Melvina Jemima Peck (1854-1940)

Iowa Pioneer

Vital Stats

 * Father: Hezekiah Peck (1820-1859) -
 * Mother: Jemima Smoot (1818-1908) -
 * 1854-Apr-24 : Birth at Herriman Fort, Salt Lake, Utah
 * 1870 (est) : Marriage to Amazon Badham (1853-1909) - son of Mormon Battalion Veteran, Samuel Badham
 * 1940-Jul-23 : Died at Lamoni, Decatur Co, Iowa - buried at Henderson, Iowa.

Biography
Jemima was born in the Mormon Colony at Herriman Fort in the Salt Lake Valley. She is the granddaughter of the Smoot Family, making her a cousin to early Utah Senator and Mormon Apostle, Reed Smoot.

Children of Amazon and Melvina Badham

 * 1) Marcia Mabel Badham (1871-) - m. Archie Anderson
 * 2) Clara Alice Badham (1879-1957) - m. Josiah Roberts
 * 3) Ida Luella Badham (1880-1885) - died young
 * 4) Edith Grace Badham (1883-1966) - m. Herbert S Garnet
 * 5) Elda Delphine Badham (1887-1908) -
 * 6) Myron Verne Badham (1889-1935) - m. Tina Alexander
 * 7) George Walter Badham (1892-1937) - m. Lois Smith
 * 8) Gale Melvina Badham (1894-1895) -died young

1870 US Census

 * Mary Badham (F-49) (mother)
 * Amazon Badham (M-17)
 * Violet Badham (F-15)
 * Mary Badham (F-10)
 * Clarah Badham (F-7)

1880 US Census
Taken at Anderson, Mills Co, IA
 * Amazon Badham (M-26)
 * Melvina Badham (F-25)
 * M.M. Badham (F-3)
 * Clara A Badham (F-1)

1885 Iowa State Census
Taken at Henderson, Anderson, Mills Co, Iowa
 * Amazon Badam (M-32)
 * Melvina Badam (F-31)
 * Mabel Badam (F-8)
 * Clara Badam (F-5)
 * Ida Badam (F-4)
 * Grace Badam (F-2)

1900 US Census
Taken at Henderson, Mills Co, Iowa
 * Amazon Badham (M-47) / ocp: Farmer
 * Melvina Badham (F-46)
 * Grace Badham (F-17)
 * Elda Badham (F-13)
 * Verne Badham (M-10)
 * Waltar Badham (M-7)