Amazon Badham (1853-1909)

Amazon Badham Iowa Pioneer

Vital Stats

 * Father: Samuel Badham (1815-1868) - English Mormon Convert Immigrant and Mormon Battalion Veteran
 * Mother: Mary Doggett Richards (1821-1898) -
 * 1853-Jan-22 : Birth near Henderson, Mills Co, Iowa
 * 1870 (est) : Marriage to Melvina Jemima Peck (1854-1940) - born in Herriman Fort, Salt Lake Valley, Utah, relation to the Smoot Family.
 * 1909-Nov-16 : Died near Henderson, Mills Co, Iowa

Biography
Before leaving Illinois Samuel's first wife died and about 1845 he married Mary Richards, a native of Highland county, Ohio, and they had a number of children, viz: Milvern, an infant; Frances, who became the wife of William Gaylord and died at Shenandoah, Iowa, leaving two children; Amazon Harrison; Violet, who became the wife of William James and died at Pleasant Hill, Missouri, January, 1877, leaving three children: Juan, who died at the age of two years; and Mary, who married Charles Wilson and died in western Nebraska, leaving two children. The mother of these children died April 2, 1898, at the age of seventy-six, lamented by all with whom she had been associated.

His wife was born in the Mormon Colony at Herriman Fort in the Salt Lake Valley. She is the granddaughter of the Smoot Family.

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)