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• Name: Jesse Stoneham Spriggs Mechem
• Sex: M
• Birth: 5 Oct 1852 in Owen County, Indiana ¹
• Death: 11 Nov 1943 in Sterling, Logan County, CO ²
• Burial: Peetz Cemetery, Peetz, Logan County, Colorado.
• Person Id: I15
• Tree Id: 616973

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Parents
Father:

• Christopher Lafayette Mechem: Birth: 3 Oct 1831 in Dayton, Mongomery, OH. Death: 15 Nov 1854 in South Bethany, Bartholomew, IN
Mother:

• Keziah Wise Spriggs: Birth: 11 Feb 1835 in Monroe, Ohio. Death: 9 Dec 1909 in Martinsville, Morgan, Indiana

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Nancy Stansbury on 1879 at IN.³
  
• Nancy Stansbury: Birth: 7 Apr 1860 in Marion County, IN. Death: 27 Apr 1894 in Ruskin, Nuckolls, NE

Children:

1. Edgar Mechem: Birth: 26 May 1881 in IN. Death: 28 Apr 1894 in Ruskin, NE

2. James Blaine Mechem: Birth: 1 Aug 1884 in Freeman, IN. Death: 29 Nov 1975 in Sterling, CO

3. Elizabeth May Mechem: Birth: 7 Nov 1887 in Ruskin, NE. Death: 6 Jan 1931

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Virginia (Jennie) Edwards on 27 May 1895 at Asherville, Kansas.⁴
  
• Virginia (Jennie) Edwards: Birth: 1868 in Missouri. Death: 28 Dec 1939 in Peetz, Logan, CO

Children:

1. James Mechem: Birth: 1 Aug 1884 in Spencer, Spencer, IN. Death: 29 Nov 1975 in Sterling, Logan, CO

2. Ira Edward Mechem: Birth: 16 Mar 1896 in Rusken, NE. Death: 24 Jun 1991 in Greeley, CO (Weld Co.)

3. Paul Laverne Mechem: Birth: 5 Oct 1899 in Rusken, NE. Death: 2 Feb 1900

4. Jesse Ray Mechem: Birth: 26 Feb 1903 in Nelson, NB (Nuckolls Co.). Death: 7 May 1988 in Tulsa, OK, (Tulsa County)

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