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Palmer, George Almond

Male 1867 - 1932  (65 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Palmer, George Almond was born on 12 Feb 1867 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (son of Palmer, Almon Babbitt and Laddick, Amelia Ann); died on 6 May 1932.

    Notes:



    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

    George married Meacham, Olive Rosamond in 1890 in Utah, United States. Olive was born in 1871 in of, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Palmer, Almon Babbitt was born in 1840 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois (son of Palmer, Andrew Warren, son of Palmer, Andrew Warren and Meacham, Almira Mehitable); died on 5 Oct 1915 in Nephi, Juab, Utah; was buried on 6 Oct 1915 in Nephi, Juab, Utah.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch Id: M6J8-YXQ

    Notes:

    1850; Census Place: , Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 113A; Image: 233.
    13/13 Edwin Whiting 41 male chairmaker $100 Mass
    Elizabeth 37 fem Mass
    Mary 23 fem New York
    William 16 male farmer Ohio
    Amelia 14 fem Ohio
    Sarah 11 fem Ohio
    Almon 10 male Illinois
    Lucius 05 male Illinois
    Albert 03 male Iowa twin
    Oscar 03 male Iowa twin
    Emeline 02 fem Deseret
    Harriet 01 fem Deseret
    Almira M Wd 27 fem New York
    Edward 05 male Illinois
    Ellen 03 fem Iowa
    Loisa 01 fem Deseret
    http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8054&iid=4181033-00233&fn=William&ln=Whiting&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1099849
    =============================
    These are the notes from Almira Meacham in my PAF (Ancestral Quest): Be sure to also see Almira Meacham in Jim Whiting's website. I will make GEDCOMS later for Beverly's family and for Almira's families. L
    Record of O.C. Day American Fork, UT; Myrtle Pitcher 1959; TIB 1966;
    NOTE: Related to Brigham Young: John Young > Elizabeth Hayden > John Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.
    Almira Mehitable Meacham: Dorothy Ransom > Dorothy Cooper > Ezra Cooper > Elizabeth Axtell > Abigail Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.
    "Before and After Mt.Pisgah"-Christensen p:113: "...The first plural marriage within that set took place 3 Jan 1845 (Nauvoo) between Edwin Whiting and Almira Mehitable Meacham. (They had been married in Nauvoo 3 January 1845)" p.125:"...The next day after her attendance at the temple (Nauvoo 27 Jan 1846), to be sealed to Edwin Whiting, Almira M.M.Whiting bore him a son. They named the baby Edward Lucian Whiting (born 28 Jan 1846).
    That was not Almira's first child. Almira was born 13 May 1824 at Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York, the daughter of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria Ransom. Almira was the 4th child. The Meacham family were converts to the Mormon Church. In their westward migration, they stopped for a time at Springfield, Illinois where at the age of 15 years, Almira married Andrew Warren Palmer. To that marriage were born 2 sons, Almon Babbitt Palmer and 2nd, Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the baby's death, Andrew Palmer (husband) died. Two years after that, Almira, the 20-year old widow with a four month old son, married Edwin Whiting."
    Ancestral File Submitters: Katherine Mecham Barney 22340 E Queen Creek Rd Queen Creek, AZ 85242 AF97-112850; Rebecca Baker 12335 Lupine Ln Klamath Falls, OR 97603 AF97-113760.
    1880 US Census (Springville, Utah) FHL Film 1255338 NA Film No. T9-1338 p. 160A. Shows Henry Packard age 55 (abt 1825) birthplace OH Occupation Mining, Fathers and Mothers birthplace MA.
    Household included wife Almira Packard age 56, birthplace NY and parents from NY, Sophia O. Packard dau single age 14 and also a Stepson Franklin L. Whitney age 25 (about 1855) Occupation Laborer, parents born in NY.

    United States Census, 1880," Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    name : Henry Packard
    event: Census
    event date: 1880
    event place: Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    gender: Male
    age: 55
    marital status : Married
    occupation : Minning
    race or color (original) :
    ethnicity (standardized) : American
    relationship to head : Self
    birthplace : Ohio, United States
    birthdate : 1825
    spouse's name : Almira Packard
    spouse's birthplace : New York, United States
    father's name :
    father's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    mother's name :
    mother's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    page : 160
    page character : A
    entry number : 647
    nara film number : T9-1338
    gs film number : 1255338
    digital folder number: 004244810
    image number: 00552
    HouseholdGender Age Birthplace
    self Henry Packard M 55 Ohio, United States
    wife Almira Packard F 56 New York, United States
    daughter Sophia O. PackardF 14 Utah, United States
    step son Franklin L. Whitney M 25 Utah, United States
    Citing this Record
    "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (: accessed 08 Oct 2012), Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States; citing sheet 160A, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1338.
    Dennis Kroll (California cousin) October 2008 (From Ancestry.com )"Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
    Almira Mehitable Meacham went through all kinds of hardships endured by the early day converts of the Mormon Church. Her parents and their family in their westward migration had made a temporary stop at Springfield, Illinois, where Almirira, at the early age of fifteen, was married to Andrew Warren Palmer. To this marriage were born two sons, Almond Babbitt Palmer, who came to Utah and settled at Nephi, and Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the death of this son the father, Andrew Warren Palmer, died (1843).
    Two years later Almira was married to Edwin Whiting as a plural wife (Married 3 January 1845, Sealed 27 January 1846 Nauvoo Temple). To this marriage were born the following children, most of them in Sanpete and Utah Counties, Utah: Edward Lucian Whiting, Ellen Emerett Whiting, Catherine Emeline Whiting, Cornelia (Dolly) Whiting (my great grandmother), Elisha Franklin Whiting, Edwin Lafayette Henry Whiting, and Sylvia Almira Whiting.
    The Whitings had come to Utah with Captain Morley's company in 1849 and settled in Manti where Edwin Whiting became quite prominent. In "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" he is listed as the first mayor of Manti and as having held other important positions of public responsibility.
    In 1861 the family moved to Springville where they lived during the early Indian troubles known as the Black Hawk and Walker Indian Wars.
    Almira became one of Utah County's early nurses and midwife and did much in that way to provide a living for her family.
    Plural marriage did not bring happiness. There was great pressure by the law and in 1861 Almira and Edwin Whiting separated.
    July 24, 1863, Almira married Henry Packard and to this her third marriage was born a daughter, Sophia Olive Packard. Later the Packards moved to Healdsburg, California, where they lived until 1896 when Henry Packard died.
    After the death of Henry Packard Almira moved to San Bernardino where she lived in a home given to her by her son-in-law, Nathan Henry Barton, and her daughter Sylvia Almira (Whiting).
    Almira Mehitable Meacham passed away 1 October 1898 and is laid to rest in the Pioneer Cemetery in San Bernardino, California.
    MARK E WHITING (jasper3616@msn.com)
    8:56 AM

    GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Almon Babbit

    !BAPTISM: Also shown as Baptized 1850

    !ENDOWMENT: Also shown as Endowed 24 Oct 1865

    GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Almond Babbit

    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Illinois, United States.

    BIRTH: Also shown as Born 22 Feb 1841

    DEATH: Also shown as Died Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.

    Almon married Laddick, Amelia Ann on 18 Oct 1862 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Amelia was born on 4 Apr 1840 in Portsea Town, Southampton, England; died on 2 Jul 1877 in Nephi, Juab, Utah; was buried on 4 Jul 1877 in Nephi, Juab, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Laddick, Amelia Ann was born on 4 Apr 1840 in Portsea Town, Southampton, England; died on 2 Jul 1877 in Nephi, Juab, Utah; was buried on 4 Jul 1877 in Nephi, Juab, Utah.

    Notes:



    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Port Sea Town, Southampton, England.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.

    Notes:

    MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

    Children:
    1. Palmer, Andrew Warren was born on 27 Oct 1863 in Provo, Utah, Utah; died on 12 Nov 1943 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
    2. 1. Palmer, George Almond was born on 12 Feb 1867 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; died on 6 May 1932.
    3. Palmer, Lewis was born in 1869 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; died in 1869 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
    4. Palmer, Frank Lafayette was born on 10 Oct 1870 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; died on 25 Dec 1928.
    5. Palmer, Amelia Ann was born on 4 Dec 1872 in Nephi, Juab, Utah; died on 2 May 1959; was buried in Mound Grove Cemetery Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
    6. Palmer, Aaron was born in 1874 in Nephi, Juab, Utah; died in 1879 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.
    7. Palmer, Horace was born on 1 Jul 1877 in Nephi, Juab, Utah; died on 1 Jul 1877 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.
    8. Palmer, Emma was born on 11 Feb 1866 in Ditchingham, Norfolk, England; died on 23 Apr 1955 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Palmer, Andrew Warren was born about 1811 in Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States; died about 1843 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch Id: 21T3-CYT

    Notes:

    These are the notes from Almira Meacham in my PAF (Ancestral Quest): Be sure to also see Almira Meacham in Jim Whiting's website. I will make GEDCOMS later for Beverly's family and for Almira's families. L
    Record of O.C. Day American Fork, UT; Myrtle Pitcher 1959; TIB 1966;
    NOTE: Related to Brigham Young: John Young > Elizabeth Hayden > John Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.
    Almira Mehitable Meacham: Dorothy Ransom > Dorothy Cooper > Ezra Cooper > Elizabeth Axtell > Abigail Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.
    "Before and After Mt.Pisgah"-Christensen p:113: "...The first plural marriage within that set took place 3 Jan 1845 (Nauvoo) between Edwin Whiting and Almira Mehitable Meacham. (They had been married in Nauvoo 3 January 1845)" p.125:"...The next day after her attendance at the temple (Nauvoo 27 Jan 1846), to be sealed to Edwin Whiting, Almira M.M.Whiting bore him a son. They named the baby Edward Lucian Whiting (born 28 Jan 1846).
    That was not Almira's first child. Almira was born 13 May 1824 at Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York, the daughter of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria Ransom. Almira was the 4th child. The Meacham family were converts to the Mormon Church. In their westward migration, they stopped for a time at Springfield, Illinois where at the age of 15 years, Almira married Andrew Warren Palmer. To that marriage were born 2 sons, Almon Babbitt Palmer and 2nd, Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the baby's death, Andrew Palmer (husband) died. Two years after that, Almira, the 20-year old widow with a four month old son, married Edwin Whiting."
    Ancestral File Submitters: Katherine Mecham Barney 22340 E Queen Creek Rd Queen Creek, AZ 85242 AF97-112850; Rebecca Baker 12335 Lupine Ln Klamath Falls, OR 97603 AF97-113760.
    1880 US Census (Springville, Utah) FHL Film 1255338 NA Film No. T9-1338 p. 160A. Shows Henry Packard age 55 (abt 1825) birthplace OH Occupation Mining, Fathers and Mothers birthplace MA.
    Household included wife Almira Packard age 56, birthplace NY and parents from NY, Sophia O. Packard dau single age 14 and also a Stepson Franklin L. Whitney age 25 (about 1855) Occupation Laborer, parents born in NY.

    United States Census, 1880," Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    name : Henry Packard
    event: Census
    event date: 1880
    event place: Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    gender: Male
    age: 55
    marital status : Married
    occupation : Minning
    race or color (original) :
    ethnicity (standardized) : American
    relationship to head : Self
    birthplace : Ohio, United States
    birthdate : 1825
    spouse's name : Almira Packard
    spouse's birthplace : New York, United States
    father's name :
    father's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    mother's name :
    mother's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    page : 160
    page character : A
    entry number : 647
    nara film number : T9-1338
    gs film number : 1255338
    digital folder number: 004244810
    image number: 00552
    HouseholdGender Age Birthplace
    self Henry Packard M 55 Ohio, United States
    wife Almira Packard F 56 New York, United States
    daughter Sophia O. PackardF 14 Utah, United States
    step son Franklin L. Whitney M 25 Utah, United States
    Citing this Record
    "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (: accessed 08 Oct 2012), Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States; citing sheet 160A, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1338.
    Dennis Kroll (California cousin) October 2008 (From Ancestry.com )"Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
    Almira Mehitable Meacham went through all kinds of hardships endured by the early day converts of the Mormon Church. Her parents and their family in their westward migration had made a temporary stop at Springfield, Illinois, where Almirira, at the early age of fifteen, was married to Andrew Warren Palmer. To this marriage were born two sons, Almond Babbitt Palmer, who came to Utah and settled at Nephi, and Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the death of this son the father, Andrew Warren Palmer, died (1843).
    Two years later Almira was married to Edwin Whiting as a plural wife (Married 3 January 1845, Sealed 27 January 1846 Nauvoo Temple). To this marriage were born the following children, most of them in Sanpete and Utah Counties, Utah: Edward Lucian Whiting, Ellen Emerett Whiting, Catherine Emeline Whiting, Cornelia (Dolly) Whiting (my great grandmother), Elisha Franklin Whiting, Edwin Lafayette Henry Whiting, and Sylvia Almira Whiting.
    The Whitings had come to Utah with Captain Morley's company in 1849 and settled in Manti where Edwin Whiting became quite prominent. In "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" he is listed as the first mayor of Manti and as having held other important positions of public responsibility.
    In 1861 the family moved to Springville where they lived during the early Indian troubles known as the Black Hawk and Walker Indian Wars.
    Almira became one of Utah County's early nurses and midwife and did much in that way to provide a living for her family.
    Plural marriage did not bring happiness. There was great pressure by the law and in 1861 Almira and Edwin Whiting separated.
    July 24, 1863, Almira married Henry Packard and to this her third marriage was born a daughter, Sophia Olive Packard. Later the Packards moved to Healdsburg, California, where they lived until 1896 when Henry Packard died.
    After the death of Henry Packard Almira moved to San Bernardino where she lived in a home given to her by her son-in-law, Nathan Henry Barton, and her daughter Sylvia Almira (Whiting).
    Almira Mehitable Meacham passed away 1 October 1898 and is laid to rest in the Pioneer Cemetery in San Bernardino, California.
    MARK E WHITING (jasper3616@msn.com)
    8:56 AM


    1850; Census Place: , Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 113A; Image: 233. 13/13 Edwin Whiting 41 male chairmaker $100 Mass Elizabeth 37 fem Mass Mary 23 fem New York William 16 male farme

    BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1820

    Andrew married Meacham, Almira Mehitable about 1839 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States. Almira (daughter of Meacham, Stephen Peabody and Ransom, Dorothy Maria) was born on 13 May 1824 in Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York; died on 1 Oct 1898 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California; was buried in Oct 1898 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Meacham, Almira Mehitable was born on 13 May 1824 in Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York (daughter of Meacham, Stephen Peabody and Ransom, Dorothy Maria); died on 1 Oct 1898 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California; was buried in Oct 1898 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch Id: KWV3-QG8

    Notes:

    These are the notes from Almira Meacham in my PAF (Ancestral Quest): Be sure to also see Almira Meacham in Jim Whiting's website. I will make GEDCOMS later for Beverly's family and for Almira's families. L
    Record of O.C. Day American Fork, UT; Myrtle Pitcher 1959; TIB 1966;
    NOTE: Related to Brigham Young: John Young > Elizabeth Hayden > John Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.
    Almira Mehitable Meacham: Dorothy Ransom > Dorothy Cooper > Ezra Cooper > Elizabeth Axtell > Abigail Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.
    "Before and After Mt.Pisgah"-Christensen p:113: "...The first plural marriage within that set took place 3 Jan 1845 (Nauvoo) between Edwin Whiting and Almira Mehitable Meacham. (They had been married in Nauvoo 3 January 1845)" p.125:"...The next day after her attendance at the temple (Nauvoo 27 Jan 1846), to be sealed to Edwin Whiting, Almira M.M.Whiting bore him a son. They named the baby Edward Lucian Whiting (born 28 Jan 1846).
    That was not Almira's first child. Almira was born 13 May 1824 at Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York, the daughter of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria Ransom. Almira was the 4th child. The Meacham family were converts to the Mormon Church. In their westward migration, they stopped for a time at Springfield, Illinois where at the age of 15 years, Almira married Andrew Warren Palmer. To that marriage were born 2 sons, Almon Babbitt Palmer and 2nd, Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the baby's death, Andrew Palmer (husband) died. Two years after that, Almira, the 20-year old widow with a four month old son, married Edwin Whiting."
    Ancestral File Submitters: Katherine Mecham Barney 22340 E Queen Creek Rd Queen Creek, AZ 85242 AF97-112850; Rebecca Baker 12335 Lupine Ln Klamath Falls, OR 97603 AF97-113760.
    1880 US Census (Springville, Utah) FHL Film 1255338 NA Film No. T9-1338 p. 160A. Shows Henry Packard age 55 (abt 1825) birthplace OH Occupation Mining, Fathers and Mothers birthplace MA.
    Household included wife Almira Packard age 56, birthplace NY and parents from NY, Sophia O. Packard dau single age 14 and also a Stepson Franklin L. Whitney age 25 (about 1855) Occupation Laborer, parents born in NY.

    United States Census, 1880," Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    name : Henry Packard
    event: Census
    event date: 1880
    event place: Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    gender: Male
    age: 55
    marital status : Married
    occupation : Minning
    race or color (original) :
    ethnicity (standardized) : American
    relationship to head : Self
    birthplace : Ohio, United States
    birthdate : 1825
    spouse's name : Almira Packard
    spouse's birthplace : New York, United States
    father's name :
    father's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    mother's name :
    mother's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    page : 160
    page character : A
    entry number : 647
    nara film number : T9-1338
    gs film number : 1255338
    digital folder number: 004244810
    image number: 00552
    HouseholdGender Age Birthplace
    self Henry Packard M 55 Ohio, United States
    wife Almira Packard F 56 New York, United States
    daughter Sophia O. PackardF 14 Utah, United States
    step son Franklin L. Whitney M 25 Utah, United States
    Citing this Record
    "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (: accessed 08 Oct 2012), Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States; citing sheet 160A, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1338.
    Dennis Kroll (California cousin) October 2008 (From Ancestry.com )"Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
    Almira Mehitable Meacham went through all kinds of hardships endured by the early day converts of the Mormon Church. Her parents and their family in their westward migration had made a temporary stop at Springfield, Illinois, where Almirira, at the early age of fifteen, was married to Andrew Warren Palmer. To this marriage were born two sons, Almond Babbitt Palmer, who came to Utah and settled at Nephi, and Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the death of this son the father, Andrew Warren Palmer, died (1843).
    Two years later Almira was married to Edwin Whiting as a plural wife (Married 3 January 1845, Sealed 27 January 1846 Nauvoo Temple). To this marriage were born the following children, most of them in Sanpete and Utah Counties, Utah: Edward Lucian Whiting, Ellen Emerett Whiting, Catherine Emeline Whiting, Cornelia (Dolly) Whiting (my great grandmother), Elisha Franklin Whiting, Edwin Lafayette Henry Whiting, and Sylvia Almira Whiting.
    The Whitings had come to Utah with Captain Morley's company in 1849 and settled in Manti where Edwin Whiting became quite prominent. In "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" he is listed as the first mayor of Manti and as having held other important positions of public responsibility.
    In 1861 the family moved to Springville where they lived during the early Indian troubles known as the Black Hawk and Walker Indian Wars.
    Almira became one of Utah County's early nurses and midwife and did much in that way to provide a living for her family.
    Plural marriage did not bring happiness. There was great pressure by the law and in 1861 Almira and Edwin Whiting separated.
    July 24, 1863, Almira married Henry Packard and to this her third marriage was born a daughter, Sophia Olive Packard. Later the Packards moved to Healdsburg, California, where they lived until 1896 when Henry Packard died.
    After the death of Henry Packard Almira moved to San Bernardino where she lived in a home given to her by her son-in-law, Nathan Henry Barton, and her daughter Sylvia Almira (Whiting).
    Almira Mehitable Meacham passed away 1 October 1898 and is laid to rest in the Pioneer Cemetery in San Bernardino, California.
    MARK E WHITING (jasper3616@msn.com)
    8:56 AM


    1850; Census Place: , Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 113A; Image: 233. 13/13 Edwin Whiting 41 male chairmaker $100 Mass Elizabeth 37 fem Mass Mary 23 fem New York William 16 male farme


    !Rec O.C. Day American Fork, UT; Myrtle Pitcher 1959; TIB 1966;

    !"Before and After Mt.Pisgah"-Christensen p:113: "...The first plural marriage within that set took place 3 Jan 1845 (Nauvoo) between Edwin Whiting and Almira Mehitable Meacham." p.125:"...The next day after her attendance at the temple (Nauvoo 27 Jan 1846), to be sealed to Edwin Whiting, Almira M.M.Whiting bore him a son. They named the baby Edward Lucian Whiting (born 28 Jan 1846). That was not Almira's first child. Almira was born 13 May 1824 at Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York, the daughter of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria Ransom. Almira was the 4th child. The Meacham family were converts to the Mormon Church. In their westward migration, they stopped for a time at Springfield, Illinois where at the age of 15 years, Almira married Andrew Warren Palmer. To that marriage were born 2 sons, Almon Babbitt Palmer and 2nd, Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the baby's death, Andrew Palmer (husband) died. Two years after that, Almira, the 20-year old widow with a four month old son, married Edwin Whiting."

    Rec O.C. Day American Fork, UT; Myrtle Pitcher 1959; TIB 1966;

    !MARRIAGE: (1) Andrew Warren Palmer (2) 3 Jan 1845 Edwin Whiting (3) Henry
    Packard (4) Mr. March.
    Edwin Whiting Family Assn.-Springville, UT.
    ===========================
    1850; Census Place: , Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 113A; Image: 233.
    13/13 Edwin Whiting 41 male chairmaker $100 Mass
    Elizabeth 37 fem Mass
    Mary 23 fem New York
    William 16 male farmer Ohio
    Amelia 14 fem Ohio
    Sarah 11 fem Ohio
    Almon 10 male Illinois
    Lucius 05 male Illinois
    Albert 03 male Iowa twin
    Oscar 03 male Iowa twin
    Emeline 02 fem Deseret
    Harriet 01 fem Deseret
    Almira M Wd 27 fem New York
    Edward 05 male Illinois
    Ellen 03 fem Iowa
    Loisa 01 fem Deseret
    http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8054&iid=4181033-00233&fn=William&ln=Whiting&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1099849
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    1860; Census Place: Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 653; Image: 115; Family History Library Film: 805314.
    136/124 Edwin Whiting 51 male farmer $900/1700 Mass
    Elizabeth P 46 fem Mass
    Edwin L 14 male ILL
    Oscar 12 male ILL
    Louisa M 10 fem Utah Territory
    Caroline P 06 fem Utah Territory
    137/125 Mary A Whiting 32 fem New York
    Joseph 06 male Utah Territory
    Daniel L 02 male Utah Territory
    138/126 Mary E Whiting 33 fem New york
    Albert 12 male ILL
    Harriet L 10 fem Utah Territory
    Charles 07 male Utah Territory
    Edgar 05 male Utah Territory
    Edwin M 03 male Utah Territory
    Arthur 2/12 male Utah Territory
    Hannah H 25 fem Ohio
    Abby H 02 fem Utah Territory
    139/127 Annia Whitiing 34 fem seamstress New York
    Edwin L 14 male ILL
    Ellen D 12 fem ILL
    Emeline 11 fem ILL
    Cornelia 09 fem Utah Territory attended school
    Franklin 06 male Utah Territory attended school
    Edwin H 03 male Utah Territory
    140/128 William Whiting 25 male farmer $200/300 Ohio
    Rebecca 15 fem ILL
    Sarah E 1/12 fem Utah Territory

    http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7667&iid=4297342_00115&fn=Edwin&ln=Whiting&st=r&ssrc=&pid=34781674
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    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.

    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States.

    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York, United States.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Pioneer Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California.

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Pioneer Cemetery San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    NOTE: Related to Brigham Young: John Young > Elizabeth Hayden > John Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.
    Almira Mehitable Meacham: Dorothy Ransom > Dorothy Cooper > Ezra Cooper > Elizabeth Axtell > Abigail Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.

    "Before and After Mt.Pisgah"-Christensen p:113: "...The first plural marriage within that set took place 3 Jan 1845 (Nauvoo) between Edwin Whiting and Almira Mehitable Meacham. (They had been married in Nauvoo 3 January 1845)" p.125:"...The next day after her attendance at the temple (Nauvoo 27 Jan 1846), to be sealed to Edwin Whiting, Almira M.M.Whiting bore him a son. They named the baby Edward Lucian Whiting (born 28 Jan 1846).
    That was not Almira's first child. Almira was born 13 May 1824 at Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York, the daughter of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria Ransom. Almira was the 4th child. The Meacham family were converts to the Mormon Church. In their westward migration, they stopped for a time at Springfield, Illinois where at the age of 15 years, Almira married Andrew Warren Palmer. To that marriage were born 2 sons, Almon Babbitt Palmer and 2nd, Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the baby's death, Andrew Palmer (husband) died. Two years after that, Almira, the 20-year old widow with a four month old son, married Edwin Whiting."

    Ancestral File Submitters: Katherine Mecham Barney 22340 E Queen Creek Rd Queen Creek, AZ 85242 AF97-112850; Rebecca Baker 12335 Lupine Ln Klamath Falls, OR 97603 AF97-113760.

    1880 US Census (Springville, Utah) FHL Film 1255338 NA Film No. T9-1338 p. 160A. Shows Henry Packard age 55 (abt 1825) birthplace OH Occupation Mining, Fathers and Mothers birthplace MA.
    Household included wife Almira Packard age 56, birthplace NY and parents from NY, Sophia O. Packard dau single age 14 and also a Stepson Franklin L. Whitney age 25 (about 1855) Occupation Laborer, parents born in NY.

    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNSL-4CB
    United States Census, 1880," Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    name : Henry Packard
    event: Census
    event date: 1880
    event place: Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    gender: Male
    age: 55
    marital status : Married
    occupation : Minning
    race or color (original) :
    ethnicity (standardized) : American
    relationship to head : Self
    birthplace : Ohio, United States
    birthdate : 1825
    spouse's name : Almira Packard
    spouse's birthplace : New York, United States
    father's name :
    father's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    mother's name :
    mother's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    page : 160
    page character : A
    entry number : 647
    nara film number : T9-1338
    gs film number : 1255338
    digital folder number: 004244810
    image number: 00552
    Household Gender Age Birthplace
    self Henry Packard M 55 Ohio, United States
    wife Almira Packard F 56 New York, United States
    daughter Sophia O. Packard F 14 Utah, United States
    step son Franklin L. Whitney M 25 Utah, United States
    Citing this Record

    "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNSL-4CB : accessed 08 Oct 2012), Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States; citing sheet 160A, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1338.

    Dennis Kroll (California cousin) October 2008 (From Ancestry.com)"Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
    Almira Mehitable Meacham went through all kinds of hardships endured by the early day converts of the Mormon Church. Her parents and their family in their westward migration had made a temporary stop at Springfield, Illinois, where Almirira, at the early age of fifteen, was married to Andrew Warren Palmer. To this marriage were born two sons, Almond Babbitt Palmer, who came to Utah and settled at Nephi, and Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the death of this son the father, Andrew Warren Palmer, died (1843).

    Two years later Almira was married to Edwin Whiting as a plural wife (Married 3 January 1845, Sealed 27 January 1846 Nauvoo Temple). To this marriage were born the following children, most of them in Sanpete and Utah Counties, Utah: Edward Lucian Whiting, Ellen Emerett Whiting, Catherine Emeline Whiting, Cornelia (Dolly) Whiting (my great grandmother), Elisha Franklin Whiting, Edwin Lafayette Henry Whiting, and Sylvia Almira Whiting.

    The Whitings had come to Utah with Captain Morley's company in 1849 and settled in Manti where Edwin Whiting became quite prominent. In "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" he is listed as the first mayor of Manti and as having held other important positions of public responsibility.

    In 1861 the family moved to Springville where they lived during the early Indian troubles known as the Black Hawk and Walker Indian Wars.

    Almira became one of Utah County's early nurses and midwife and did much in that way to provide a living for her family.

    Plural marriage did not bring happiness. There was great pressure by the law and in 1861 Almira and Edwin Whiting separated.

    July 24, 1863, Almira married Henry Packard and to this her third marriage was born a daughter, Sophia Olive Packard. Later the Packards moved to Healdsburg, California, where they lived until 1896 when Henry Packard died.

    After the death of Henry Packard Almira moved to San Bernardino where she lived in a home given to her by her son-in-law, Nathan Henry Barton, and her daughter Sylvia Almira (Whiting).
    Almira Mehitable Meacham passed away 1 October 1898 and is laid to rest in the Pioneer Cemetery in San Bernardino, California.





    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York, United States.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Pioneer Cemetery San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    Notes:

    These are the notes from Almira Meacham in my PAF (Ancestral Quest): Be sure to also see Almira Meacham in Jim Whiting's website. I will make GEDCOMS later for Beverly's family and for Almira's families. L
    Record of O.C. Day American Fork, UT; Myrtle Pitcher 1959; TIB 1966;
    NOTE: Related to Brigham Young: John Young > Elizabeth Hayden > John Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.
    Almira Mehitable Meacham: Dorothy Ransom > Dorothy Cooper > Ezra Cooper > Elizabeth Axtell > Abigail Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.
    "Before and After Mt.Pisgah"-Christensen p:113: "...The first plural marriage within that set took place 3 Jan 1845 (Nauvoo) between Edwin Whiting and Almira Mehitable Meacham. (They had been married in Nauvoo 3 January 1845)" p.125:"...The next day after her attendance at the temple (Nauvoo 27 Jan 1846), to be sealed to Edwin Whiting, Almira M.M.Whiting bore him a son. They named the baby Edward Lucian Whiting (born 28 Jan 1846).
    That was not Almira's first child. Almira was born 13 May 1824 at Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York, the daughter of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria Ransom. Almira was the 4th child. The Meacham family were converts to the Mormon Church. In their westward migration, they stopped for a time at Springfield, Illinois where at the age of 15 years, Almira married Andrew Warren Palmer. To that marriage were born 2 sons, Almon Babbitt Palmer and 2nd, Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the baby's death, Andrew Palmer (husband) died. Two years after that, Almira, the 20-year old widow with a four month old son, married Edwin Whiting."
    Ancestral File Submitters: Katherine Mecham Barney 22340 E Queen Creek Rd Queen Creek, AZ 85242 AF97-112850; Rebecca Baker 12335 Lupine Ln Klamath Falls, OR 97603 AF97-113760.
    1880 US Census (Springville, Utah) FHL Film 1255338 NA Film No. T9-1338 p. 160A. Shows Henry Packard age 55 (abt 1825) birthplace OH Occupation Mining, Fathers and Mothers birthplace MA.
    Household included wife Almira Packard age 56, birthplace NY and parents from NY, Sophia O. Packard dau single age 14 and also a Stepson Franklin L. Whitney age 25 (about 1855) Occupation Laborer, parents born in NY.

    United States Census, 1880," Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    name : Henry Packard
    event: Census
    event date: 1880
    event place: Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    gender: Male
    age: 55
    marital status : Married
    occupation : Minning
    race or color (original) :
    ethnicity (standardized) : American
    relationship to head : Self
    birthplace : Ohio, United States
    birthdate : 1825
    spouse's name : Almira Packard
    spouse's birthplace : New York, United States
    father's name :
    father's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    mother's name :
    mother's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    page : 160
    page character : A
    entry number : 647
    nara film number : T9-1338
    gs film number : 1255338
    digital folder number: 004244810
    image number: 00552
    HouseholdGender Age Birthplace
    self Henry Packard M 55 Ohio, United States
    wife Almira Packard F 56 New York, United States
    daughter Sophia O. PackardF 14 Utah, United States
    step son Franklin L. Whitney M 25 Utah, United States
    Citing this Record
    "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (: accessed 08 Oct 2012), Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States; citing sheet 160A, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1338.
    Dennis Kroll (California cousin) October 2008 (From Ancestry.com )"Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
    Almira Mehitable Meacham went through all kinds of hardships endured by the early day converts of the Mormon Church. Her parents and their family in their westward migration had made a temporary stop at Springfield, Illinois, where Almirira, at the early age of fifteen, was married to Andrew Warren Palmer. To this marriage were born two sons, Almond Babbitt Palmer, who came to Utah and settled at Nephi, and Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the death of this son the father, Andrew Warren Palmer, died (1843).
    Two years later Almira was married to Edwin Whiting as a plural wife (Married 3 January 1845, Sealed 27 January 1846 Nauvoo Temple). To this marriage were born the following children, most of them in Sanpete and Utah Counties, Utah: Edward Lucian Whiting, Ellen Emerett Whiting, Catherine Emeline Whiting, Cornelia (Dolly) Whiting (my great grandmother), Elisha Franklin Whiting, Edwin Lafayette Henry Whiting, and Sylvia Almira Whiting.
    The Whitings had come to Utah with Captain Morley's company in 1849 and settled in Manti where Edwin Whiting became quite prominent. In "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" he is listed as the first mayor of Manti and as having held other important positions of public responsibility.
    In 1861 the family moved to Springville where they lived during the early Indian troubles known as the Black Hawk and Walker Indian Wars.
    Almira became one of Utah County's early nurses and midwife and did much in that way to provide a living for her family.
    Plural marriage did not bring happiness. There was great pressure by the law and in 1861 Almira and Edwin Whiting separated.
    July 24, 1863, Almira married Henry Packard and to this her third marriage was born a daughter, Sophia Olive Packard. Later the Packards moved to Healdsburg, California, where they lived until 1896 when Henry Packard died.
    After the death of Henry Packard Almira moved to San Bernardino where she lived in a home given to her by her son-in-law, Nathan Henry Barton, and her daughter Sylvia Almira (Whiting).
    Almira Mehitable Meacham passed away 1 October 1898 and is laid to rest in the Pioneer Cemetery in San Bernardino, California.
    MARK E WHITING (jasper3616@msn.com)
    8:56 AM


    1850; Census Place: , Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 113A; Image: 233. 13/13 Edwin Whiting 41 male chairmaker $100 Mass Elizabeth 37 fem Mass Mary 23 fem New York William 16 male farme~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 14 Apr 1937, SLAKE.

    Children:
    1. 2. Palmer, Almon Babbitt was born in 1840 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois; died on 5 Oct 1915 in Nephi, Juab, Utah; was buried on 6 Oct 1915 in Nephi, Juab, Utah.
    2. Palmer, Warren was born about 1842 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; died about 1842.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Meacham, Stephen Peabody was born on 12 Mar 1797 in Fletcher, Franklin, Vermont, United States (son of Meacham, Doctor Thomas Doctor and Bond, Sarah); died on 27 Feb 1869 in Parishville, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; was buried in Feb 1869.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch Id: KWJP-WMV

    Notes:

    Stephen Meacham, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954"
    url
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFKZ-7VF
    Citation
    "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFKZ-7VF : accessed 22 Jul 2013), Stephen Meacham, 1797.
    ___________________________
    Stephen Meacham, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
    url
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8LK-LFW
    Citation
    "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8LK-LFW : accessed 22 Jul 2013), Stephen Meacham, 12 Mar 1797.
    ___________________________________
    Stephen P Mecham in entry for Sylvia A Snider, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
    url
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQCM-79F
    Citation
    "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQCM-79F : accessed 22 Jul 2013), Stephen P Mecham in entry for Sylvia A Snider, 1894.
    ________________________________________

    IGI Vermont p 4,397 batch T998342 0316; Archive Record of Mrs. Ethel Perry;

    History of Ida Meacham Strobridge;

    History of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;
    History of J. Arthur Meacham g-son of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;

    IGI 1988 Vermont p 4,893
    batch T998342 0316, 7450174 0, 8731501 91;

    Archive Record of Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham;

    Family Group Sheet of Mary E. Yeaman, 311 Palm Ave, Millbrae, CA; History of Ida Meacham Strobridge;
    History of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;
    History of J. Arthur Meacham, grandson of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;

    NOTE: Father Dr. Thomas Meacham changed his name to MECHAM. He also used spelling MEACHAM. Children may be MECHAM / MEACHAM.

    Dennis Kroll (California cousin) 10-2008 (from Ancestry.com "Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
    "Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr. was the fifth child of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria (Known as Dolly) Ransom. He was born 20 July, 1826, at Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence County, New York where he lived till he was ten or eleven years old, when his parents, who had been converted to the faith of the Mormons by Stephen's uncle joined the church and moved, with other relative converts to Erie County, Pennsylvania.
    In 1839 they moved to Springfield, Illinois, where three of the older children were married. Later the family moved to Nauvoo where Erastus D. as a young man was a member of the Nauvoo Legion and at times served as body guard to the Prophet Joseph Smith.
    After the death of the Prophet while preparations were being made for the westward move Erastus D. worked as apprentice in the shop of Elisha Jones, a wheelright and blacksmith, who later became father-in-law to Erastus D. and became much interested in the abillity of the younger apprentice.
    In late 1845 or early 1846 Erastus D. left Nauvoo and began across Iowa with shat was designated as the "Camp of Israel" by its leader, Brigham Young, and was camped at "Mount Pisgah" when the call came from the government for a battalion of Volunteers to take part in our war with Mexico. Erastus D., being of a venturesome nature, volunteered and on July 16, 1846, was mustered into the army of the United States at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a member of Company D and with it participated in the now famous march of the "Mormon Batallion."
    Just when Erastus D. returned to his folks at the Missouri river the writer does not know, but we do know it was before February 4th, 1849, for on the date he was married at Council Bluffs, Iowa to Martha Jones, the seventeen year old daughter of Elisha Jones, the mechanic with hoom he had worked at Nauvoo.
    From this point on history of Erastus Darwin Meacham must alwo be the history of his wife. It is therefore proper to here introduce her: Martha Jones was born August 7, 1832, in Jefferson County, Ohio, daughter of Elisha Jones and Margaret Tolbot. She remembered very vividly the stirring events connected with the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and participated in the hardships endured during the exodus of Nauvoo and the journey to the West.
    On the 17th of December, 1849, at Kanesville, later named Council Bluffs, Iowa, a daughter was born to Erastus D. and Martha and was named Sylvia Amaretta. Thus our soldier, hunter-trapper and scout became a tender and devoted husband and father.
    In 1851 Grandpa Meacham crossed the plains for the third and last time, this time with his wife and baby daughter and accompanied by his father-in-law and his family. They first settled at little Cottonwood, a few miles south of Salt Lake City, where their second child, William Henry was born December 31, 1851.
    The family did not remain long in the Cottonwood settlement for they had made their home in Springville, Utah County, before their second son, Erastus Darwin Jr. was born Marth 17, 1854. Here Grandpa had opportunity to demonstrate his ability in dealing with the Indians and in solving the problems which they presented for he had lived with them and learned his language while he was working for the American Fur Company in Wyoming between the date of his discharge from the army and his return to Council Bluffs, where he married.
    By the time their fourth child, Martha Maria, was born 19 February, 1857, the family had settled in Provo, where they remained till after the fifth child, Elisha Jones was born. Their next move took them in Fairview, Sanpete County... "
    ________________________________________

    Early History of the Town of Hopkinton
    http://books.google.com/books?id=StQwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA165#v=onepage&q&f=false
    Citation
    by Carlton E. Sanford; The Bartlett Press, Boston, Mass. Published 1903. This work is now in the public domain.
    Seen at Google Books.
    Notes
    Pages 164-166 tell the story of the family of Stephen Peabody Meacham and others Hopkinton residents, who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The story is told from the perspective of other Hopkinton residents who were clearly quite prejudiced against the "Mormon" religion.
    Less
    Reason This Source Is Attached
    Of particular interest is the section about Stephen Peabody Meacham on pages 165 & 166. The story told by this anti-Mormon writer from Hopkinton is quite different from his history as told by family members (available in the book "Family book of remembrance and genealogy : with allied lines"). In this Hopkinton version of events, he "escaped" from Mormonism and returned to Hopkinton. The story, as told by family members, describes his loneliness for his recently deceased wife Dolly, and that the grieving old man just walked out of his son's home one day and returned home to Hopkinton. The wonderful thing about this Hopkinton narrative is the rich detail describing his lonely life after his return to Hopkinton, as recorded by people who visited him.
    This record is the source for his death 27 February 1869 Parishville, St. Lawrence, New York.
    http://books.google.com/books?id=StQwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA165#v=onepage&q&f=false
    Citation
    by Carlton E. Sanford; The Bartlett Press, Boston, Mass. Published 1903. This work is now in the public domain.
    Seen at Google Books.
    Notes
    Pages 164-166 tell the story of the family of Stephen Peabody Meacham and others Hopkinton residents, who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The story is told from the perspective of other Hopkinton residents who were clearly quite prejudiced against the "Mormon" religion.
    Less
    Reason This Source Is Attached|Edit
    Of particular interest is the section about Stephen Peabody Meacham on pages 165 & 166. The story told by this anti-Mormon writer from Hopkinton is quite different from his history as told by family members (available in the book "Family book of remembrance and genealogy : with allied lines"). In this Hopkinton version of events, he "escaped" from Mormonism and returned to Hopkinton. The story, as told by family members, describes his loneliness for his recently deceased wife Dolly, and that the grieving old man just walked out of his son's home one day and returned home to Hopkinton. The wonderful thing about this Hopkinton narrative is the rich detail describing his lonely life after his return to Hopkinton, as recorded by people who visited him.
    This record is the source for his death 27 February 1869 Parishville, St. Lawrence, New York.
    ___________________
    Book: "Family book of remembrance and genealogy : with allied lines"
    url
    https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE109212
    Citation
    Seen at FamilySearch books.
    Family History Library Call Number: 929.273 M464d 1967
    Notes
    This book is a very large document and takes a long time to load. The history of Stephen Peabody Meacham, written by J. Arthur Meacham is on pages 677-679.
    Reason This Source Is Attached|Edit
    This book is a must-read for Meacham/Mecham descendants. It contains a loving history of Stephen Peabody Meacham on pages 667-679.
    _____________________________________________________
    Letter Transcript - Stephen Peabody Mecham to Edwin Whiting and Dolly Mecham to daughter Sylvia
    url
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/xg5npyy13kb8a2l/1848_SPMecham-letter.pdf
    Citation
    Typewritten transcript of original letter SP MECHAM to Edwin Whiting and letter from Dolly Mecham to Sylvia (daughter)

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/xg5npyy13kb8a2l/1848_SPMecham-letter.pdf
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z3lkzaryvr1jct/1848_Dolly%20Mecham-letter.pdf

    Less
    Notes
    Evidence supports the fact that Stephen Peabody Mecham changed the surname spelling for himself and his immediate family to MECHAM when the family joined the LDS Church. The source is a transcript of a letter written by Stephen Peabody Mecham to Edwin Whiting in Mt Pisgah:

    Please note the transcript preface by J Arthur Meacham where he acknowledges that Stephen Peabody spelled the surname Mecham.

    As further proof of this fact please see the following letter from Dolly Maria Mecham to her daughter Sylvia Mecham Whiting. Even though J Arthur spells the surname Meacham in most of the typewritten document he is careful to keep the original spelling of "Dolly Mecham" as her signature.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z3lkzaryvr1jct/1848_Dolly%20Mecham-letter.pdf
    ________________________________________________________________________

    IGI Vermont p 4,397 batch T998342 0316; Archive Record of Mrs. Ethel Perry;

    History of Ida Meacham Strobridge;

    Hist of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;
    History of J. Arthur Meacham g-son of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;

    IGI 1988 Vermont p 4,893
    batch T998342 0316, 7450174 0, 8731501 91;

    Archive Record of Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham;

    FGS Mary E. Yeaman, 311 Palm Ave, Millbrae, CA; History of Ida Meacham Strobridge; History of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr; History of J. Arthur Meacham, grandson of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;

    NOTE: Father Dr. Thomas Meacham changed his name to MECHAM. He also used spelling MEACHAM. Children may be MECHAM / MEACHAM.

    Dennis Kroll (California cousin) 10-2008 (from Ancestry.com "Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
    "Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr. was the fifth child of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria (Known as Dolly) Ransom. He was born 20 July, 1826, at Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence County, New York where he lived till he was ten or eleven years old, when his parents, who had been converted to the faith of the Mormons by Stephen's uncle joined the church and moved, with other relative converts to Erie County, Pennsylvania.
    In 1839 they moved to Springfield, Illinois, where three of the older children were married. Later the family moved to Nauvoo where Erastus D. as a young man was a member of the Nauvoo Legion and at times served as body guard to the Prophet Joseph Smith.
    After the death of the Prophet while preparations were being made for the westward move Erastus D. worked as apprentice in the shop of Elisha Jones, a wheelright and blacksmith, who later became father-in-law to Erastus D. and became much interested in the abillity of the younger apprentice.
    In late 1845 or early 1846 Erastus D. left Nauvoo and began across Iowa with shat was designated as the "Camp of Israel" by its leader, Brigham Young, and was camped at "Mount Pisgah" when the call came from the government for a battalion of Volunteers to take part in our war with Mexico. Erastus D., being of a venturesome nature, volunteered and on July 16, 1846, was mustered into the army of the United States at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a member of Company D and with it participated in the now famous march of the "Mormon Batallion."
    Just when Erastus D. returned to his folks at the Missouri river the writer does not know, but we do know it was before February 4th, 1849, for on the date he was married at Council Bluffs, Iowa to Martha Jones, the seventeen year old daughter of Elisha Jones, the mechanic with hoom he had worked at Nauvoo.
    From this point on history of Erastus Darwin Meacham must alwo be the history of his wife. It is therefore proper to here introduce her: Martha Jones was born August 7, 1832, in Jefferson County, Ohio, daughter of Elisha Jones and Margaret Tolbot. She remembered very vividly the stirring events connected with the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and participated in the hardships endured during the exodus of Nauvoo and the journey to the West.
    On the 17th of December, 1849, at Kanesville, later named Council Bluffs, Iowa, a daughter was born to Erastus D. and Martha and was named Sylvia Amaretta. Thus our soldier, hunter-trapper and scout became a tender and devoted husband and father.
    In 1851 Grandpa Meacham crossed the plains for the third and last time, this time with his wife and baby daughter and accompanied by his father-in-law and his family. They first settled at little Cottonwood, a few miles south of Salt Lake City, where their second child, William Henry was born December 31, 1851.
    The family did not remain long in the Cottonwood settlement for they had made their home in Springville, Utah County, before their second son, Erastus Darwin Jr. was born Marth 17, 1854. Here Grandpa had opportunity to demonstrate his ability in dealing with the Indians and in solving the problems which they presented for he had lived with them and learned his language while he was working for the American Fur Company in Wyoming between the date of his discharge from the army and his return to Council Bluffs, where he married.
    By the time their fourth child, Martha Maria, was born 19 February, 1857, the family had settled in Provo, where they remained till after the fifth child, Elisha Jones was born. Their next move took them in Fairview, Sanpete County... "

    SURNAME: Also shown as Mecham

    DEATH: Also shown as Died Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.

    Stephen married Ransom, Dorothy Maria in 1817 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States. Dorothy (daughter of Ransom, Stephen and Cooper, Dorothy) was born on 26 Aug 1801 in Rochester, Rutland, Vermont, United States; died on 22 Jun 1852 in Kanesville, Potawattamie, Iowa, United States; was buried in Jun 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Ransom, Dorothy Maria was born on 26 Aug 1801 in Rochester, Rutland, Vermont, United States (daughter of Ransom, Stephen and Cooper, Dorothy); died on 22 Jun 1852 in Kanesville, Potawattamie, Iowa, United States; was buried in Jun 1852.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch Id: KWJP-WMJ

    Notes:

    1850 US Census: Dorothy Ransom Meacham family
    url
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ4N-RBN
    Citation
    FHL film 442963, Iowa, 1850 federal census : population schedules. Enumerated at District 21, Pottawattamie county, Iowa.
    Notes
    Dolly Meakum age 49 female born Vt
    Lafayette age 20 male Laborer born NY
    Roswell age 14 male born NY
    Sylvia age 29 female born NY
    Erastus age 7 male born NY
    (Documents her residence at Pottawattamie county, Iowa (Winter Quarters) in 1850. Three of her children and a grandson are in the household with her.)
    ___________________________________

    TIB 1,263,328 SL 307 bk B p. 32 (Parents: Stephen Ransom/Dorothy Cooper); All Ordinances Reconfirmed SL (bap 3 Mar 1969 SL);

    1798-Rochester, Windsor Co, Vermont Bk 1 p 97;

    1810 Windsor Co, Vt pg 363;

    1800 Rochester, Windsor Co, Vermont p 172;

    1850 Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY p 313;

    Mathew Ransom Descend GS 982,434 Item 37;

    IGI 1988 Vermont p 5,926 batch T998342 0317, 5000429 38, 5001095 15; Archive Record of Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham.

    Dennis Kroll (California cousin) 10-2008 (from Ancestry.com "Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
    "Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr. was the fifth child of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria (Known as Dolly) Ransom. He was born 20 July, 1826, at Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence County, New York where he lived till he was ten or eleven years old, when his parents, who had been converted to the faith of the Mormons by Stephen's uncle joined the church and moved, with other relative converts to Erie County, Pennsylvania.
    In 1839 they moved to Springfield, Illinois, where three of the older children were married. Later the family moved to Nauvoo where Erastus D. as a young man was a member of the Nauvoo Legion and at times served as body guard to the Prophet Joseph Smith.
    After the death of the Prophet while preparations were being made for the westward move Erastus D. worked as apprentice in the shop of Elisha Jones, a wheelright and blacksmith, who later became father-in-law to Erastus D. and became much interested in the abillity of the younger apprentice.
    In late 1845 or early 1846 Erastus D. left Nauvoo and began across Iowa with shat was designated as the "Camp of Israel" by its leader, Brigham Young, and was camped at "Mount Pisgah" when the call came from the government for a battalion of Volunteers to take part in our war with Mexico. Erastus D., being of a venturesome nature, volunteered and on July 16, 1846, was mustered into the army of the United States at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a member of Company D and with it participated in the now famous march of the "Mormon Batallion."
    Just when Erastus D. returned to his folks at the Missouri river the writer does not know, but we do know it was before February 4th, 1849, for on the date he was married at Council Bluffs, Iowa to Martha Jones, the seventeen year old daughter of Elisha Jones, the mechanic with hoom he had worked at Nauvoo.
    From this point on history of Erastus Darwin Meacham must alwo be the history of his wife. It is therefore proper to here introduce her: Martha Jones was born August 7, 1832, in Jefferson County, Ohio, daughter of Elisha Jones and Margaret Tolbot. She remembered very vividly the stirring events connected with the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and participated in the hardships endured during the exodus of Nauvoo and the journey to the West.
    On the 17th of December, 1849, at Kanesville, later named Council Bluffs, Iowa, a daughter was born to Erastus D. and Martha and was named Sylvia Amaretta. Thus our soldier, hunter-trapper and scout became a tender and devoted husband and father.
    In 1851 Grandpa Meacham crossed the plains for the third and last time, this time with his wife and baby daughter and accompanied by his father-in-law and his family. They first settled at little Cottonwood, a few miles south of Salt Lake City, where their second child, William Henry was born December 31, 1851.
    The family did not remain long in the Cottonwood settlement for they had made their home in Springville, Utah County, before their second son, Erastus Darwin Jr. was born Marth 17, 1854. Here Grandpa had opportunity to demonstrate his ability in dealing with the Indians and in solving the problems which they presented for he had lived with them and learned his language while he was working for the American Fur Company in Wyoming between the date of his discharge from the army and his return to Council Bluffs, where he married.
    By the time their fourth child, Martha Maria, was born 19 February, 1857, the family had settled in Provo, where they remained till after the fifth child, Elisha Jones was born. Their next move took them in Fairview, Sanpete County... "

    GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Dorothy Dolly Maria

    Children:
    1. Meacham, Dorothy Maria was born on 26 Jun 1818 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died in Jul 1819 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States.
    2. Meacham, Stephen Alonzo was born on 6 Aug 1822 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died on 16 May 1904 in , , Nebraska, United States.
    3. Meacham, Charles Lafayette was born on 20 Sep 1829 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died on 24 Jul 1914 in San Bernadino, San Bernadino, California, United States; was buried in Pioneer Cemetery San Bernadino, San Bernadino, California, United States.
    4. Meacham, Henry Pierpont was born in 1834 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died in 1846.
    5. Meacham, Hyrum was born in 1838 in Springfield, Hancock, Illinois, United States; was christened in in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; died in 1840.
    6. Meacham, Sylvia Ameretta was born on 28 Jul 1820 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died on 24 May 1894 in Park Valley, Box Elder, Utah, United States; was buried in May 1894 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
    7. Meacham, Roswell Hopkin was born in 1836 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died after 1853.
    8. Meacham, Erastus Darwin was born on 20 Jul 1826 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died on 7 Jun 1899 in Park Valley, Box Elder, Utah, United States; was buried on 11 Jun 1899 in Park Valley City Cemetery, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
    9. Meacham, George Washington was born on 6 May 1832 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died after 1880.
    10. Meacham, Harriet was born in 1841 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States; died in 1842.
    11. 5. Meacham, Almira Mehitable was born on 13 May 1824 in Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York; died on 1 Oct 1898 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California; was buried in Oct 1898 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California.