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Brigham Mecham (Meacham)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Garden Grove, Decatur County, Iowa, United States
Death: November 15, 1920 (72)
Wallsburg, Wasatch County, Utah, United States
Place of Burial: Wallsburg Cemetery, Wallsburg,Wasatch,UT, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Lewis Meacham, Sr. and Lydia Knight Meacham
Husband of Harriett Louise Mecham
Father of Mary Viola Young; Harriet Eliza Mecham; Ray Mecham; Roy Mecham; Walter Lewis Mecham and 6 others
Brother of Emeline Sweat (Mecham); Mosiah Meacham; Margret Maria Meacham; Joshua Josiah Meacham; Almira Ann Meeks and 8 others

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About Brigham Mecham

From the 1850 federal census, Brigham Meacham lived in Decatur County, Iowa, with his parents and siblings. The family at the time consisted of:

  • Head Louis [Lewis] Meacham 35
  • Wife Lydia Meacham 32
  • Daughter Julia Meacham 13
  • Daughter Margaret Meacham 10
  • Son Joshua Meacham 8
  • Daughter Ann Meacham 6
  • Son Brigham Meacham 3
  • Daughter Lydia Meacham 11 months

Brigham Meacham, his parents and siblings were "Pioneers" aboard the James C. Snow Company Wagon Train.

Click here to view details of the James C. Snow Company Wagon Train that departed Kanesville, Iowa (present Council Bluffs) on 5 July 1852 and arrived in Salt Lake City on 9-10 October 1852. That train carried ~250 people in 55 covered wagons.

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Brigham Mecham's Timeline

1847
November 24, 1847
Garden Grove, Decatur County, Iowa, United States
1874
December 2, 1874
Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, United States
1876
October 22, 1876
Wallsburg,Wasatch,Ut
1879
August 29, 1879
Wallsburg, Wasatch, UT, United States
August 29, 1879
Wasatch Ut, Wallsburg, Wasatch County, Utah, United States
1880
September 3, 1880
Wallsburg,Wasatch,Ut
1883
February 2, 1883
Wallsburg, Wasatch County, Utah, United States
1886
November 4, 1886
Wallsburgh, Wasatch, UT, United States
1889
May 25, 1889
Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, United States