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- 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.
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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.
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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.
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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... "
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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1797 - 1869 (71 years)