Francis Marion Lyman 1840–… – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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Francis Marion Lyman, 1840–…

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Francis Marion Lyman

Name: Francis Marion /Lyman/
Surname: Lyman
Given names: Francis Marion

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 30 March 1813 29 25 — Lyman, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA LDS baptism: 27 April 1832 Marriage: 10 June 1835 — Kirtland, Ohio Death: 4 February 1877 — Fillmore, Millard, Utah, USA Unique identifier: 39E5183DE60EDC4F849F4781DE90B65DFEBE Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Louisa Maria Tanner Matilda Lyman Francis Marion Lyman Ruth Adelia Lyman Amasa Mason Lyman Maria Louisa Lyman Lelia Deseret Lyman Love Josephine Lyman Agnes Hila Lyman Amasa Mason Lyman 1813–1877 Birth: 30 March 1813 29 25 — Lyman, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA Death: 4 February 1877 — Fillmore, Millard, Utah, USA
mother	Links Birth: 28 November 1818 Marriage: 10 June 1835 — Kirtland, Ohio Unique identifier: 39E5183DE60EDC4F849F4781DE90B65DFEBE Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Amasa Mason Lyman Matilda Lyman Francis Marion Lyman Ruth Adelia Lyman Amasa Mason Lyman Maria Louisa Lyman Lelia Deseret Lyman Love Josephine Lyman Agnes Hila Lyman Louisa Maria Tanner 1818–… Birth: 28 November 1818
Marriage	Marriage — 10 June 1835 — Kirtland, Ohio
17 months elder sister	Links Birth: 14 November 1836 23 17 — Kirtland, Ohio Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Matilda Lyman 1836–… Birth: 14 November 1836 23 17 — Kirtland, Ohio
3 years himself	Links Birth: 12 January 1840 26 21 — Goodhope, Illinois Unique identifier: D0D646184DC63743B4964834D817834B1499 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rhoda Ann Taylor Francis Marion Lyman 1840–… Birth: 12 January 1840 26 21 — Goodhope, Illinois
4 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1 August 1843 30 24 — Shokokon, Illinois Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Ruth Adelia Lyman 1843–… Birth: 1 August 1843 30 24 — Shokokon, Illinois
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: 22 February 1846 32 27 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Il., USA Marriage: 9 October 1872 — Fillmore, Millard, Utah, USA Death: 21 February 1937 — Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Burial: 23 February 1937 — Teasdale, Wayne, Utah, USA Unique identifier: B9FF3FD79C3B284998C8F1C9B33CBECAA769 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Cynthia Wright Rachel Lyman Sarah Lyman Willard Henry Lyman Lola Lyman Amasa Mason Lyman 1846–1937 Birth: 22 February 1846 32 27 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Il., USA Death: 21 February 1937 — Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: 8 May 1849 36 30 — Little Cottonwood, Utah Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Maria Louisa Lyman 1849–… Birth: 8 May 1849 36 30 — Little Cottonwood, Utah
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: 21 January 1852 38 33 — San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Lelia Deseret Lyman 1852–… Birth: 21 January 1852 38 33 — San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: 25 April 1854 41 35 — San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Love Josephine Lyman 1854–… Birth: 25 April 1854 41 35 — San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA
4 years younger sister	Links Birth: 5 December 1857 44 39 — San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Agnes Hila Lyman 1857–… Birth: 5 December 1857 44 39 — San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA

Family with Rhoda Ann Taylor
himself	Links Birth: 12 January 1840 26 21 — Goodhope, Illinois Unique identifier: D0D646184DC63743B4964834D817834B1499 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rhoda Ann Taylor Francis Marion Lyman 1840–… Birth: 12 January 1840 26 21 — Goodhope, Illinois
partner	Links Birth: 29 August 1840 — Ladison, New South Wales, Australia Death: 12 March 1917 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Burial: after 12 March 1917 — Tooele, Tooele, Utah Unique identifier: D0D646184DC63743B4964834D817834B1499 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Francis Marion Lyman Rhoda Ann Taylor 1840–1917 Birth: 29 August 1840 — Ladison, New South Wales, Australia Death: 12 March 1917 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA

Events of close relatives
Birth	12 January 1840 26 21 Goodhope, Illinois
Birth of a sister	Ruth Adelia Lyman 1 August 1843 Shokokon, Illinois
Birth of a brother	Amasa Mason Lyman 22 February 1846 Nauvoo, Hancock, Il., USA
Birth of a sister	Maria Louisa Lyman 8 May 1849 Little Cottonwood, Utah
Birth of a sister	Lelia Deseret Lyman 21 January 1852 San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA
Birth of a sister	Love Josephine Lyman 25 April 1854 San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA
Birth of a sister	Agnes Hila Lyman 5 December 1857 San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA
Death of a paternal grandmother	Martha Mason 11 December 1874
Death of a father	Amasa Mason Lyman 4 February 1877 Fillmore, Millard, Utah, USA
Death of a wife	Rhoda Ann Taylor 12 March 1917 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial of a wife	Rhoda Ann Taylor after 12 March 1917 Tooele, Tooele, Utah
Death of a brother	Amasa Mason Lyman 21 February 1937 Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
Burial of a brother	Amasa Mason Lyman 23 February 1937 Teasdale, Wayne, Utah, USA
Unique identifier	AF90EFE47BEAE6449516C8C10AA81117AF48
Last change	27 August 2011 – 00:00:00

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Note	Francis Marion Lyman was born 12 January 1840 at the Justice Mor se home in Walnut Grove Township (late Good Hope,) Mcdonough Cou nty,Illinois, the son of Amasa Mason Lyman and Maria Louisa Tann er. At age eight Francis was assignedto drive an ox team in hi s father's pioneer company, starting West from Winter quarters o n 30 Jun 1848. On 1 Jul at the Elkhorn River he was baptized an d confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da y Saints by his father. They arrived at the Great Salt Lake Val ley on 19 Oct 1848. Francis Lyman's family moved to San Bernardino in 1851 under ass ignment to establish a Mormon settlement, which they promoted un til their return to Utah duringthe winter of 1857-58. Franci s became employed in the freighting and animalhandling making s ixteen trips between utah and California. In August 1856 he beg an courting Rhoda Taylor an LDS immiGrant from Australia; but h e met resistance from her mother because he had become addicte d to smoking. Eventually the married on 18 November 1857. In l ate March 1858, in response to theUtah War situation and by ord er of Mormon Church President Brigham Young, Amasa Lyman selecte d Francis and seven other men to explore the Colorado River to d etermine whether an army could approach from that direction. Th ey reported in May that there was no such danger. Francis finally succeeded in breaking his smoling habit, and fro m then on he held the Word of Wisdom as "a greatprinciple of li berty, an essential for strong bodies and minds, a thing indispe nsable to the work men are sent on earth to do." On 7 January 1 860 Francis Lymand was ordained to the Church priestHood offic e of a Seventy. In Mayof that year, he and his father went o n missions to England. Francis marriedClara Caroline Calliste r in 1869, and her sister Susan in 1884, firmly believing polyga my to be God's law. Francis Lyman served as secretary and treasurer of the Fillmor e and Tooele co-ops, and with his father built and operateda sa wmill and the OK Flouring Mills. He became both a politcal an d a religiou leader. He served as an assistant assessor of U.S . Internal Revenue, a lieutenant-colonel in the militia at age 2 5, a territorial legislator, a Sateof Deseret General Assembl y member, a county clerk and recorder, a superintendent of schoo ls, and a prosecuting attorney. Lyman had a talent with youth s erving on the SunDay School Union Board and on the general boar d of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. He was tho rough in keeping genealogical records as well as a detailed jour nal throughout his life. He served asTooele State President, a nd on 27 October 1880 he was ordained an apostle byJohn Taylor. Apostle Lyman filled an Indian mission in 1882. He served as pr esident of the European Mission from 1901 to 1904, succeeding bo th hi father Amasa and his brother Platte in that calling. He b ecame president of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles on 6 October 19 03. Francis M. Lyman died 18 November 1916 at Salt Lake City, U tah

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Francis Marion Lyman was born 12 January 1840 at the Justice Mor
se home in Walnut Grove Township (late Good Hope,) Mcdonough Cou
nty,Illinois, the son of Amasa Mason Lyman and Maria Louisa Tann
er. At age eight Francis was assignedto drive an ox team in hi
s father's pioneer company, starting West from Winter quarters o
n 30 Jun 1848. On 1 Jul at the Elkhorn River he was baptized an
d confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da
y Saints by his father. They arrived at the Great Salt Lake Val
ley on 19 Oct 1848.
Francis Lyman's family moved to San Bernardino in 1851 under ass
ignment to establish a Mormon settlement, which they promoted un
til their return to Utah duringthe winter of 1857-58. Franci
s became employed in the freighting and animalhandling making s
ixteen trips between utah and California. In August 1856 he beg
an courting Rhoda Taylor an LDS immiGrant from Australia; but h
e met resistance from her mother because he had become addicte
d to smoking. Eventually the married on 18 November 1857. In l
ate March 1858, in response to theUtah War situation and by ord
er of Mormon Church President Brigham Young, Amasa Lyman selecte
d Francis and seven other men to explore the Colorado River to d
etermine whether an army could approach from that direction. Th
ey reported in May that there was no such danger.
Francis finally succeeded in breaking his smoling habit, and fro
m then on he held the Word of Wisdom as "a greatprinciple of li
berty, an essential for strong bodies and minds, a thing indispe
nsable to the work men are sent on earth to do." On 7 January 1
860 Francis Lymand was ordained to the Church priestHood offic
e of a Seventy. In Mayof that year, he and his father went o
n missions to England. Francis marriedClara Caroline Calliste
r in 1869, and her sister Susan in 1884, firmly believing polyga
my to be God's law.
Francis Lyman served as secretary and treasurer of the Fillmor
e and Tooele co-ops, and with his father built and operateda sa
wmill and the OK Flouring Mills. He became both a politcal an
d a religiou leader. He served as an assistant assessor of U.S
. Internal Revenue, a lieutenant-colonel in the militia at age 2
5, a territorial legislator, a Sateof Deseret General Assembl
y member, a county clerk and recorder, a superintendent of schoo
ls, and a prosecuting attorney. Lyman had a talent with youth s
erving on the SunDay School Union Board and on the general boar
d of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. He was tho
rough in keeping genealogical records as well as a detailed jour
nal throughout his life. He served asTooele State President, a
nd on 27 October 1880 he was ordained an apostle byJohn Taylor.
Apostle Lyman filled an Indian mission in 1882. He served as pr
esident of the European Mission from 1901 to 1904, succeeding bo
th hi father Amasa and his brother Platte in that calling. He b
ecame president of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles on 6 October 19
03. Francis M. Lyman died 18 November 1916 at Salt Lake City, U
tah