Lyman Johnson
Born: 24 October 1811
Called to Quorum of the Twelve: 14 February 1835
Excommunicated: 12 April 1838
Died: 20 December 1859
Called to Quorum of the Twelve: 14 February 1835
Excommunicated: 12 April 1838
Died: 20 December 1859
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Jenson, Andrew. "Johnson, Lyman Eugene." Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 1. pg. 91-92.
JOHNSON, Lyman Eugene, a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles from 1835 to 1838, was the son of John Johnson. He was born Oct. 24, 1811, in Pomfret, Windsor county, Vermont, and baptized in February, 1831, by Sidney Rigdon. He was ordained an Elder Oct. 25, 1831, by Oliver Cowdery, and a High Priest Nov. 1, 1831, by Sidney Rigdon, called to the ministry in Nov. 1831, by revelation, and performed missionary labor in Ohio, the Eastern States and Nova Scotia. In 1834 he went to Missouri as a member of Zion's Camp, and was ordained an Apostle Feb. 14, 1835, in Kirtland, Ohio, under the hands of Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris. Soon afterward he performed a mission to the Eastern States. He studied the Hebrew language In the winter of 1835- 36, and after returning- from another mission to the East in the fall of 1836 he entered into merchandising and soon after apostatized. At a conference held In Kirtland Sept. 3, 1837, he was disfellowshipped, but as he made confessions he was restored to his former standing-, a few days later. His repentance, however, not being genuine, he was excommunicated from the Church at Far West, Mo., April 13, 1838. Until his death he remained friendly to his former associates, making- frequent visits to Nauvoo, after the Saints had located there. He relinquished his business of merchandising and commenced to practice law, locating himself at Davenport, Iowa. A few years later he removed to Keokuk, where he continued his practice, and was finally drowned in the Mississippi river at Prairie du Chien, Wis., Dec. 20. 1856. (See also "Millennial Star," Vol. 27, p. 102.)
JOHNSON, Lyman Eugene, a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles from 1835 to 1838, was the son of John Johnson. He was born Oct. 24, 1811, in Pomfret, Windsor county, Vermont, and baptized in February, 1831, by Sidney Rigdon. He was ordained an Elder Oct. 25, 1831, by Oliver Cowdery, and a High Priest Nov. 1, 1831, by Sidney Rigdon, called to the ministry in Nov. 1831, by revelation, and performed missionary labor in Ohio, the Eastern States and Nova Scotia. In 1834 he went to Missouri as a member of Zion's Camp, and was ordained an Apostle Feb. 14, 1835, in Kirtland, Ohio, under the hands of Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris. Soon afterward he performed a mission to the Eastern States. He studied the Hebrew language In the winter of 1835- 36, and after returning- from another mission to the East in the fall of 1836 he entered into merchandising and soon after apostatized. At a conference held In Kirtland Sept. 3, 1837, he was disfellowshipped, but as he made confessions he was restored to his former standing-, a few days later. His repentance, however, not being genuine, he was excommunicated from the Church at Far West, Mo., April 13, 1838. Until his death he remained friendly to his former associates, making- frequent visits to Nauvoo, after the Saints had located there. He relinquished his business of merchandising and commenced to practice law, locating himself at Davenport, Iowa. A few years later he removed to Keokuk, where he continued his practice, and was finally drowned in the Mississippi river at Prairie du Chien, Wis., Dec. 20. 1856. (See also "Millennial Star," Vol. 27, p. 102.)