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Lytle, John
Biography
18 Aug. 1803–12 Oct. 1892. Blacksmith, policeman, farmer. Born in Turbot Township, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Andrew Lytle and Sarah Davidson. Moved to West Buffalo, Northumberland Co., by 1810. Moved to Ohio, ca. 1820. Married Christina Diana Wittner, 27 Feb. 1827, in Portage Co., Ohio. Moved to Middlebury, Knox Co., Ohio, by 1829; to Coventry Township, Portage Co., by 1830; and to Akron, Portage Co., by 1834. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7 May 1836. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1837. Ordained a priest, by 6 July 1838. Ordained a seventy, 5 Jan. 1839. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1841. Member of Nauvoo Legion. Appointed a president of Fifteenth Quorum of the Seventy, 1845, in Nauvoo. Tried for and acquitted of destruction of Nauvoo Expositor press, Oct. 1845. Migrated to Salt Lake Valley with Allen Taylor pioneer company, July 1849–Oct. 1849. Served as bishop of Salt Lake City Eleventh Ward, 1849–1856. Ordained a high priest, 1850. Appointed to serve colonizing mission to Carson Co., Utah Territory (later in Nevada), 6 Apr. 1856. Returned to Salt Lake City, 1857. Moved to St. George, Washington Co., Utah Territory, by Nov. 1861. Died in St. George.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Alias Capias, 30 August 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Perry et al. ]
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appointments of Shadrach Roundy and Others, 9 September 1842, Draft
- Capias, 6 June 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Perry et al. ]
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Deed to John Lytle, 18 January 1844
- Docket Entry, 2–circa 3 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, between 14 July and circa 2 August 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. McGraw ]
- Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Execution, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Execution, 7 May 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844, Copy [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 2 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 2 April 1844, Copy [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. H. Rhodes , City of Nauvoo v. Walker , and City of Nauvoo v. McGraw
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Greene et al. and State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A, State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus, State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus, and State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes, 23 September 1842
- Minutes, 9 September 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Oath from Shadrach Roundy and Others, 23 September 1842
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John Lytle, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John Lytle, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 February 1845
- Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 February 1845, Draft
- Petition from Davis McOlney and Others, 8 August 1844
- Petition from Hosea Stout and Others, 11 January 1845
- Petition from Robert L. Campbell and Others, 13 January 1844
- Petition from Samuel Bent and Others, 12 December 1844
- Petition from Thomas Grover and Others, 2 May 1842
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Petition, 2 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Receipt to John Lytle, 15 August 1840
- Recognizance, 25 June 1844–D [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Report of Committee, 29 September 1842–A
- Report of Committee, 29 September 1842–B
- Statement of Account from John Lytle, circa 13 April 1845
- Subpoena, 3 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B
- Trial Report, 19–21 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Venire Facias, 14 July 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. McGraw ]
- Warrant, 1 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844, John Taylor and Willard Richards Copy [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844, William Clayton Copy [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Gender
- Male