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Erastus Darwin Mecham


Birth20 July 1826Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Erastus Darwin Mecham, ID: KWJC-L46.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 56, entry 727.
Death7 June 1899Park Valley, Box Elder, Utah, United States
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Burial11 June 1899Park Valley Cemetery, Park Valley, Box Elder, Utah, United States
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FatherStephen Peabody Mecham
MotherDorothy Maria Ransom
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   • Martha Jones
Married4 February 1849Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
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    Iowa County Clerks, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 (Iowa: County Courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Erastus D. Meacham and Martha Jones (4 February 1849); citing Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; FHL microfilm 4309525.
          Children:
               Sylvia Amaretta Meacham
               William Henry Meacham
               Erastus Darwin Meacham Jr
               Martha Maria Mecham
               Elisha Jones Mecham
               Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Meacham
               Stephen Peabody Meacham
               Francis Carter Meacham
               John Hyrum Meacham
               Richard Lafayette Meacham

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• 1840Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
• 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860North Bend, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Park Valley, Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusSpringfield Township, Sangamon, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusNorth Bend, Sanpete, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusNorth Ogden, Weber, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusPark Valley Precinct, Box Elder, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Mormon Battalion Sick DetachmentsView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure24 May 1847
       Arrival29 Jul 1847
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departureabout 8 Jun 1850
       Arrival12 Sept 1850
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• Compiled Military Service Record--Co. Muster-In RollExtractImage
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• Compiled Military Service Record--ReturnsExtractImage
• Compiled Military Service Record--Co. Muster-Out RollExtractImage
• Compiled Military Service Record--Descriptive Muster Roll of DetachmentExtractImage
• Compiled Military Service Record--Notation - Ajdutant General's OfficeExtractImage
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