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Lyman Curtis

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Lyman Curtis

Birth
New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
5 Aug 1898 (aged 86)
Salem, Utah County, Utah, USA
Burial
Salem, Utah County, Utah, USA
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B22_L1
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Lyman Curtis was the second son of Millicent Waite and Nahum Curtis. Lyman joined the church March 14, 1833. In 1836, his father, with the rest of the family, settled in Caldwell County, Missouri. In February of 1836, Lyman married Charlotte Alvord. His mother, Millicent Curtis died September 3, 1838, in Caldwell County, Missouri and about that time they buried their oldest son, Ammon Curtis.
Lymon and Charlotte had seventeen or eighteen children.

Lyman purchased land from the government built houses and began to gather around them the comforts of life, but during the fall of 1838, they were surrounded by mob militia and were compelled to leave their home.

They next settled in Nauvoo where they obtained land, built houses and again gather around them the comforts of life. Lyman helped build the Kirtland and Nauvoo Temples. They also polished stones used for the temple. It sometimes took days to polish a single stone. Sand was poured on a cut stone then another flat stone was laid on top and ground back and forth until the understone was polished. Here they shared the persecutions of the Saints. Lyman was present and viewed the dead martyrs, Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Lyman, his father, and brother George helped guard the bodies.

The mob forced them away and they traveled to Council Bluffs. In 1850 Lyman brought his family to Utah from Council Bluffs, his brother Moses accompanying with his family.

He had a second wife: Sarah Wells Hartley and they had seven children. He may have had another wife, Adelia Andrews.
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Lyman Curtis was the second son of Millicent Waite and Nahum Curtis. Lyman joined the church March 14, 1833. In 1836, his father, with the rest of the family, settled in Caldwell County, Missouri. In February of 1836, Lyman married Charlotte Alvord. His mother, Millicent Curtis died September 3, 1838, in Caldwell County, Missouri and about that time they buried their oldest son, Ammon Curtis.
Lymon and Charlotte had seventeen or eighteen children.

Lyman purchased land from the government built houses and began to gather around them the comforts of life, but during the fall of 1838, they were surrounded by mob militia and were compelled to leave their home.

They next settled in Nauvoo where they obtained land, built houses and again gather around them the comforts of life. Lyman helped build the Kirtland and Nauvoo Temples. They also polished stones used for the temple. It sometimes took days to polish a single stone. Sand was poured on a cut stone then another flat stone was laid on top and ground back and forth until the understone was polished. Here they shared the persecutions of the Saints. Lyman was present and viewed the dead martyrs, Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Lyman, his father, and brother George helped guard the bodies.

The mob forced them away and they traveled to Council Bluffs. In 1850 Lyman brought his family to Utah from Council Bluffs, his brother Moses accompanying with his family.

He had a second wife: Sarah Wells Hartley and they had seven children. He may have had another wife, Adelia Andrews.
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A MEMBER OF ZION'S CAMP AND OF THE
NAUVOO LEGION. A PIONEER OF 1847
AND A FOUNDER OF SALEM.

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  • Created by: Rhonda
  • Added: Aug 1, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20742656/lyman-curtis: accessed ), memorial page for Lyman Curtis (21 Jan 1812–5 Aug 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20742656, citing Salem City Cemetery, Salem, Utah County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Rhonda (contributor 46869790).