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1847–1868

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Birth Date
4 September 1812
Death Date
21 March 1895
Gender
Male
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Lewis Mecham Sr.

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  • Lewis traveled with his wife and seven children to the Utah Valley. He and Lydia had five more children once they settled in Utah.

    Birth date and death date listed were found in a personal, online family history record (such as Family Tree, Ancestry, or My Heritage) without any accompanying documentation. Further research is needed to verify its accuracy.

James C. Snow Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 39
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Lydia Knight Mecham (Age: 34)
  • Julia Emeline Sweat (Age: 15)
  • Margaret Maria Mecham (Age: 12)
  • Joshua Josiah Mecham (Age: 10)
  • Elmira Ann Mecham (Age: 8)
  • Brigham Mecham (Age: 4)
  • Lydia Knight Mecham (Age: 2)
  • Martha Jane Mecham (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • "18th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
  • 18th Company of 50 report, 1852 July 11, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913).
  • James Chauncey Snow Emigrating Company journal, 1852 July-October.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 115.
  • Presiding Bishopric immigrant location committee minutes, 1852 September 20-October 13.