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Smith, J. Lyman (John Lyman)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1828 - 1898

Biographical History

J. Lyman Smith (1828-1898) was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe.

Citation:
The march of the Mormon Battalion from Council Bluffs to California : taken from the Journal of Henry Standage, c1928: t.p. (J. Lyman Smith)

OCLC, Feb. 28, 2003 (hdg.: Smith, John Lyman; usage: J. Lyman Smith)

Familysearch, via WWW, Jan. 14, 2016 (John Lyman Smith; John L. Smith; b. Nov. 17, 1828 in Potsdam, N.Y.; joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1836; m. July 9, 1845 in Nauvoo, Ill. to Augusta Bowen Cleveland, eight children; m. Mary Adelia Haight, three children; served mission in England, 1855; sent to preside over Swiss-Italian Mission, 1855-1857; served mission to Switzerland, 1860-1864; lived in Salt Lake City, Fillmore, Beaver, and St. George, Utah; served in legislature, postmaster; manufacturer; d. Feb. 21, 1898 in St. George, Utah)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

John T. Gerber correspondence

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 138
Scope and Contents

Handwritten correspondence. Most of the items are between Gerber and Louis von Buren and John Lyman Smith. Typescripts accompany many of the letters and some of the manuscripts are in German. Gerber and his correspondents write about Switzerland and the work of Mormon missionaries there.

Dates: 1862
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John T. Gerber correspondence

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