Lyman Wight - Early Life

Early Life

Lyman Wight was born to Levi Wight Jr. and Sarah Corbin in Fairfield, New York. He fought in the War of 1812. on January 5, 1823, he married Harriet Benton in Henrietta, New York. Sometime around 1826 he moved to Warrensville, Ohio, and was baptized into the Reformed Baptist (later Disciples of Christ or Campbellite) faith by Sidney Rigdon in May 1829. In February 1840 he united with Isaac Morley and others in forming a common stock utopian society in Kirtland, Ohio.

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