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Lyman Eugene Johnson

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Lyman Eugene Johnson

Birth
Pomfret, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
Death
20 Dec 1859 (aged 48)
Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Wife: Sarah Susan Long, born 1818 in New Hampshire, died in Keoku, Lee, Iowa
Children: Sarah M. Johnson (Mathews), John E. Johnson - there may be others

Lyman along with his older brother Luke S. Johnson were members of the first quorm of Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. His parents assisted Joseph Smith during the early days of the Church in Kirtland, Ohio, where his father is buried. His mother is buried in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He and his brother were excommunicated from the Church but his brother rejoined the Church and settled in St. John, Tooele, Utah. Lyman never re-joined the church. He drowned in the Mississippi River.

He was one of fifteen Children to John and Alice Johnson.
Wife: Sarah Susan Long, born 1818 in New Hampshire, died in Keoku, Lee, Iowa
Children: Sarah M. Johnson (Mathews), John E. Johnson - there may be others

Lyman along with his older brother Luke S. Johnson were members of the first quorm of Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. His parents assisted Joseph Smith during the early days of the Church in Kirtland, Ohio, where his father is buried. His mother is buried in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He and his brother were excommunicated from the Church but his brother rejoined the Church and settled in St. John, Tooele, Utah. Lyman never re-joined the church. He drowned in the Mississippi River.

He was one of fifteen Children to John and Alice Johnson.

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Age 46 yrs. Drowned in Mississippi River



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