Erastus Darwin Meacham
Alternate Names
Erastus Darwin Mecham (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1826 July 20 (Born)
Death Date
On 1899 June 7 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Pioneer
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Born
1826 July 20
Date Details
Occurred On 1826 July 20
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 19)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 20)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Married
Martha Jones
1849 February 4 (Age 22)
Traveled in
Aaron Johnson Company (1850)
1850 June 8 – September 12 (Age 23)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Martha Jones (Age 17)
Sylvia Ameretta Mecham (Age 0)
Date Details
Started Circa 1850 June 8
Joined Company
Ended On 1850 September 12
Company Arrived
Married
Sarah Bond
1858 June 10 (Age 31)
Died
1899 June 7 (Age 72)
Media
Erastus Darwin Meacham (1826 - 1899) Profile
Sources
Pioneer
Jacob Hamblin papers, 1850-1877
"Autobiography and journal, 1850 June-1854 April, 1870 April.", Jacob Hamblin papers, 1850-1877, (1850), Page 47.
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Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847. Pay record, 1847: Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 33.
Mormon Battalion W.W. Willis Detached Company descriptive list, 1846
Mormon Battalion W.W. Willis Detached Company descriptive list, 1846, Page 2.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 1.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 244-245.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.