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Wight, Harriet Benton

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19 Mar. 1801

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Local Jurisdictional Records, ca. 1922, Early Membership Record, Records, vol. B, p. 84, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Local Jurisdictional Records, ca. 1922, Early Membership Record, Records. CHL. MS 30683.

–26 Feb. 1889.

“Died,” Saints’ Herald, 23 Mar. 1889, 191.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

Born in Litchfield, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Local Jurisdictional Records, ca. 1922, Early Membership Record, Records, vol. B, p. 84, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Local Jurisdictional Records, ca. 1922, Early Membership Record, Records. CHL. MS 30683.

Daughter of John Benton and Sarah Bradley.

Lyman Wight, Mountain Valley, TX, to Wilford Woodruff, 24 Aug. 1857, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.

Raised Presbyterian.

Lyman Wight, Mountain Valley, TX, to Wilford Woodruff, 24 Aug. 1857, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.

Married Lyman Wight, 1823, in Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York.

Lyman Wight, Mountain Valley, TX, to Wilford Woodruff, 24 Aug. 1857, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.

Moved to Genesee Co., New York, 1823.

Lyman Wight, Mountain Valley, TX, to Wilford Woodruff, 24 Aug. 1857, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.

Moved to Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.

Lyman Wight, Mountain Valley, TX, to Wilford Woodruff, 24 Aug. 1857, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.

Baptized into Sidney Rigdon’s congregation, Aug. 1829.

Lyman Wight, Mountain Valley, TX, to Wilford Woodruff, 24 Aug. 1857, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.

Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, Feb. 1830.

Lyman Wight, Mountain Valley, TX, to Wilford Woodruff, 24 Aug. 1857, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 14 Nov. 1830, in Kirtland.

Lyman Wight, Mountain Valley, TX, to Wilford Woodruff, 24 Aug. 1857, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.

Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri, Sept. 1831; to Clay Co., Missouri, 1833; to Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1837; to what became Adam-ondi-Ahman, Daviess Co., Missouri, 1838; to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1839; to Augusta, Lee Co., Iowa, Territory, Aug. 1840; and to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois.

Wightman, “Lyman Wight,” 18, 41; Romig, Early Jackson County, Missouri, 14, 22, 25; Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833; Black, Who’s Who in the Doctrine and Covenants, 342; Wight, Wild Ram, 76–77; Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 82; “History of Lyman Wight,” 10, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, ca. 1858–1880, CHL; Lyman Wight, Mountain Valley, TX, to Wilford Woodruff, 24 Aug. 1857, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Wightman, Philip C. “The Life and Contributions of Lyman Wight.” Master’s thesis, Brigham Young University, 1971.

Romig, Ronald E. Early Jackson County, Missouri: The “Mormon” Settlement on the Big Blue River. Independence, MO: Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation, 1996.

Black, Susan Easton. Who’s Who in the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997.

Wight, Jermy Benton. The Wild Ram of the Mountain: The Story of Lyman Wight. Bedford, WY: Star Valley Llama, 1996.

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.

Traveled to New York with husband and two small children, 1842–1843.

Lyman Wight, Mountain Valley, TX, to Wilford Woodruff, 24 Aug. 1857, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.

Accompanied husband while he led Latter-day Saints procuring lumber in Wisconsin Territory, 1843–1844.

Lyman Wight, Mountain Valley, TX, to Wilford Woodruff, 24 Aug. 1857, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.

Moved to Republic of Texas with group led by her husband, 1845.

Lyman Wight, Mountain Valley, TX, to Wilford Woodruff, 24 Aug. 1857, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.

Lived in Llano Co., Texas, by Sept. 1858.

Orange L. Wight, Mountain Valley, TX, to Stephen Wight and Wilford Woodruff, 17 Sept. 1858, Wilford Woodruff, Collection, CHL; 1860 U.S. Census, Llano Co., TX, 9.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Woodruff, Wilford. Collection, 1831–1905. CHL. MS 19509.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Baptized into Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 27 Aug. 1865, in Bandera, Bandera Co., Texas.

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Local Jurisdictional Records, ca. 1922, Early Membership Record, Records, vol. B, p. 84, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Local Jurisdictional Records, ca. 1922, Early Membership Record, Records. CHL. MS 30683.

Lived with daughter Anna in Galland’s Grove, Shelby Co., Iowa, by 1870.

1870 U.S. Census, Galland’s Grove, Shelby Co., IA, 9.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Lived with son Orange near Oakdale, Antelope Co., Nebraska, by 1885.

1885 Nebraska State Census, Twin Grove Precinct, Antelope Co., NE, 17A, microfilm 499,530, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Buried at Greeley, Holt Co., Nebraska, 1889.

“Died,” Saints’ Herald, 23 Mar. 1889, 191.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

Gender: Female
Alternate Names: Benton, Harriet