Richard R. Lyman
| Richard R. Lyman | |
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| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| April 7, 1918 – November 12, 1943 | |
| End reason | Excommunicated for unlawful cohabitation |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| April 7, 1918 – November 12, 1943 | |
| Reason | Death of Hyrum M. Smith |
| End reason | Excommunicated for unlawful cohabitation |
| Reorganization at end of term | Mark E. Petersen ordained |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Roswell Lyman November 23, 1870 Amy Brown Lyman |
Richard Roswell Lyman (November 23, 1870 – December 31, 1963) was an American engineer and religious leader who was an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1918 to 1943.
Lyman is often noted as the most recent LDS Church apostle to have been
Early life and family
Lyman was born in
Education and marriage
Lyman graduated from high school at
Lyman had planned to marry Amy Brown, whom he met as a student at BYA, but delayed this while he attended the University of Michigan. Lyman was a teacher and civil engineer and was known for his work on the Utah State Road Commission. Lyman married Amy Brown on September 9, 1896; the marriage was performed by Joseph F. Smith in the Salt Lake Temple. From 1895 to 1896, Lyman taught at BYA.[3] Lyman's wife served as the eighth general president of the Relief Society from 1940 to 1945.
Apostleship
Lyman was ordained an apostle on April 7, 1918. As an apostle, he served as a member of the superintendency of the
Excommunication
In 1943, the
While Lyman and Jacobsen viewed their relationship as a sort of engagement for the next life, it is unclear if at any point they considered themselves being actually married. Before 1938 Lyman maintained their relationship was not sexual. [6]
Lyman later returned to the LDS Church through rebaptism on October 27, 1954, but he was not reinstated as an apostle. He died at
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Lyman at age 20 -
Richard R. Lyman's grave marker
Notes
- ^ Janet Peterson and LaRene Gaunt, "Faith, Hope, and Charity: Inspiration from the Lives of the General Relief Society Presidents," Covenant Communications, Inc., 2008, p. 155.
- ^ Bergera (2011), p. 175.
- ^ Ernest L. Wilkinson. Brigham Young University: The First 100 Years. (Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 1975) vol. 1, p. 584.
- ^ Anderson, Lavina Fielding, "A Ministry of Blessing: Nicholas Groesback Smith", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 33(3): 76 (Fall 1998).
- ^ Bergera 2011
- ^ Bergera, G. J. (2011). Transgression in the Latter-day Saint Community: The Cases of Albert Carrington, Richard R. Lyman, and Joseph F. Smith Part 2: Richard R. Lyman. Journal of Mormon History, 37(4), 173–207. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23292607
References
- 2005 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2004) p. 65.
- Bergera, Gary James (Fall 2011), "Transgressions in the Latter-day Saint Community: The Cases of Albert Carrington, Richard R. Lyman, and Joseph F. Smith — Part 2: Richard R. Lyman", S2CID 254489025
- Kimball, Edward L. & Andrew E. Kimball Jr., Spencer W. Kimball: Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1977) p. 208-210.
- Quinn, D. Michael, Elder Statesman: A Biography of J. Reuben Clark (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2002): 252-253.
- Quinn, D. Michael, Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth Century Americas: The Mormon Example (Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1996): 371-372.
- The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 1997): 183.
- Sillito, John R., "Enigmatic Apostle: The Excommunication of Richard R. Lyman." Paper presented at Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1991.
External links
- Richard Roswell Lyman papers, MSS 1079 at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
- Richard Roswell Lyman's diary at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
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