Notes:

John Ransom, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
Name: John Ransom
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1748
Birthplace: LYME TWP,NEW LONDON,CONNETICUT
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Matthew Ransom
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Sarah
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450360
System Origin: Connecticut-ODM
GS Film number: unknown
No image available
"Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F746-BB5 : accessed 22 Jul 2013), John Ransom, 23 Feb 1748.
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Record of Naoma Perry Jolley 1988;
IGI 1988 Conn p 12,852 batch 7450360 0, 7220713 19.

John married Sheldon, Mehitable in 1768 in , Windsor, Vermont, United States, United States. Mehitable (daughter of Sheldon, Sergeant Remembrance and Burke, Mehitable) was born in 1750 in Windsor, Sharon, Vermont, United States; died on 2 Oct 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec Naoma Perry Jolley 1988; 1798 Rochester, Windsor Co, VT bk 1 p 97;
1810 Windsor Co, VT p 363; 1800 Rochester, Windsor Co, VT p 172; 1850
Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY p 313 GS 444,307; Mathew Ransom Desc GS 982,434
Item 37; IGI 1988 Vermont p 5,929 batch 8765105 45, 5001095 15, 5000429 38;
TIB SL no. 10082 bk B p 285 (shows born in Scotland).

Stephen married Cooper, Dorothy in 1799 in Rochester, Windsor, Vermont, United States, United States. Dorothy (daughter of Cooper, Ezra and Winter, Ruth) was born in 1775 in Rochester, Windsor, Vermont, United States; died on 20 Oct 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec Naoma Perry Jolley 1988.

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.)
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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

Dorothy married Meacham, Stephen Peabody in 1817 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States. Stephen (son of Meacham, Doctor Thomas Doctor and Bond, Sarah) was born on 12 Mar 1797 in Fletcher, Franklin, Vermont, United States; died on 27 Feb 1869 in Parishville, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; was buried in Feb 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rec Naoma Perry Jolley 1988.

Notes:

Rec Naoma Perry Jolley 1988.

Notes:

Rec Naoma Perry Jolley 1988.

Notes:

Archive rec Mrs. Ethel Perry; Arch rec Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham.

Notes:

Archive rec Mrs. Ethel Perry; Arch rec Mrs. Richar LeRoy Mecham;

Judy Berryman McCombs PO Box 96 Aledo, TX 76008 817-443-0444 March 1991.

From Dennis Kroll (California cousin) 10-2008 from Ancestry.com"Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
"Stephen Alonzo was affected by the persuasion of members of the Reorganized Church who seemed to have convinced him that Brigham Young and others of the leaders of the church were living, as they said, "on the hams and shoulders and leaving only the side meat for the poorer members of the church." So he came no farther west than Winter Quarters, later living at different localities of Nebraska, where he and his children became pioneers and prominent settlers. Several of them have, in recent years, joined the Latter-day Saints Church."

Stephen married Martin, Nancy Eliza on 13 Mar 1842 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States. Nancy was born on 27 Jan 1823 in , Washington, United States, Ohio, United States; died on 2 Sep 1906 in , Davis, Nebraska, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Mrs. Ethel Perry; Arch rec Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham.

From Dennis Kroll (California cousin) 10-2008 (from Ancestry.com)"Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
"LaFayette Meacham, born September 20, 1829, at Hopkinton, New York, third son of Stephen P. and Dolly Meacham married Letitia Yager, then made his first home at Springville where his first child William Edwin was born December 22, 1852.
In 1854 LaFayette removed to San Bernardino, California. In 1855 he bought a 40 acre farm at what is now 9th and Broadway, in the heart of Los Angeles. At different times he owned and operated mining and business properties "on the desert." Later he returned to San Barnafdino where he maintained his home during the remainderr of his life; however, his ranch on the Cajon Pass is still a well known landmark.
LaFayette was a highly respected pioneer of the San Bernardino and Los Angeles areas where he is credited with having introduced many varieties of trees, among which is the Pepper tree, common in San Bernardino Country. In fact one of the first of such trees planted in those parts was planted by him and is still standing near his old home in San Bernardino.
LaFayette and Letiltia were parents of the eight children named below and whose descendants still live in the Los Angeles and San Bernardino area:
William Edwin, 1852; George Franklin, 1855; Charles LaFayette, Henry Denver, 1858; Ransom Marshall, 1863; Stephen Clarence, 1865; Isaac Augustus, 1867; Alida, the olny daughter, who died as a child.
LaFayette died July 24, 1914, and is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery at San Bernardino."

Charles married Yeager, Letitia Ann on 20 Mar 1852 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States. Letitia was born in 1831 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died on 18 Jan 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Mrs. Ethel Perry; Arch rec Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham; TIB Rec.

Notes:

Archive rec Mrs. Ethel Perry; Arch rec Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham.

Notes:

Dennis Kroll (California cousin) 10-2008 (from Ancestry.com)"Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
Sylvia Amaretta married Dominicus Carter at Springfield, Illinois, and had for him one son, Erastus Francis who remained with his mother and came to Utah with her after she was divorced from her husband. Later Sylvia A. married John Snider, a trusted friend of the Prophet Joseph, with whom she came to Utah and lived in Salt Lake City where she had and reared a family for Snider. The latter few years of her life she spent with her son Erastus F. Carter and his family in Park Valley, Utah, where she died 24 May 1894."

Sylvia married Carter, Dominicus on 28 Mar 1839 in Adams, Jefferson, New York, United States. Dominicus was born on 21 Jun 1806 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States; died on 2 Feb 1884 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States; was buried on 6 Feb 1884 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sylvia married Snider, John on 28 Feb 1822 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. John was born on 11 Feb 1800 in Pleasant Valley, York, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 19 Dec 1875 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roswell married Baldwin, Elizabeth Almira in 1856 in Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth was born in 1838 in Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Mrs. Ethel Perry; Arch rec Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham; Florence
L Mecham 1990

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... "

Erastus married Jones, Martha on 4 Feb 1849 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, United States. Martha was born on 7 Aug 1832 in Pennsville, Morgan, Ohio, United States; died on 14 Jul 1903 in Park Valley, Box Elder, Utah, United States; was buried on 18 Jul 1903 in Park Valley City Cemetery, Box Elder, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archive rec Mrs. Ethel Perry; (Unmarried); Arch rec Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham.

Notes:

Archive rec Mrs. Ethel Perry; Arch rec Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham.

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.
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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 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.

Almira married Whiting, Edwin on 3 Jan 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, and was divorced. Edwin (son of Whiting, Elisha Jr. and Hulet, Sally) was born on 9 Sep 1809 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts; was christened in 1810 in Massachusetts, United States; died on 8 Dec 1890 in Mapleton, Utah, Utah; was buried on 11 Dec 1890 in Springville, Utah, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Almira married Packard, Henry on 24 Jul 1863 in Utah, United States. Henry was born on 6 May 1825 in Parkman, Geauga, Ohio; died on 17 Nov 1896 in Healdsburg, Sonoma, California, United States; was buried in Nov 1896 in Healdsburg, Sonoma, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Almira married Palmer, Andrew Warren about 1839 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States. Andrew was born about 1811 in Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States; died about 1843 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]