Mecham, Joseph Sr.^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}

1780 - 1843  (62 years)

• Name	Mecham, Joseph
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	15 Jun 1780	Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	1843	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA
  Residence	1839-1846	Nashville, Lee, Iowa, USA   [10]
  Residence	1846	Mount Pisgah Branch, Union, Iowa, USA   [11]
  FamilySearch Link	22 May 2024
  	Address: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCZH-17M
  Buried	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA
  Person ID	I31580	Early Latter-day Saints
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Mecham, Samuel,   b. 15 Nov 1739, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 22 Jan 1811, Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Main, Phoebe,   b. 16 Nov 1747, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA
  Married	31 Mar 1763	Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F8475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Basford, Sarah,   b. 6 Apr 1772, Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 1838, Greenville, Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Married	6 Sep 1801	Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
  Children	+ 1. Mecham, Phebe,   b. 1802, Trenton, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 1852, Crossing the plains  (Age 50 years)   2. Mecham, Miriam,   b. 1804, Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 20 Feb 1883, Cardington, Marrow, Ohio, USA  (Age 79 years) + 3. Mecham, Joseph Jr.,   b. 1 Feb 1806, Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 6 Mar 1894, Saint George, Washington, Utah, USA  (Age 88 years)   4. Mecham, Samuel S.,   b. 14 Nov 1807, Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 30 Dec 1876  (Age 69 years)   5. Mecham, Jonathan,   b. 16 Feb 1810, Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. Wisconsin, USA   6. Mecham, Susan,   b. 1812, Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 1878  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F8469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Harmon, Elizabeth Lucina,   b. 16 Jun 1800, Rupert, Bennington, Vermont, USA ,   d. 5 Oct 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA  (Age 45 years)
  Married	Feb 1844	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA   [12]
  Notes	Record says 30 Feb 1844 [13]
  Last Modified	23 May 2024
  Family ID	F8483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  PROPERTY: Nauvoo : Block 104 (Tenant) Nauvoo : Block 105 (Tenant) NAUVOO RECORDS: Nauvoo Marriages, p 48 Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 30, p 524 NAUVOO RECORDS: Nauvoo Death Records NAME VARIANT: Joseph MEACHAM DEATH YEAR VARIANT: 1845 NOTE: Sarah BASFORD, his spouse, is mentioned in the Record of Baptisms for the Dead which were done by his son, Joseph Mecham Jr. Information for updating this person was submitted on an Individual Summary sheet by Ruby Conlin, 250 East 300 North, Soda Springs, Idaho 83276, telephone 208-547-4258 Name transcribed from the Iowa Branches Members Index 1839 - 1859, Volumes I & II by Ronald G. Watt. Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991. Copyright by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Name transcribed from the Iowa Branches Members Index 1839 - 1859, Volumes I & II by Ronald G. Watt. Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991. Copyright by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family Group Record by Nauvoo Land & Records NAUVOO RECORDS: Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Vol 10 Nauvoo Deaths & Burials, p 23 OTHER SOURCES: Internet Research: rootsweb.com: World Connect, 2 pages familysearch.org: Ancestral File, 2 pages VARIANTS: Name: Joseph Meacham Death Year: 1843 Name transcribed from the Iowa Branches Members Index 1839 - 1859, Volumes I & II by Ronald G. Watt. Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991. Copyright by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] LDS - Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:1830-1848, 50 vols., Black, Susan Easton, Compiler, (LDS Church, Salt Lake City, 1990), 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 30, p 524. [S28] LDS - Nauvoo Marriage Record, Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated, es, p 48. [S11989] . [S4] Book - Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, Nauvoo, 7 vols., Black, Susan Easton, (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602), which w. [S145] LDS - Nauvoo Death Records. [S12] Internet Link - BYU Winter Quarters Project - http://winterquarters.byu.edu. [S31787] . [S13] Internet Link - Pioneer Research Group Project - http://www.pioneerresearchgroup.org. [S51502] . [S3] LDS - Iowa Branches Members Index 1829 - 1859, Volumes I and II, Watt, Ronald G., (Historical Department Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991,). [S160001] Iowa Branches Members Index 1829 - 1859, Volumes I and II, Ronald G. Watt, (Historical Department Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991, Copyright LDS Church). [S127] Book - Nauvoo Deaths and Marriages, 1839-1845, Cook, Lyndon W., (Grandin Book Company, Orem, Utah, 1994), p. 111. by Jesse P. Harmon Nauvoo Marriage Record recorded 29 May 1844 [S28] LDS - Nauvoo Marriage Record, Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated.