Joseph Mecham

1846 - 1923  (77 years)

• Name	Joseph Mecham  [1, 2]
  Birth	14 Jan 1846	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 May 1923	Buttonwillow, Kern, California   [4, 5]
  Burial	Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, Kern, California   [4]
  Person ID	I9537	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Joseph Mecham,   b. 12 Feb 1818, Fairfield, Franklin, Vermont d. 1 Nov 1893, Bakersfield, Kern, California (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Malinda Haskell,   b. 12 Dec 1816, Dickinson Center, Franklin, New York d. 16 Jan 1891, Provo, Utah, Utah (Age 74 years)
  Alt. Marriage	Abt 1838	Dixon, Chittenden, Vermont   [2]
  Marriage	21 Mar 1838  [1]
  Family ID	F4981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Vassar,   b. 20 Apr 1852, Illinois d. 1 Apr 1907, Bakersfield, Kern, California (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	30 Apr 1868	San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California   [2, 3, 6]
  Children	1. Mary Evelyn Mecham,   b. 3 Mar 1869, California d. 11 Aug 1942, ..., Kern, California (Age 73 years)   2. William Adolphus Mecham,   b. 6 Jun 1870, Calabria, Italy d. 15 Dec 1944, ..., Kern, California (Age 74 years)   3. Susan A. Mecham,   b. 3 Feb 1872, California d. 21 Feb 1941, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo, California (Age 69 years)   4. Martha Mecham,   b. 29 Nov 1873, ..., Kern, California d. Yes, date unknown   5. Henry Mecham,   b. 1875, California d. Yes, date unknown   6. Joseph Mecham,   b. 16 Mar 1878, ..., Kern, California d. 18 Nov 1960, ..., Kern, California (Age 82 years)   7. Minnie Florence Mecham,   b. 6 Jun 1883, California d. Bef 1930 (Age 46 years)   8. Bertha Jane Mecham,   b. 12 Dec 1884, California d. 16 May 1963, Visalia, Tulare, California (Age 78 years)   9. Dora Elizabeth Mecham,   b. 13 Dec 1886, California d. 4 Aug 1946, ..., Monterey, California (Age 59 years)   10. John Henry Meacham,   b. 5 May 1888, Bakersfield, Kern, California d. 15 May 1971, ..., Alameda, California (Age 83 years)   11. Gertrude June Mecham,   b. 5 Dec 1889, Bakersfield, Kern, California d. 31 Aug 1947, ..., Kern, California (Age 57 years)   12. Edward I. Mecham,   b. 16 Jun 1891, Bakersfield, Kern, California d. 2 Feb 1974, ..., Kings, California (Age 82 years)   13. Roland Mecham,   b. 12 Jul 1893, Bakersfield, Kern, California d. 1 Mar 1963, ..., Kern, California (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F6594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Bakersfield Morning Echo May 29, 1923 Funeral services for Joe Meacham, age 77 years, pioneer resident of Kern county, who passed away Sunday at his home in Buttonwillow, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Chapel of Payne & O. Meara. The deceased is survived by three daughters, Mrs. C. Welsh, Mrs. W. S. McGrue and Mrs. J. C. Aviville, and five sons, William, John, Joseph, Edward and Rollie.

  
  

• Sources

  [S51333] Ivan Y. Haskell of Payson, Utah, privately published abt 1995, 432pp, 400 Years with Haskells, (Digitized copy abailable on FamilySearch.org). [S43098] RootsWeb.com, Stander (Ernest Stander). [S64634] Ancestry.com, DeAmaral Ash & Cline V, (HFA library code Internet2319). [S11068] Cemetery index, Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, Kern, California, (Find-a-Grave). [S64633] Obituary, Bakersfield Morning Echo, Joe Meacham, (May 29, 1923). [S64632] Correspondence from Carl DeAmaral, (HFA library code Corr0212).