Mary Lyman
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Mary was the sixth child of seven children born to Hannah Mitchel and Samuel Lyman. Hannah and Samuel's second child was a daughter named Mary. She died as an infant. Seven years later, a second daughter was born and given the same name, Mary.
The records state the Mary married William Johnson on October 9, 1831. William (age 31) died that same day. Fifteen months later, Mary (age 21) married Lorenzo, who was a younger brother to William. Lorenzo and Mary moved from Connecticut to Michigan about 1835. Mary was baptized in the Spring of 1842 and that fall her 7th child was born in Michigan - so she must have heard of the gospel in Michigan. In the year 1847, they were in Winter Quarters. There, their 8th child was born. The family was living in Potowatamie, Iowa when the last child was born in 1849. All of children lived to adulthood and marriage except the last daughter, Emily, who died at age two. We do not know when the family was able to come to the Salt Lake Valley. Mary and Lorenzo were sealed November 10, 1855, so they would have been living in Utah at that time. Mary was 43 years old when Lorenzo began to live plural marriage. Records show he married four move wives. Mary was a widow for 32 years before her death, January 7, 1904, age 96, at Monroe, Utah. Burial in Monroe, Utah. written from genealogy records on file
compiled by Alice Jo Cluff Ellsworth: 1997 Memorial for Mary LymanMary, Lorenzo and their children joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and in 1845 moved to Nauvoo, Ill. They left there with the saints, but remained in Winter Quarters and vicinity until 1852, when they left for Utah, arriving in the fall of the same year.
After leaving for Utah with their eight children, they lost their youngest child (a girl names Emily) to Cholera, she was just 2 1/2. Lorenzo had rescued a plank from the river and she felt that the Lord had provided it for the very purpose for which it was used. The plank was used to make a casket for the dear little child. Mary drove a team of horses, with the help of her girls, the entire distance. They traveled in a high-bedded wagon made by Lorenzo. After reaching Utah, they settled in Springville. Lorenzo later moved from Springville to Monroe, but in the spring of 1872, he was stricken and died. She gave her property to Lorenzo's other wives and children saying "I'll get along someway." This was characteristic of her kind, benevolent and generous disposition. Mary did excellent and beautiful sewing, made dresses, suits, and underwear for her family, all by hand. She also did knitting of stockings, socks, and sweaters. Mary was honored as "Utah" on the 24th of July at Springville when she was about eighty years old; and later was "Utah" at Monroe. She lived to be ninety-two years old. She was a loving, courageous woman, enduring all the hardships of pioneer life and raising two motherless boys as well as her own children. She was known as "Aunt Polly". from the memorial at findagrave.com
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