Mecham Branch
congregation #480187
created 2012-10-02 by bplewe
official name: Mecham Branch assertion #3723429 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
is a(n): branch assertion #3723861 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
started: between Jan 1840 and 18 Jul 1840 assertion #3721699 by bplewe on 2017-07-16: confidence 100%.
ended: between 8 Aug 1841 and 1846 assertion #3735699 by bplewe on 2017-07-17: confidence 100%.
religion: Early assertion #4000625 by bplewe on 2017-04-08: confidence 100%.
located at: Iowa, United States assertion #3712187 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
location: 40°29'25"N, 91°27'41"W assertion #3718106 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 30%.
membership/population: 65 ( on: 9 Aug 1841 , source: Iowa Conf 1841-08-07 ) assertion #3725443 by bplewe on 2017-07-15: confidence 100%.
part of: Iowa/Zarahemla Branch/Stake entity #480606, assertion #3751229 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
has member: Mecham Settlement ( started: before Aug 1840 ) entity #481347, assertion #3751043 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
in group: Nauvoo Era assertion #3725442 by bplewe on 2012-10-28: confidence 80%.
confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.57 assertion #4021346 by bplewe on 2024-06-05: confidence 100%.
see also: John Smith Papers ( source part: Journal 1833-1841 (folder 1) image 106 ) members vote to merge into Nashville Branch 15 Feb 1841 (but still exists in August)
entity #700070, assertion #4003359 by mpra on 2017-07-17: confidence 100%.
see also: John Smith Papers ( image: eadview.lds.org , source part: Journal 1840-41 (folder 3) image 12 ) First mentioned as a branch in this journal 12 November 1840
entity #700070, assertion #4003322 by mpra on 2017-07-16: confidence 100%.
see also: John Smith Papers ( image: eadview.lds.org , source part: Journal 1833-1841 (folder 1) image 98 ) John Smith sends elders to Mecham Settlement 22 Nov 1840
entity #700070, assertion #4003325 by mpra on 2017-07-16: confidence 100%.
appears in: Iowa Conf 1841-08-07 listed as a branch in Stake Conference, August 7 1841
entity #700435, assertion #3770931 by bplewe on 2022-03-04: confidence 100%.
appears in: Iowa Conf 1841-08-07 9 Aug 1841: "Bishop Smith represented the branch at the Mecham Settlement," about 65 members
entity #700435, assertion #3773054 by bplewe on 2022-03-04: confidence 80%.
notes: There are no records of the exact location of this settlement, except that was near Nashville. However, census records list several Mecham families in this township. assertion #4006280 by bplewe on 2019-10-02: confidence 100%.
