Amasa Lyman

Amasa M. Lyman 

As a Young Man

Amasa Mason Lyman

Middle Age

This post is about my ancestor Amasa Mason Lyman.  He was an early pioneer of Utah and
Southern California.   Amasa was a Latter Day Saint apostle.  He went on over 14 missions.  He settled San Bernardino, California.  He was one of the most popular speakers in his day.
He was among the small percentage of early Mormons practiced polygamy.  Amasa had several wives and 36 children.   He was a great colonizer and pioneer.

I went to the Amasa M. Lyman Expo this past week.  It was very interesting to learn about all the sacrifices that my ancestors made to colonize the Western United States and establish the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  Since we consider this church to be the Kingdom of God on Earth we honor these great men and women.

The last few years of his life Amasa was disaffected from the church he loved.  He appeared to his daughter and eldest son ten years after his death and said he was tired of wearing his black boots.  His son, Francis Marion Lyman was the president of the Quorum of 12 Apostles.  Francis spoke with the president of the Church.  Joseph F. Smith.  President Smith said "I believe Amasa has worn his black boots long enough.   Francis Marion Lyman was baptized as proxy for his father.   All of Amasa's blessings were returned to him.   Maybe Amasa was blessed for all the good he did for Heavenly Father's church so he did not have to suffer more than ten years.  I don't know.  But I do know that Amasa Lyman was a great man and many many of his descendants are active in the Church he helped establish.  .   .  (including me).


Today I am posting the drawings I did at the Expo of Amasa Lyman and his wife Lydia.
Lydia Partridge Lyman was the last wife Amasa married.  She was 24 and he was 40 when they were married.  Two of her sisters were previously married to Amasa.  She lived a challenging life.  She was a seamstress and helped settle Oak City Utah.   Her son, Edward Leo Lyman Sr. used to go up to the mountainside and set juniper stumps on fire to sell the charcoal that was made to the local blacksmith.  This helped support the family.  His son, Lydia's grandson, settled Delta, Utah in 1913.   The town was originally called Burtah.   Lydia lived a rather short life.  She contracted severe Rheumatoid Arthritis at a young age and she died in her early 40's.  Her son cared for her but she was in so much pain that she could not even be touched near the end.  She had to be carried in a sheet.  She was buried by her husband who had already passed.  They were both buried in the Fillmore, Utah cemetery.  By the way, Edward Leo Lyman Jr. is my grandfather.   I was raised on a farm near Delta, Utah.

Lydia Partridge Lyman