When Elvira Jane Mecham was born on 4 March 1843, in Montrose, Lee, Iowa, United States, her father, Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham, was 39 and her mother, Elvira Derby, was 31. She married Moroni Lafayette Bigelow on 23 August 1863, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Gunlock, Washington, Utah, United States in 1880 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 4 January 1920, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
English: variant of Meacham .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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