• Joseph came with his mother Elizabeth G. Weech and family; some sources spell surname "Weach".  His surname is spelled "Meech" on the 1848 ship Sailor Prince manifest.

John Banks Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 19

Sources

• 1850 Illinois Census.
• 1860 Utah Census.
• 3rd Company of 50 reports, 1856 July.
• England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Weech, Hyrum, [Autobiography], in Our Pioneer Parents [1970], 1-5.