Marriage and Family
In 1835, Lyman married Louisa Maria Tanner in Kirtland. They had eight children.
In April 1844, Joseph Smith taught Lyman the principle of plural marriage. "As he warmly grasped my hand for the last time," Lyman later recalled, " brother Amasa, go and practice on the principles I have taught you, and God bless you." Soon Lyman married his first and second plural wives, Diontha Walker and Caroline Partridge.
In 1846, Lyman married four additional wives: Eliza Maria Partridge (one of numerous widows of Joseph Smith and the 25-year-old sister of Lyman's wife Caroline); Pauline Phelps, Priscilla Turley, and Cornelia Leavitt. In 1851, Lyman married his eighth and final wife, Lydia Partridge, a sister of his wives Caroline and Eliza.
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