Martha Jane (Mecham) Wall (1852 - 1927)

Born 29 Jan 1852 in Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Madison Wall Jr. — married 25 Nov 1869 in Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1927 at age 75 in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States

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Biography

Birth

Birth:

Date: 29 Jan 1852

Place: Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa^[1]

Death

Death:

Date: 7 Apr 1927

Place: Vernal, Uintah, Utah^[2]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 9 Apr 1927

Place: Vernal Cemetery, Vernal, Uintah, Utah^[3]

Census

Census:

Date: 10 Sep 1860

Place: Provo, Utah, Utah Territory^[4]

Census:

Date: 4 Jun 1880

Place: Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah^[5]

Census:

Date: 19 Jun 1900

Place: South Ashley, Uintah, Utah^[6]

Census:

Date: 4 May 1910

Place: South Ashley, Uintah, Utah^[7]

Event

Event: Entered Salt Lake Valley as a member of the James C. Snow Wagon Train Company

Type: Pioneer

Date: 9/10 Oct 1852^[8]

Marriage

Husband: William Madison Wall

Wife: Martha Jane Mecham

Marriage:

Date: 25 Nov 1869

Place: Provo, Utah, Utah

Husband: Lewis Mecham

Wife: Lydia Knight Wells

Child: Julia Emeline Mecham

Child: Mosiah Mecham

Child: Margaret Marie Mecham

Child: Joshua Josiah Mecham

Child: Elmira Ann Mecham

Child: Melissa Mecham

Child: Brigham Mecham

Child: Lydia Knight Mecham

Child: Martha Jane Mecham

Child: Lewis Mecham

Child: Samantha Louisa Mecham

Child: Jonathan James Mecham

Child: Judah Mecham

Child: Sarah Temperance Mecham

Marriage:

Date: 5 Apr 1836

Place: Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania^[9]

Note: Lewis and Lydia were married by Ensign B. Hill.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S150
   Data: Date: 20 Apr 1927
2. ↑ Source: #S150
   Data: Date: 20 Apr 1927
3. ↑ Source: #S150
   Data: Date: 20 Apr 1927
4. ↑ Source: #S126
   Page: Utah Territory, Utah, Provo, Image 17, Entry 11
   Data:
   Text: Page
   Schedule 1.--Free Inhabitants in the vicinity of Provo
   in the County of Utah
   State of Utah
   enumerated by me, on the 10th day of Sept. 1860. Jesse Bishop, Ass't Marshal.
   Post Office Provo.
   Entry: 11
   Dwelling-house--numbered in the order of visitation: <141>
   Families numbered in the order of visitation: <143>
   The name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June, 1860, was in this family: Martha <Mecham>
   Description.
   Age: 8
   Sex: <F>
   Color:
   Profession, Occupation, or Trade of each person, male and female, over 15 years of age:
   Value of Estate Owned.
   Value of Real Estate:
   Value of Personal Estate:
   Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country: <Iowa>
   Married within the year:
   Attended school within the year:
   Persons over 20 yr's of age who cannot read & write:
   Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict:
   Date: 10 Sep 1860
   Object:
   Format: jpg
   File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1860 US Federal Census, Utah Territory, Utah, Provo, Image 17 (Lewis Mecham).jpg
5. ↑ Source: #S109
   Page: Utah, Wasatch, Wallsburg, District 92, Image 6, Entry 26
   Data:
   Text: Page No. 6
   Supervisor's Dist. No.
   Enumeration Dist. No. 92
   Schedule 1. - Inhabitants in Wallsburgh Precinct, in the County of Wasatch, Utah Ter
   enumerated by me on the 4th day of June, 1880.
   /s/ RCCamp, Enumerator.
   Entry 26
   In Cities
   Name of Street:
   House Number:
   1 Dwelling houses numbered in order of visitation: <54>
   2 Families numbered in order of visitation: <54>
   3 The Name of each Person whose place of abode, on 1st day of June, 1880, was in this family: <Wall> Martha J
   4 Color--White, W.; Black, B.; Mulatto, Mu.; Chinese, C.; Indian, I.: W
   5 Sex--Male, M.; Female, F.: F
   6 Age at last birthday prior to June 1, 1880: 28
   7 If born within the Census year, give the month:
   8 Relationship of each person to the head of this family--whether wife, son, daughter, servant, boarder, or other: Wife
   Civil Condition.
   9 Single:
   10 Married: /
   11 Widowed; Divorced, D.:
   12 Married during Census year:
   Occupation.
   13 Profession, Occupation or Trade of each person, male or female: Keeps house
   14 Number of months this person has been unemployed during the Census year:
   Health.
   15 Is the person [on the day of the Enumerator's visit] sick or temporarily disabled, so as to be unable to attend to ordinary business or duties? If so, what is the sickness or disability? Fractured Foot
   16 Blind:
   17 Deaf and Dumb:
   18 Idiot:
   19 Insane:
   20 Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden, or otherwise disabled:
   Education.
   21 Attended school within the Census year:
   22 Cannot read:
   23 Cannot write:
   Nativity.
   24 Place of Birth of this person, naming State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth: Iowa
   25 Place of Birth of the Father of this person, naming the State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth: N H.
   26 Place of Birth of the Mother of this person, naming the State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth: N H.
   Date: 4 Jun 1880
   Object:
   Format: jpg
   File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1880 US Federal Census, Utah, Wasatch, Wallsburg, District 92, Image 6 (Joseph Smith Young, Brigham Young, Robert David Young, William Madson Wall).jpg
6. ↑ Source: #S111
   Page: Utah, Uintah, South Ashley, District 150, Image 10, Entry 86
   Data:
   Text: Twelfth Census of the United States
   Schedule No. 1. - Population
   State: Utah
   County: Uintah
   Supervisor's District No. 273
   Enumeration District No. 150
   Sheet No. 14B
   Township or other division of county: South Ashley Precinct
   Name of Institution,
   Name of incorporated city, town, or village, within the above-named division, Glinesward
   Ward of city,
   Enumerated by me on the 19th day of June, 1900, /s/ Robert L. Woodward, Enumerator.
   Entry 86
   LOCATION
   In Cities
   Street:
   House Number:
   Number of dwelling, houses in the order of visitation: <218>
   Number of family, in the order of visitation: <244>
   NAME: <Wall>, Martha J.
   RELATION.: Wife
   PERSONAL DESCRIPTION.
   Color or race: W
   Sex: F
   DATE OF BIRTH
   Month: Jan
   Year: 1852
   Age at last birthday: 48
   Whether single, married, widowed, or divorced: M
   Number of years married: 30
   Mother of how many children: 13
   Number of these children living: 12
   NATIVITY.
   Place of birth of this Person: Iowa
   Place of birth of Father of this person: New Hampshire
   Place of birth of Mother of this person: New York
   CITIZENSHIP.
   Year of immigration to the United States:
   Number of years in the United States:
   Naturalization:
   OCCUPATION, TRADE, OR PROFESSION of each person ten years of age and over.
   Occupation:
   Months not employed:
   EDUCATION.
   Attended school (in months):
   Can read: Yes
   Can write: No
   Can speak English: Yes
   OWNERSHIP OF HOME.
   Owned or rented:
   Owned free or mortgaged:
   Farm or house:
   Number of farm schedule:
   Date: 19 Jun 1900
   Object:
   Format: jpg
   File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1900 US Federal Census, Utah, Uintah, South Ashley, District 150, Image 10 (William Madson Wall).jpg
7. ↑ Source: #S88
   Page: Utah, Uintah, South Ashley, District 181, Image 4, Entry 5
   Data:
   Text: Department of Commerce and Labor--Bureau of the Census
   Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910--Population
   State: Utah
   County: Uintah
   Supervisor's District No. 1 Utah
   Enumeration District No. 181
   Sheet No. 10A
   Township or other division of county: South Ashley Precinct
   Name of incorporated place:
   Ward of city:
   Name of institution:
   Enumerated by me on the 4 day of May, 1910, /s/ Chas. H. Colton, Enumerator.
   Entry 5
   LOCATION
   Street, avenue, road, etc.:
   House Number:
   Number of dwelling house in order of visitation: <126>
   Number of family in order of visitation: <127>
   NAME: <Wall> Martha J
   RELATION.: Wife
   PERSONAL DESCRIPTION.
   Sex: F
   Color or race: W
   Age at last birthday: 59
   Whether single, married, widowed, or divorced: M1
   Number of years of current marriage: 40
   Mother of how many children.
   Number born: 13
   Number now living: 11
   NATIVITY.
   Place of birth of this Person: Iowa
   Place of birth of Father of this person: Virginia
   Place of birth of Mother of this person: New Hampshire
   CITIZENSHIP.
   Year of immigration to the United States:
   Whether naturalized or alien:
   Whether able to speak English; or, if not, give language spoken: English
   OCCUPATION.
   Trade or profession of, or particular kind of work done by this person: None
   General nature of industry, business, or establishment to which this person works:
   Whether as employer, employee, or working at own address:
   If an employee-
   Whether or not at work on April 15, 1910:
   Number of weeks out of work during year 1909:
   EDUCATION.
   Whether able to read: Yes
   Whether able to write: Yes
   Attended school any time after September 1, 1909:
   OWNERSHIP OF HOME.
   Owned or rented:
   Owned free or mortgaged:
   Farm or house:
   Number of farm schedule:
   Whether a veteran of the Union or Confederate army or navy:
   Whether blind (both eyes):
   Whether deaf and dumb:
   Date: 4 May 1910
   Object:
   Format: jpg
   File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1910 US Federal Census, Utah, Uintah, South Ashley, District 181, Image 4 (Clarence Ray Pickup, William Madson Wall).jpg
8. ↑ Source: #S129
9. ↑ Source: #S114
   Page: Page 1030

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5X8-RNL : accessed 23 January 2021), Martha J Wall in household of William M Wall, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 181, sheet 10A, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1609; FHL microfilm 1,375,622.

• Source: S109 Title: Census: United States: 1880
  Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
• Source: S111 Title: Census: United States: 1900
  Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
• Source: S112 Title: Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude
  Publication: 1998, International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers
  Page: Pages 1968-9
• Source: S114 Title: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah
  Author: Esshom, Frank
• Source: S126 Title: Census: United States: 1860
  Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
• Source: S129 Repository: #REPO12 Title: Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868
  Publication: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (online)
• Repository: REPO12 Name: http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanylist-information
• Source: S150 Title: Death Certificate: Wall, Martha Jane Mecham
  Author: Utah State Board of Health
  Text: 002703825
  State Board of Health File No. 21
  STATE OF UTAH - DEATH CERTIFICATE
  1 PLACE OF DEATH
  County: Uintah
  Precinct:
  or
  Village:
  or
  City: Vernal
  No.: ______, _________ St., ____________ Ward (If death occurred in a hospital or institution give its NAME instead of street and number)
  2 FULL NAME: Martha Jane Wall
  (a) Residence. No. ____________, St., __________ (If non-resident give city or town and state)
  Length of residence in city or town where death occurred: 35 yrs. - mos. - ds.
  How long in U.S., if foreign birth?
  PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
  3 SEX: Female
  4 COLOR OR RACE: White
  5 SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED, OR DIVORCED (Write the word): Widow
  5a If Married, Widowed, or Divorced HUSBAND OR WIFE OF: X
  6 DATE OF BIRTH: Jan. 29, 1852
  7 AGE: 75 yrs. 2 mos. 9 ds.
  8 OCCUPATION OF DECEASED
  (a) Trade, profession or particular kind of work: Housewife
  (b) General nature of industry, business, or establishment in which employed (or employer):
  (c) Name of Employer:
  9 BIRTHPLACE (City or town): Garden Grove (State or Country): Iowa
  PARENTS
  10 NAME OF FATHER: Louis Mecham
  11 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (State or Country): New Hampshire
  12 MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER: Lydia Wells
  13 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (State or Country): Not Known
  14 Informant: Marion Wall Address: Vernal, Utah
  15 Filed: 4-20, 1927 /s/ Priscilla McKee, Registrar
  MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
  16 DATE OF DEATH: Apr 7th, 1927
  17 I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from Mar 24th, 1927, to Apr 7th, 1927, that I last saw her alive on Apr 6th, 1927, and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 128 A.m. The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows: ??cardial degeneration (duration) 2 yrs. ___ mos. ___ ds.
  Contributory: Nephritis Chronic Interstitia
  18 Where was disease contracted if not at place of death?:
  Did an operation precede death?: No
  Was there an autopsy?: No
  What test confirmed diagnosis? Clinical
  (Signed) /s/ JM ???, M.D. , 19__ (Address) Vernal, Utah
  19 PLACE OF BURIAL, CREMATION, OR REMOVAL: Vernal Cemetery
  DATE OF BURIAL: April 9 1927
  20 UNDERTAKER: Mrs D. Swain
  ADDRESS: Vernal, Utah
  21 Registered Number: 14
  22 No. of Burial or Removal Permit: 14
  Object:
  Format: jpg
  File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Death Records\Death Certificate - Wall, Martha Jane Mecham.jpg
• Source: S54 Title: FamilySearch Internet Family Tree
  Publication: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Source: S88 Title: Census: United States: 1910
  Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com