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Female Melissa MEACHAM Click to view Melissa MEACHAM in the family tree

Melissa was born on December 1st, 1845 in Nauvoo,Hancock,Illinois.  Melissa's father was Lewis MEACHAM and her mother was Lydia Knight WELLS.  Her paternal grandparents were Joshua MECHAM and Permelia CHAPMAN; her maternal grandparents were Judah WELLS and Temperance MEACHAM. She had six brothers and seven sisters, named Mosiah, Joshua Josiah, Brigham, Lewis, Jonathon James, Judah, Emeline, Margaret Maria, Elmira Ann, Lydia Knight, Martha Jane, Samantha Louisa and Sarah Temperance.  She was the sixth oldest of the fourteen children.  She died at 10 months old on October 6th, 1846.

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