L. C. MECHEM

MECHEM, WRIGHT

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Date: 5/23/2009 at 13:03:17

The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

L. C. MECHEM, attorney; born in Belmont Co., Ohio, in 1843, and located in this county in 1866. Married Miss Mary E. Wright in 1869; she was born in Warren Co., Ind., in 1849; they have one child - John S., born July 24, 1870. They are members of the Christian Church. He is a Republican. Enlisted in the 15th Ohio V. I., in September, 1861; was transferred to the 129th Regiment, with the rank of First Sergeant, in July 1863; was mustered out with his regiment at Cleveland, Ohio, in March, 1864; served in the Army of the Cumberland. He owns his residence in this city, valued at $3,500; also other property worth $2,000.