Lucina (Mecham) Boren
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Lucina (Mecham) Boren (1841 - 1925)

Lucina Boren formerly Mecham
Born in Lee County, Iowa, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 3 Jul 1859 in Provo, Utah, Utahmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 84 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United Statesmap
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Biography

Lucina Mecham was born on 11 March 1841 in Lee County, Iowa. [1] Her parents were Moses Mecham and Elvira Derby. [1]

She appeared in the 1850 US Census in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. [2] She was living with her parents and her siblings Clinton, Sarah, Samuel, Polly, Emily, America, Martha, Alvinia, Moses, Solista, and John, and her grandmother Permelia. [2]

She appeared in the 1851 Iowa State Census in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. [3]
Lucina (Mecham) Boren was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Her family joined the Appleton M. Harmon Company and departed from Iowa on 15 June 1853. [4] They arrived in Utah on 16 October 1853. [4]

She was baptized on 23 September 1854. [5]

She married William Jasper Boren on 4 July 1859 in Provo, Utah County, Utah. [6] They had 13 children:

  1. William Jasper b. 1860 [6]
  2. Samuel b. 1861 [6]
  3. Lucina Izora [6]
  4. Malinda Elvira [6]
  5. Moses [6]
  6. Lorana [6]
  7. Annie [6]
  8. Alma [6]
  9. Ida Viola [6]
  10. Clinton [6]
  11. Sarah [6]
  12. Wilford Wells [6]
  13. Polly May [6]

She appeared in the 1860 US Census in Provo, Utah County, Utah Territory. [7] She was living with her husband William and their son William. [7]

She got her endowment and was sealed to William Jasper on 7 March 1870 at the Endowment House in Salt Lake City. [5]

She appeared in the 1880 US Census in Wallsburg, Wasatch County, Utah Territory. [8] She was living with her husband and their children William Jasper, Samuel, Isora, Moses, Lawrence, Clinton, Annie, and Ida. [8]

She appeared in the 1900 US Census in Wallsburg. [9] She was living with her children Wilford and Polly. [9]

She appeared in the 1910 US Census in Wallsburg. [10] She was living with her son Wilford and his family. [10]

She appeared in the 1920 US Census in Wallsburg. [11] She was living with her son Clinton and his family. [11]

She died on 21 June 1925 in Provo, Utah County, Utah. [1]

She was buried on 24 June 1925 at the Wallsburg Cemetery in Wallsburg. [12] [1]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGG-138 : 3 March 2021), Lucina Meecham Boren, 21 Jun 1925; citing Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, certificate 242, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4J-633 : Wed Mar 15 16:05:38 UTC 2023), Entry for Polly Mincum and Lucina Mincum, 1850.
  3. "Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925"
    Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1084 #4598762 (accessed 22 May 2023)
    Lucinda Mecham (10) in Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA.
  4. 4.0 4.1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church History Biographical Database, Lucina Mecham.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Susan Easton Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848, vol. 30, p. 542.
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (1913), p. 763, BOREN, WILLIAM JASPER.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2W-448 : 18 February 2021), Lucina Boren in entry for Wm J Boren, 1860.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSG-MMR : 15 January 2022), Lucina Boren in household of William J. Boren, Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
  9. 9.0 9.1 "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRY-7V6 : 13 January 2022), Luana M Boren, 1900.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5XM-6TM : accessed 23 May 2023), Lucina M Boren in household of Wilford W Boren, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 204, sheet 17B, family 230, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1610; FHL microfilm 1,375,623.
  11. 11.0 11.1 "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PK-5LX : accessed 23 May 2023), Lucina M Boren in household of Clinton C Boren, Wasatch, Utah, United States; citing , sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll ; FHL microfilm .
  12. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52475456/lucina-m-boren: accessed 22 May 2023), memorial page for Lucina M. Mecham Boren (11 Mar 1841–21 Jun 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52475456, citing Wallsburg Cemetery, Wallsburg, Wasatch County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Sandi (contributor 47159889).

See also:

  • Autobiography of Lucina Mecham Boren, b. 1841, Lee County, Iowa, d. 1925, Provo, Utah, at FamilySearch.
  • International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude (1998), p. 314, 1966-7.
  • Susan Arrington Madsen, Walked To Zion: True Stories of Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail (1994), p. 120.
    Lucina Mecham married William Jasper Boren July 3, 1859, in Provo, Utah. They became the parents of thirteen children, living in Wallsburg, Utah County, Utah. Lucina became a midwife and delivered over five hundred babies. At the age of fifty, she took music lessons and became the ward organist. She also ran a small mercantile store and worked in the Manti Temple. She died June 21, 1925, at the age of eighty-four.
    SOURCE: "Journal of Lucina Mecham Boren." In "Treasures of Pioneer History," 6:301-48.




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