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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%.
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%.
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   (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%.
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%.
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%.
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%.