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- 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)
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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.
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