Brigham Hyrum Mecham (1847 - 1920)

Born 24 Nov 1847 in Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa

Ancestors

Husband of Harriett Kerby — married 20 Oct 1873 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1920 at age 72 in Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 24 Nov 1847

Place: Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa^[1]

Death

Death:

Date: 15 Nov 1920

Place: Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah^[2][3][4]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 18 Nov 1920

Place: Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah^[5][6]

Census

Census:

Date: 29 Oct 1850

Place: , Decatur, Iowa^[7]

Census:

Date: 10 Sep 1860

Place: Provo, Utah, Utah Territory^[8]

Census: Third Ward

Date: 18 Aug 1870

Place: Provo, Utah, Utah Territory^[9]

Census:

Date: 11 Jun 1880

Place: Charleston, Wasatch, Utah^[10]

Census:

Date: 23 Jun 1900

Place: Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah^[11]

Event

Event: Entered Salt Lake Valley as a member of the James C. Snow Wagon Train Company

Type: Pioneer

Date: 9/10 Oct 1852^[12]

Occupation

Farmer

Note

He was a veteran of the Black Hawk Indian War.

Marriage

Husband: Brigham Mecham

Wife: Harriett Kerby

Marriage:

Date: 20 Oct 1873

Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, 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^[13]

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

Sources

• WikiTree profile Mecham-199 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.

• 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 1030
• Source: S126 Title: Census: United States: 1860
  Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
• Source: S129 Repository: #REPO12 Title: Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868
  Publication: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (online)
• Repository: REPO12 Name: http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanylist-information
• Source: S1414 Title: Death Certificate: Mecham, Brigham
  Author: Utah State Board of Health
  Text: 2004830
  State Board of Health File No: 45
  STATE OF UTAH--DEATH CERTIFICATE
  1. PLACE OF DEATH
  County: Wasatch
  Precinct:
  or
  Village:
  or
  City: Wallsburg
  2. FULL NAME: Brigham Mecham
  (a) Residence:
  Length of residence in city or town where death occurred: 49 yrs.
  How long in U. S., if of foreign birth?
  PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
  3.Sex: Male
  4. Color or Race: White
  5. Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced: Married
  5a. Husband of (or) Wife of: Harriet Kirby Married
  6. Date of Birth: Nov2 24, 1847
  7. Age: 72 yrs. 11 mos. 21 ds.
  8. Occupation of Deceased
  (a) Trade, profession or particular kind of work: Farmer
  (b) General nature of industry, business, or establishment in which employed (or employer):
  (c) Name of Employer:
  9. Birthplace: Garden Grove, Decator Co Iowa
  PARENTS
  10. Name of Father: Leuis Mecham
  11. Birthplace: Canaan Grafton Co N.H.
  12. Maiden Name of Mother: Lydia Wells
  13. Birthplace of Mother: Ondagua Co New Y
  14. Informant: /s/ Harriet Mecham; Address: Wallsburg Utah
  15. Filed: Dec.4, 1920; /s/ Mrs Della Mecham (Registrar)
  MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
  16. Date of Death: Nov 15, 1920
  17. I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from Oct 21, 1920, to Oct 21, 1920., that I last saw him alive on Oct 21, 1920, and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 5:50 am.
  The CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows: Apoplexy
  Contributory: Paralysis (3 yrs.)
  18 Where was disease contracted If not at place of death? Wallsburg
  Did an operation precede death? no
  Was there an autopsy? no
  What test confirmed diagnosis? no
  (Signed) /s/ BWDennenberg, M.D.; Nov 18, 1920; (Address) Heber, Utah
  19. Place of Burial, Cremation, or Removal: Wallsburg, Ut.
  Date of Burial: Nov 18 1920
  20. Undertaker:
  Address:
  21: Registered Number: 6
  22: No. of Burial Permit: 6
  Object:
  Format: jpg
  File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Death Records\Death Certificate - Mecham, Brigham.jpg
• Source: S145 Repository: #REPO13 Title: Census: United States: 1850
  Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
• Repository: REPO13 Name: MyFamily.com
  Address: Provo, Utah
• Source: S149 Title: Wasatch Co. Burial Index
  Author: Wasatch Co. UTGenWeb
  Publication: http://www.rootsweb.com/~utwasatc/cemetery/index.htm
• Source: S2263 Title: Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848
  Author: Black, Susan Easton
  Page: Vol. 30, pp. 506-8
• Source: S54 Title: FamilySearch Internet Family Tree
  Publication: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Source: S749 Title: Obituary: Mecham, Brigham
  Publication: The Wasatch Wave Note: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOROOT=%2Fww&CISOOP1=all&CISOFIELD1=title&CISORESTMP=results.php&CISOVIEWTMP=item_viewer.php&CISOMODE=grid&CISOGRID=thumbnail%2CA%2C1%3Btitle%2CA%2C1%3Bdateor%2CA%2C1%3Bitempa%2CA%2C1%3Btype%2CA%2C0%3B10%3Btitle%2Cnone%2Cnone%2Cnone%2Cnone&CISOBIB=title%2CA%2C1%2CN%3Bdateor%2CA%2C1%2CN%3Bitempa%2CK%2C1%2CN%3Btype%2CA%2C0%2CN%3B0%2CA%2C0%2CN%3B10%3Btitle%2Cnone%2Cnone%2Cnone%2Cnone&CISOTHUMB=10%3Btitle%2Cnone%2Cnone%2Cnone%2Cnone&CISOTITLE=10%3Btitle%2Cnone%2Cnone%2Cnone%2Cnone&CISOBOX1=Another+Pioneer+Quietly+Sleeps&Submit=Go
  Object:
  Format: jpg
  File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Obituaries\Obituary - Mecham, Brigham.jpg
• Source: S750 Title: How Beautiful upon the Mountains: A Centennial History of Wasatch County
  Author: Mortimer, William James
  Publication: Salt Lake, Daughters of Utah Pioneers: 1963
  Page: pp. 960-961
  Data:
  Text: Brigham Mecham, born November 24, 1847, in Garden Grove, Iowa. He married October 20, 1873, at Salt Lake City, Utah. Died November 15, 1920 at Wallsburg, Utah. His wife Harriet Kerby was born January 13, 1855, Channel Islands, Isle of Jersy, France. Died April 3, 1934, at Wallsburg, Utah. She is the daughter of Francis and Mary Le Carnu Kerby.
  Mr. Mecham was a High Priest. Was presiding Elder or Bishop of the Rosehill Branch of the Wallsburg Ward of the Latter-Day Saints Church for two years, and a home missionary.
  In 1865 he stood guard on Provo River at Heber City, Utah. He was a Blackhawk War veteran, and a farmer.
  At one time he was rated as one of the ten best swimmers in Utah.
  It has been said no one ever left their home hungry. They had a large, honorable family.
  Their children were: Mary Viola, Harriet Eliza, Roy and Ray (twins), Lewis Walter, Francis, Alice, Brigham Warren, Margaret, and Albert Wells.

1. ↑ Source: #S1414
   Data: Date: 4 Dec 1920
2. ↑ Source: #S149
3. ↑ Source: #S749
   Page: Page 4 Data: Date: 24 Dec 1920
4. ↑ Source: #S1414
   Data: Date: 4 Dec 1920
5. ↑ Source: #S149
6. ↑ Source: #S1414
   Data: Date: 4 Dec 1920
7. ↑ Source: #S145
   Page: Iowa, Decatur, Not Stated, Image 1, Entry 16
   Data:
   Text: Schedule I.--Free Inhabitants in __________
   in the County of Decatur
   State of Iowa
   enumerated by me, on the 29 day of Oct 1850. /s/ Saml T. Coldwell, Ass't Marshal.
   Page: 324
   Entry: 16
   Dwelling house: <9>
   Family: <9>
   Name: Brigham <Meacham>
   Age: 3
   Sex: M
   Color:
   Profession, occupation, or trade:
   Value of real estate owned:
   Place of birth: <Iowa>
   Married within the year:
   Attended school within the year:
   Persons over 20 years of age who cannot read and write:
   Deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict:
   Date: 29 Oct 1850
   Object:
   Format: jpg
   File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1850 US Federal Census, Iowa, Decatur, Not Stated, Image 1 (Lewis Mecham).jpg
8. ↑ Source: #S126
   Page: Utah Territory, Utah, Provo, Image 17, Entry 9
   Data:
   Text: Page
   Schedule 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: 9
   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: Brigham <Mecham>
   Description.
   Age: 12
   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: <Iowa>
   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
9. ↑ Source: #S108
   Page: Utah Territory, Utah, Provo Ward 3, Image 8, Entry 4
   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: 4
   Dwelling-House: <59>
   Family: <53>
   Name: <Meecham> Brigham
   Age at last birth-day: 23
   Sex: M
   Color: W
   Profession, Occupation, or Trade of each Male Person over 15 years of age: Laborer
   Value of Real Estate owned
   Value of Real Estate:
   Value of Personal Estate:
   Place of Birth: Iowa
   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
10. ↑ Source: #S109
    Page: Utah, Wasatch, Charleston, District 92, Image 6, Entry 11
    Data:
    Text: Page No. 14
    Supervisor's Dist. No.
    Enumeration Dist. No. 92
    Schedule 1. - Inhabitants in Charleston Precinct, in the County of Wasatch, State of Utah
    enumerated by me on the 11th day of June, 1880.
    /s/ R C Camp, Enumerator.
    Entry 11
    In Cities
    Name of Street:
    House Number:
    1 Dwelling houses numbered in order of visitation: <39>
    2 Families numbered in order of visitation: <44>
    3 The Name of each Person whose place of abode, on 1st day of June, 1880, was in this family: Mecham Brigham
    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: 32
    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:
    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: Farmer
    14 Number of months this person has been unemployed during the Census year: 3
    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: Mosouri
    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: Conn.
    Date: 11 Jun 1880
    Object:
    Format: jpg
    File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1880 US Federal Census, Utah, Wasatch, Charleston, District 92, Image 6 (Brigham Mecham).jpg
11. ↑ Source: #S111
    Page: Utah, Wasatch, Wallsburg, District 170, Image 8, Entry 60
    Data:
    Text: Twelfth Census of the United States
    Schedule No. 1. - Population
    State: Utah
    County: Wasatch
    Supervisor's District No. 273
    Enumeration District No. 170
    Sheet No. 16B
    Township or other division of county: Wallsburg Precinct
    Name of Institution, x
    Name of incorporated city, town, or village, within the above-named division, Wallsburg
    Ward of city, x
    Enumerated by me on the 23rd day of June, 1900, /s/ A. N. Murdock, Enumerator.
    Entry 60
    LOCATION
    In Cities
    Street:
    House Number:
    Number of dwelling, houses in the order of visitation: 259
    Number of family, in the order of visitation: 260
    NAME: Mecham Brigham
    RELATION.: Head
    PERSONAL DESCRIPTION.
    Color or race: W
    Sex: M
    DATE OF BIRTH
    Month: Nov
    Year: 1846
    Age at last birthday: 53
    Whether single, married, widowed, or divorced: M
    Number of years married: 27
    Mother of how many children:
    Number of these children living:
    NATIVITY.
    Place of birth of this Person: Iowa
    Place of birth of Father of this person: U. S.
    Place of birth of Mother of this person: U. S.
    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: Farmer
    Months not employed:
    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: F
    Farm or house: F
    Number of farm: 38
    Date: 23 Jun 1900
    Object:
    Format: jpg
    File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1900 US Federal Census, Utah, Wasatch, Wallsburg, District 170, Image 8 (Brigham Mecham and Ephraim Batty).jpg
12. ↑ Source: #S129
13. ↑ Source: #S114
    Page: Page 1030