!NOTES: Revolutionary Soldier
Married by Rev. Mr. Searls
REL: Congregational
OCC: Farmer

!
TIMEL: 1748, Dec 25, "DAR Patriot Index" lists birth date; Ens MA VT W*
1838, Aug 16, "DAR Patriot Index" lists death date.

!RES: Lived in Oswego Co., NY; DuPage Co., IL.

1. 2. John MEACHAM   b. 7 Aug 1777, Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts; d. 24 Nov 1814, Richland, Oswego, New York.
2. 3. Levi MEACHAM   b. 27 Mar 1780, Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont; d. 23 Apr 1816, , Oswego, New York.
3. 4. Simon MEACHAM   b. 17 Nov 1782, Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont; d. 15 Jan 1868, Pulaski, Oswego, New York.
4. 5. Jabez MEACHAM   b. 30 Apr 1785, Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont; d. 17 Sep 1849, Pulaski, Oswego, New York.
5. 6. Lucy MEACHAM   b. 15 May 1788, Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont; d. 1 Jun 1849.
6. 7. Isaac MEACHAM   b. 3 Feb 1791, Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont; d. 30 Nov 1867, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. 8. Thomas Standish MEACHAM   b. 16 Feb 1794, Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont; d. 20 Mar 1824, Pulaski, Oswego, New York.
8. 9. Persis MEACHAM   b. Abt 1796.
9. 10. Polly MEACHAM   b. 27 Jun 1797, Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont; d. 9 Mar 1810, Pulaski, Oswego, New York.
10. 11. Ephriam MEACHAM   b. 14 Mar 1801, Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont; c. 11 Jan 1804, Church of Christ, Pawlet, Vermont; d. 5 Mar 1825, Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York.
11. 12. Betsy MEACHAM   b. 4 Oct 1802, Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont; d. 22 Oct 1879, Hebron, Nicollet, Minnesota.

!
REF: "Tree Talks" vol. 33, No. 1, Mar 1993, p. 60, MEACHAM/MEACHUM, John Esq.
late of Richland died intestate. Silas Harmon and Simon Meachum of
Richland appointed. 24 Nov 1814. p. 102.

!NOTES: Died of wounds received in the Battle of Sackets Harbor.

!REF: "Book of Remembrance" by Leonidas Devon Mecham
Notes from Ida Meacham Strowbridge

!REF: "Book of Remembrance" by Leonidas Devon Mecham
Notes from Ida Meacham Strowbridge

!NOTES:Richland 1814 (Now in Oswego County) Meacham, Isaac Meacham, Jabez Meacham, Levi Meacham, Simon

!
REF: 1811, 2 Apr, Oneida Co. NY Grantee Index, Simeon Meacham FROM William
Constable by exr. bk 22 p 108. (listed w/brother Isaac)

! "Tree Talks" vol. 33, No. 1, Mar 1993, p. 60, MEACHAM/MEACHUM, John Esq.
late of Richland died intestate. Silas Harmon and Simon Meachum of
Richland appointed. 24 Nov 1814. p. 102.

!RES: Richland, NY.

!REF: "Book of Remembrance" by Leonidas Devon Mecham
Notes from Ida Meacham Strowbridge

!NOTES:Richland 1814 (Now in Oswego County) Meacham, Isaac Meacham, Jabez Meacham, Levi Meacham, Simon

!
REF: 1823, 5 May, Oneida Co. Grantee Index, NY, Jabez Meacham FROM Andrew
Place & wife. bk 36 p 323.
1848, Apr 29, Will dated for Jabez Meacham of Sandy Creek, NY.
1849, Sep 17, died in Pulaski, Oswego, NY
1849, Oct 29, Will filed. Wife: Susan, daughter-in-law: Rebecca (wife of
eldest son Benjamin), son: Alexander Hamilton Meacham, daughter: Ann
Jemima Meacham. Also listed (relationship not given): Sally, wife
of Silas Clark, friends: Isaac N. Meacham, Silas H. Meacham.
Executors: Isaac N. Meacham, Silas H. Meacham.

!NOTES: Built the lighthouse on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Salmon River
in 1838.
!NOTES:Richland 1814 (Now in Oswego County) Meacham, Isaac Meacham, Jabez Meacham, Levi Meacham, Simon

!
REF: 1813, 29 Jan, Oneida Co. NY Grantee Index, Isaac Meacham FROM William Constable by exr. bk 23 p 49.
Early Oneida County Marriages in the Village of Clinton,1812 Jan.12 ------ Meachum - Olive Champney

!NOTES:Richland 1814 (Now in Oswego County) Meacham, Isaac Meacham, Jabez Meacham, Levi Meacham, Simon

1. 13. Marietta Candice MEACHAM   b. 13 Feb 1816, Sandy Creek, , New York; d. 14 Jan 1880, Parma, , Ohio.
2. 14. Sabrina MEACHAM   b. 1817; d. 19 Jul 1892, Middleburgh, , Ohio.
3. 15. Levi MEACHAM   b. 1819, Sandy Creek, Mercer, New York; d. 5 Mar 1846.
4. 16. Emily Julia MEACHAM   b. 16 Jul 1822, Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York; d. 6 Jul 1895.
5. 17. Ephraim MEACHAM   b. 11 Apr 1827; d. 14 Sep 1862, Civil War, South Mountain, Maryland.
6. 18. Lavina MEACHAM   b. 13 Aug 1828, Sandy Creek, , New York; d. 5 Dec 1898, Middleburgh, , Ohio.
7. 19. Arabella MEACHAM   b. Sandy Creek, , New York.
8. 20. Luke MEACHAM   b. 23 Jan 1831; d. 27 Oct 1854, Middleburgh, , Ohio.
9. 21. Loretta Sophia MEACHAM   b. 5 Oct 1833; d. 29 Sep 1911.

!
NOTES: This person was originally placed as daughter of John & Polly (Harmon)
Meacham. However, it is not possible to have a daughter b. Oct 1802
and another one born Feb 1803. Judy Davis had placed her as a
daughter of Isaac & Lucy (Standish) Meacham. Source listed was Ida
Meacham Strowbridge.

!
REF: Judy Davis, Portland, Oregon

!
REF: Judy Davis, Portland, Oregon

!
REF: Judy Davis, Portland, Oregon

!
REF: Judy Davis, Portland, Oregon

1. 22. Austin Clark FISH  
2. 23. Deming B. FISH   b. 2 Nov 1846, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 6 Feb 1907.

!
REF: Judy Davis, Portland, Oregon

!NOTES: Killed at the battle of South Mountain, MD.

!
REF: Judy Davis, Portland, Oregon

!
REF: Judy Davis, Portland, Oregon

!
REF: Judy Davis, Portland, Oregon

!
REF: Judy Davis, Portland, Oregon

Disappeared.

1. 24. Cora Bell FISH  
2. 25. Daisy FISH  
3. 26. Bessie Ina FISH  

1. 27. Minnie Iola Mae FISH  

He was supposed to be adopted by Deming and Mary Fish Brainard before they died of cholera.

MILITARY:
Served throughout the Civil War and was imprisoned in Libby Prison.
FISH, DEMING; Service Branch: INFANTRY
Burial: Riverside Cem & Columbarium, 02/08/1907, Section:6, Lot:11, Grave:5
BORN 1846, CIVIL WAR, PVT; OOR VOL 4 PG 669, CO I 52ND REG O.V.I.

MARRIAGE: Never married.

OCCUPATION: Owned a plumbing business.