID: KWV9-W5C.

          Children:
               Leonidas Clinton Mecham
               Sarah Elvira Mecham
               Samuel LeRoy Mecham
               Mormon Mecham
               Polly Mecham
               Emily Mecham
               Americas Mecham
               America Mecham
               Martha Mecham
               Lucina Mecham
               Elvira Jane Mecham
               Moses Moroni Mecham
               William Wallace Mecham
               Celestia Ann Mecham
               John Derby Mecham
               Donna Maria Worthen Mecham
               Marquis Lafayette Mecham

Residences Label

• 1840	Lee County, Iowa Territory, United States
• 1850	Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860	Provo Valley, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870	Provo City, Utah, Utah Territory, United States

Death & Burial Records Label

• Grave Marker

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Census Records Label

• 1840 Population Census	Township 66, Lee, Iowa Territory	Extract	Image
• 1850 Population Census	the District No 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa	Extract	Image	1850 Population Census Citation(s) SOURCE GOES HERE
• 1860 Population Census	Alpine City, Utah, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1870 Population Census	Provo City 3d Ward, Utah, Utah Territory	Extract	Image

Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• Appleton M. Harmon Company		View Source	Citation(s) 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)
Departure	15 Jun 1853
Arrival	16 Oct 1853

Nauvoo Community Project

Nauvoo Community Project

Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham

Crossing the Plains