Lydia Knight Meacham

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Lydia Knight Meacham (Wells)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Skaneateles, Onodaga County, New York, United States
Death: October 20, 1890 (73)
Provo, Utah County, Utah, United States
Place of Burial: Provo, Utah County, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Judah Wells and Temperance Meacham
Wife of Lewis Meacham, Sr.
Mother of Emeline Sweat (Mecham); Mosiah Meacham; Margret Maria Meacham; Joshua Josiah Meacham; Almira Ann Meeks and 9 others

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About Lydia Knight Meacham

Lydia Knight Wells and Lewis Meacham married in Mercer County, Pennsylvania on 5 April 1836.

Lewis, Lydia, and children 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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Lydia Knight Meacham's Timeline

1817
August 6, 1817
Skaneateles, Onodaga County, New York, United States
1836
April 5, 1836
Age 18
Mercer, Pa
1837
April 6, 1837
Delaware, Pike, Pennsylvania, United States
1838
July 24, 1838
Delaware Mrcr Pa, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
1840
February 24, 1840
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States
1842
March 24, 1842
Ia, Lee County, Iowa, United States
1844
February 10, 1844
Lee County, Iowa Territory, United States
1845
March 28, 1845
Ut, Provo, Utah County, Utah, United States
December 1, 1845
Le Ia, Lee County, Iowa, United States