Jonathan James Mecham (1858 - 1905)

Born 6 Nov 1858 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Duke) Mecham — married 26 Oct 1881 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States

Died 2 Mar 1905 at age 46 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States

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Biography

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Birth

Birth:

Date: 6 Nov 1858

Place: Provo, Utah, Utah^[1]

Death

Death:

Date: 2 Mar 1905

Place: Provo, Utah, Utah^[2]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 4 Mar 1905

Place: City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah^[3]

Grave Location: Block 6 Lot 32

Census

Census:

Date: 10 Sep 1860

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

Census: Third Ward

Date: 18 Aug 1870

Place: Provo, Utah, Utah Territory^[5]

Census: Third Ward

Date: 15 Jun 1880

Place: Provo, Utah, Utah^[6]

Census: 7th Street

Date: 26 Jun 1900

Place: Provo, Utah, Utah^[7]

Marriage

Husband: Jonathan James Mecham

Wife: Elizabeth Duke

Marriage:

Date: 26 Oct 1881

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^[8]

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

Sources

• WikiTree profile Mecham-204 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.

• WikiTree profile Mecham-111 created through the import of Shurtliff Family.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Mark Shurtliff. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mark and others.

• Source: S108 Title: Census: United States: 1870
  Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
• 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
  Page: Page 1166
• Source: S126 Title: Census: United States: 1860
  Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
• Source: S1717 Repository: #REPO1 Title: Death Certificate: Mecham, Jonathan James
  Author: State of Utah Department of Health
  Text: 0502793
  State Board of Health File No: 99
  STATE OF UTAH--DEATH CERTIFICATE
  PLACE OF DEATH
  County of: Utah
  City, Town or Village of: Provo
  Street and No.: 878 E. Center
  If in Hospital or Institution, give its name:
  Full Name of Deceased: Jonathan James Mecham
  Former or Usual Residence:
  How long resident:
  PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
  SEX: Male
  COLOR: White
  DATE OF BIRTH: Nov 6 1858
  AGE: 46 years, 3 months, 27 days
  SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED OR DIVORCED: Married
  BIRTHPLACE: Provo City Utah
  NAME OF FATHER: Louis Mecham
  BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER: Newhamshire U.S.A.
  MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER: Lydia Wells
  BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER: Maine U.S.A.
  OCCUPATION: Miner
  THE ABOVE STATED PERSONAL PARTICULARS ARE TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF
  (Informant) Mrs J.J. Mecham
  (Address) 878 E. Center St Provo
  Place of Burial: Provo City Utah
  Date of Burial: Mar 4 1905
  Undertaker: O.H. Berg & Son
  Address: Provo City, Utah
  Filed: APR 17 1905; Elias A. Gee (Registrar)
  MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
  DATE OF DEATH: Mar 2 1905
  17. I HEREBY CERTIFY, that death occurred on the date stated above at 6 pm.
  To the best of my knowledge and belief cause of the death was, viz.:
  Chief Cause: Pneumonia
  Where Contracted: at Mine near Provo
  Duration: 5 Days
  Contributory (if any): Abscess of Lung
  Where Contracted: Provo
  Duration: 5 Days
  (Signed) J. W. Aird M. D.
  Date: Mar.4 1905; (Address) Provo
  Permission is hereby granted to bury the body of the person above described.
  (Signed) FredWTaylor
  (Address) Provo
  (Date) Mch 4 1905
  No. of Record:
  No. of Burial Permit:
  Object:
  Format: jpg
  File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Death Records\Death Certificate - Mecham, Jonathan James.jpg
• Repository: REPO1 Name: L. Derek Maude
• Source: S54 Title: FamilySearch Internet Family Tree
  Publication: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1. ↑ Source: #S1717
   Data: Date: 17 Apr 1905
2. ↑ Source: #S1717
   Data: Date: 17 Apr 1905
3. ↑ Source: #S1717
   Data: Date: 17 Apr 1905
4. ↑ Source: #S126
   Page: Utah Territory, Utah, Provo, Image 17, Entry 14
   Data:
   Text: Page
   Scedule 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: 14
   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: Jonathan <Mecham>
   Description.
   Age: 2
   Sex: M
   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: <UT>
   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: #S108
   Page: Utah Territory, Utah, Provo Ward 3, Image 8, Entry 7
   Data:
   Text: Page No. 7
   Schedule 1.--Inhabitants in Provo City 3rd Ward,
   in the County of Utah,
   State of Utah,
   enumerated by me on the 18 day of August, 1870.
   Post Office: Provo City.
   /s/ Wm.PAppleby, Ass't Marshal.
   Entry: 7
   Dwelling-House: <59>
   Family: <53>
   Name: <Meecham> Jonathan
   Age at last birth-day: 10
   Sex: M
   Color: W
   Profession, Occupation, or Trade of each Male Person over 15 years of age: At School
   Value of Real Estate owned
   Value of Real Estate:
   Value of Personal Estate:
   Place of Birth: Utah
   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: 18 Aug 1870
   Object:
   Format: jpg
   File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1870 US Federal Census, Utah Territory, Utah, Provo Ward 3, Image 8 (Lewis Mecham).jpg
6. ↑ Source: #S109
   Page: Utah, Utah, Provo, District 81, Image 48, Entry 46
   Data:
   Text: Page No. 48
   Supervisor's Dist. No.
   Enumeration Dist. No.
   Note A.-The Census Year begins June 1, 1879, and ends May 31, 1880.
   Note B.-All persons will be included in the Enumeration who were living on the 1st day of June, 1880. No others will. Children BORN SINCE June 1, 1880, will be OMITTED. Members of Families who have DIED SINCE June 1, 1880, will be INCLUDED.
   Note C.-Questions Nos. 13, 14, 22 and 23 are not to be asked in respect to persons under 10 years of age.
   Schedule 1. - Inhabitants in Provo City 3rd Precinct, in the County of Utah, State of Utah enumerated by me on the Fifteenth day of June, 1880.
   /s/ A.G. Sutherland, Jr., Enumerator.
   Entry 46
   In Cities
   Name of Street: Third Ward
   House Number:
   1 Dwelling houses numbered in order of visitation: <409>
   2 Families numbered in order of visitation: <458>
   3 The Name of each Person whose place of abode, on 1st day of June, 1880, was in this family: <Mecham> Johnathan
   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. If under 1 year, give months in fractions, thus: 1/12.: 21
   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: Son
   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: Works on farm
   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?
   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: <Utah>
   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.Y.>
   Note D.-In making entries in columns 9, 10, 11, 12, 16 to 23, an affirmative mark only will be used-thus /., except in the case of divorced persons, columns 11, when the letter "D" is to be used.
   Note E.-Question No. 12 will only be asked in cases where an affirmative answer has been given either to question 10 or to question 11.
   Note F.-Question No. 14 will only be asked in cases when a gainful occupation has been reported in column 13.
   Note G.-In column 7 an abbreviation in the name of the month may be used, as Jan., Apr., Dec.
   Date: 15 Jun 1880
   Object:
   Format: jpg
   File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1880 US Federal Census, Utah, Utah, Provo, District 81, Image 48 (Lewis Mecham).jpg
7. ↑ Source: #S111
   Page: Utah, Utah, Provo, District 163, Image 43, Entry 47
   Data:
   Text: Twelfth Census of the United States
   Schedule No. 1. - Population
   State: Utah
   County: Utah
   Supervisor's District No. 273
   Enumeration District No. 163
   Sheet No. 22A
   Township or other division of county: Provo Precinct
   Name of Institution,
   Name of incorporated city, town, or village, within the above-named division, Provo City
   Ward of city, 1
   Enumerated by me on the 26" day of June, 1900, /s/ Flora B. Bonham, Enumerator.
   Entry 47
   LOCATION
   In Cities
   Street: 7th
   House Number:
   Number of dwelling, houses in the order of visitation: 394
   Number of family, in the order of visitation: 429
   NAME: Meacham Jonathan
   RELATION.: Head
   PERSONAL DESCRIPTION.
   Color or race: W
   Sex: M
   DATE OF BIRTH
   Month: Nov
   Year: 1858
   Age at last birthday: 41
   Whether single, married, widowed, or divorced: M
   Number of years married: 19
   Mother of how many children:
   Number of these children living:
   NATIVITY.
   Place of birth of this Person: Utah
   Place of birth of Father of this person: N. 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: Miner Pres
   Months not employed: 3
   EDUCATION.
   Attended school (in months):
   Can read: Yes
   Can write: Yes
   Can speak English: Yes
   OWNERSHIP OF HOME.
   Owned or rented: O
   Owned free or mortgaged: M
   Farm or house: H
   Number of farm schedule:
   Date: 26 Jun 1900
   Object:
   Format: jpg
   File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1900 US Federal Census, Utah, Utah, Provo, District 163, Image 43 (Jonathan James Mecham).jpg
8. ↑ Source: #S114
   Page: Page 1030