Leonidas Clinton Mecham
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Leonidas Clinton Mecham (1828 - 1883)

Leonidas Clinton Mecham
Born in Delaware, Mercer, Pennsylvaniamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 25 Feb 1851 in Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowamap
Husband of — married 9 Oct 1871 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utahmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 55 in Riverdale, Oneida, Idahomap
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Contents

Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Leonidas Clinton /Mecham/[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Birth

Birth:
Date: 20 Aug 1828
Place: Delaware, Mercer County, Pennsylvania[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Death

Death:
Date: 20 Aug 1883
Place: Riverdale, Oneida County, Idaho[16][17][18]

Burial

Burial:
Date: 23 Aug 1883
Place: Franklin, Oneida, Idaho

Census

Census:
Date: 2 Oct 1860
Place: Alpine, Utah, Utah Territory[19]
Census:
Date: 8 Aug 1870
Place: Franklin, Cache, Utah Territory[20]
Census:
Date: 4 Jun 1880
Place: Franklin, Oneida, Idaho[21]

Families

Husband: Leonidas Clinton Mecham
Wife: Margaret Emma Champlin
Marriage:
Date: 25 February 1851
Place: Kanesville, Pottawatamie, Iowa[22]
Husband: Moses Worthen Mecham
Wife: Elvira Derby
Child: Leonidas Clinton Mecham
Child: Sarah Mecham
Child: Samuel Mecham
Child: Mormon Mecham
Child: Polly Mecham
Child: Emily Mecham
Child: Americas Mecham
Child: America Mecham
Child: Martha Mecham
Child: Lucina Mecham
Child: Elvira Jane Mecham
Child: Moses Moroni Mecham
Child: William Wallace Mecham
Child: Celestia Ann Mecham
Child: John Derby Mecham
Child: Donna Maria Mecham
Child: Marquis Lafayette Mecham
Marriage:
Date: 8 Nov 1827
Place: Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania

Residence

Residence:
Date: 1850
Place: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa[23]
Residence:
Date: 1860
Place: Alpine, Utah, Utah Territory[24]
Residence:
Date: 1870
Place: Franklin, Cache, Utah Territory[25]
Residence:
Date: 1880
Place: Franklin, Oneida, Idaho, United States[26]
Residence:
Place: Utah[27]

Sources

  • WikiTree profile Mecham-49 created through the import of The Sammons Family Tree.ged on Jun 9, 2011 by Steve Sammons. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Steve and others.
  • WikiTree profile Mecham-208 created through the import of 6 Ancestor Gens, 1 Descendant Gen.ged on Feb 6, 2012 by Derek Maude. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Derek and others.
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  • Repository: R2852704208 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
  • Source: S2852705983 Repository: #R2852704208 Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1 Note:
  • Source: S2852707064 Repository: #R2852704208 Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, Note:
  • Source: S2852709067 Repository: #R2852704208 Title: 1870 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnes Note:
  • Source: S2852711167 Repository: #R2852704208 Title: Public Member Trees Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
  • Source: S2853013008 Repository: #R2852704208 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv Note:
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  • Source: S2864435052 Repository: #R2852704208 Title: Sons of Utah Pioneers Memorial Gallery Index Cards Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.Original data - Card index created by the Sons of Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, Utah.Original data: Card index created by the Sons of Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, Utah. Note:
  • Source: S108
    Title: Census: United States: 1870
    Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
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    Title: Census: United States: 1880
    Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
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    Title: Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude
    Publication: 1998, International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers
    Page: Pages 1966-7
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    Title: Census: United States: 1860
    Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
  • Source: S147
    Title: Early LDS Membership
    Author: Black, Susan Easton
  • Source: S54
    Title: FamilySearch Internet Family Tree
    Publication: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  1. Source: #S2853013008 Page: Source number: 1388.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFO. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=822369&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=822369&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: Leonidas Clinton Mecham
  2. Source: #S2864435052 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=suppionmem&h=4691&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=suppionmem&h=4691&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: Leonidas Clinton Leonidas DeVon Mecham MechamBirth Date: 20 Aug 1828Birth Place: Delaware, Mercer County, PennsylvaniaDeath Date: 20 Aug 1883Death Place: Riverdale, Oneida County, IdahoResidence Date: Residence Place: Utah
  3. Source: #S2852705807 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Franklin, Oneida, Idaho; Roll: T9_173; Family History Film: 1254173; Page: 273.1000; Enumeration District: 25; Image: 0566. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=13975275&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=13975275&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: L. C. MeachemBirth Date: abt 1829Birth Place: PennsylvaniaResidence Date: 1880Residence Place: Franklin, Oneida, Idaho, United States
  4. Source: #S2852705983 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Alpine, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 800; Image: 262. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=34787190&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=34787190&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: L C ClintonBirth Date: abt 1830Birth Place: PennsylvaniaResidence Date: 1860Residence Place: Alpine, Utah, Utah Territory
  5. Source: #S2852707064 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: M432_188; Page: 124; Image: 249. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=2626885&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=2626885&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: Clinton MincumBirth Date: abt 1828Birth Place: PennsylvaniaResidence Date: 1850Residence Place: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa
  6. Source: #S2852709067 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: , , ; Roll: M593 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1870usfedcen&h=5387703&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=5387703&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: Leander MechanicBirth Date: abt 1827Birth Place: PennsylvaniaResidence Date: 1870Residence Place: Franklin, Cache, Utah Territory
  7. Source: #S2852711167 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5111977&pid=2124
  8. Source: #S2864432623 Page: Birth year: 1828; Birth city: Delaware; Birth state: PA. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=1726720&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 20 August 1828Birth place: Delaware, Mercer, PADeath date: 20 August 1883Death place: Riverdale, Oneida, IDMarriage date: 25 February 1851Marriage place: Kanesville, Pottawatamie, IA
  9. Source: #S2864435052 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=suppionmem&h=4691&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=suppionmem&h=4691&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: Leonidas Clinton Leonidas DeVon Mecham MechamBirth Date: 20 Aug 1828Birth Place: Delaware, Mercer County, PennsylvaniaDeath Date: 20 Aug 1883Death Place: Riverdale, Oneida County, IdahoResidence Date: Residence Place: Utah
  10. Source: #S2852705807 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Franklin, Oneida, Idaho; Roll: T9_173; Family History Film: 1254173; Page: 273.1000; Enumeration District: 25; Image: 0566. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=13975275&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=13975275&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: L. C. MeachemBirth Date: abt 1829Birth Place: PennsylvaniaResidence Date: 1880Residence Place: Franklin, Oneida, Idaho, United States
  11. Source: #S2852705983 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Alpine, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 800; Image: 262. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=34787190&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=34787190&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: L C ClintonBirth Date: abt 1830Birth Place: PennsylvaniaResidence Date: 1860Residence Place: Alpine, Utah, Utah Territory
  12. Source: #S2852707064 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: M432_188; Page: 124; Image: 249. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=2626885&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=2626885&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: Clinton MincumBirth Date: abt 1828Birth Place: PennsylvaniaResidence Date: 1850Residence Place: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa
  13. Source: #S2852709067 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: , , ; Roll: M593 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1870usfedcen&h=5387703&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=5387703&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: Leander MechanicBirth Date: abt 1827Birth Place: PennsylvaniaResidence Date: 1870Residence Place: Franklin, Cache, Utah Territory
  14. Source: #S2852711167 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5111977&pid=2124
  15. Source: #S2864432623 Page: Birth year: 1828; Birth city: Delaware; Birth state: PA. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=1726720&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 20 August 1828Birth place: Delaware, Mercer, PADeath date: 20 August 1883Death place: Riverdale, Oneida, IDMarriage date: 25 February 1851Marriage place: Kanesville, Pottawatamie, IA
  16. Source: #S2864435052 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=suppionmem&h=4691&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=suppionmem&h=4691&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: Leonidas Clinton Leonidas DeVon Mecham MechamBirth Date: 20 Aug 1828Birth Place: Delaware, Mercer County, PennsylvaniaDeath Date: 20 Aug 1883Death Place: Riverdale, Oneida County, IdahoResidence Date: Residence Place: Utah
  17. Source: #S2852711167 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5111977&pid=2124
  18. Source: #S2864432623 Page: Birth year: 1828; Birth city: Delaware; Birth state: PA. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=1726720&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 20 August 1828Birth place: Delaware, Mercer, PADeath date: 20 August 1883Death place: Riverdale, Oneida, IDMarriage date: 25 February 1851Marriage place: Kanesville, Pottawatamie, IA
  19. Source: #S126
    Page: Utah Territory, Utah, Alpine, Image 4, Entry 29
    Data:
    Text: Page 810
    Schedule 1.--Free Inhabitants in Alpine City
    in the County of Utah
    State of Utah
    enumerated by me, on the 2nd day of Octr 1860. /s/ Jesse Bishop, Ass't Marshal.
    Post Office Alpine.
    Entry: 29
    Dwelling-house--numbered in the order of visitation: 3659
    Families numbered in the order of visitation: 2860
    The name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June, 1860, was in this family: L C. Clinton <Meacam>
    Description.
    Age: 30
    Sex: M
    Color:
    Profession, Occupation, or Trade of each person, male and female, over 15 years of age: F
    Value of Estate Owned.
    Value of Real Estate:
    Value of Personal Estate:
    Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country: Penn
    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: 2 Oct 1860
  20. Source: #S108
    Page: Utah Territory, Cache, Franklin, Image 14, Entry 3
    Data:
    Text: Page No. 14
    Schedule 1.--Inhabitants in Franklin,
    in the County of Cache,
    Territory of Utah,
    enumerated by me on the 8th day of August, 1870.
    Post Office: Franklin
    GeoBMoneton, Ass't Marshal.
    Entry: 3
    Dwelling-House: 100
    Family: 100
    Name: Mecham Leander
    Age at last birth-day: 42
    Sex: M
    Color: W
    Profession, Occupation, or Trade of each Male Person over 15 years of age: Farmer
    Value of Real Estate owned
    Value of Real Estate: 200
    Value of Personal Estate: 400
    Place of Birth: Pennsylvania
    Parentage
    Father of Foreign born:
    Mother of Foreign born:
    If born within the year, state month:
    If married within the year, state month:
    Attended School within the year:
    Education
    Cannot read:
    Cannot write:
    Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict:
    Constitutional Relations
    Male Citizens of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards: /
    Male Citizens of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards where rights to vote is denied on other grounds than rebellion or other crime:
    Date: 8 Aug 1870
  21. Source: #S109
    Page: Idaho, Oneida, Franklin, District 25, Image 13, Entry 1
    Data:
    Text: Page No. 13
    Supervisor's Dist. No. 1
    Enumeration Dist. No. 25
    Schedule 1. - Inhabitants in Franklin Prec't, in the County of Oneida, State of Idaho
    enumerated by me on the 4th day of June, 1880.
    Wm F. Fisher, Enumerator.
    Entry 1
    In Cities
    Name of Street:
    House Number:
    1 Dwelling houses numbered in order of visitation: 106
    2 Families numbered in order of visitation: 106
    3 The Name of each Person whose place of abode, on 1st day of June, 1880, was in this family: Meachem L. C.
    4 Color--White, W.; Black, B.; Mulatto, Mu.; Chinese, C.; Indian, I.: W
    5 Sex--Male, M.; Female, F.: M
    6 Age at last birthday prior to June 1, 1880: 51
    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:
    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: Gardiner
    14 Number of months this person has been unemployed during the Census year: 4
    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?
    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, nameing State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth: Penn
    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: U. S.
    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: Penn
    Date: 4 Jun 1880
  22. Source: #S2864432623 Page: Birth year: 1828; Birth city: Delaware; Birth state: PA. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=1726720&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 20 August 1828Birth place: Delaware, Mercer, PADeath date: 20 August 1883Death place: Riverdale, Oneida, IDMarriage date: 25 February 1851Marriage place: Kanesville, Pottawatamie, IA
  23. Source: #S2852707064 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: M432_188; Page: 124; Image: 249. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=2626885&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=2626885&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: Clinton MincumBirth Date: abt 1828Birth Place: PennsylvaniaResidence Date: 1850Residence Place: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa
  24. Source: #S2852705983 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Alpine, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 800; Image: 262. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=34787190&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=34787190&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: L C ClintonBirth Date: abt 1830Birth Place: PennsylvaniaResidence Date: 1860Residence Place: Alpine, Utah, Utah Territory
  25. Source: #S2852709067 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: , , ; Roll: M593 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1870usfedcen&h=5387703&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=5387703&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: Leander MechanicBirth Date: abt 1827Birth Place: PennsylvaniaResidence Date: 1870Residence Place: Franklin, Cache, Utah Territory
  26. Source: #S2852705807 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Franklin, Oneida, Idaho; Roll: T9_173; Family History Film: 1254173; Page: 273.1000; Enumeration District: 25; Image: 0566. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=13975275&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=13975275&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: L. C. MeachemBirth Date: abt 1829Birth Place: PennsylvaniaResidence Date: 1880Residence Place: Franklin, Oneida, Idaho, United States
  27. Source: #S2864435052 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=suppionmem&h=4691&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=suppionmem&h=4691&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: Leonidas Clinton Leonidas DeVon Mecham MechamBirth Date: 20 Aug 1828Birth Place: Delaware, Mercer County, PennsylvaniaDeath Date: 20 Aug 1883Death Place: Riverdale, Oneida County, IdahoResidence Date: Residence Place: Utah






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