Interim Content
Lyman, Asa
Biography
26 Nov. 1785–ca. 1847. Farmer, stonemason. Likely born in Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire. Son of Richard Lyman and Philomelia Loomis. Married Sally Davis, 6 Aug. 1806, in Lebanon. Moved to St. Lawrence Co., New York, by 1820. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Joseph H. Wakefield and Solomon Humphrey, 1831, in St. Lawrence Co. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga, Co., Ohio, by 1834. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Ordained a high priest, 8 Oct. 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. Moved to Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), 1846. Apparently drowned while fishing in Missouri River near Winter Quarters.
Links
papers
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Minutes and Discourses, 7–8 March 1835
- Minutes, 11 August 1834
- Minutes, 16 March 1835
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834, as Published in The Evening and the Morning Star
- Revised Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, circa March 1837
- Gender
- Male