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Lyman Wight Porter (1833-1914)
Married.. Electa Kilborn - November 5th 1852.
Children..
Lyman Ozias, Mary Maria, Electa Elizabeth, Alva Sylvenus, Nancy Melinda,
Joseph Smith, Parley Pratt, Sarah Olive, Byron, Birdie, Hyrum Kilbourn.
Married.. Sarah Catherine Emmett - March 18th 1865
Children..
Moriancumer Heber, David Wight, Jered Lyman.
Married.. Elizabeth Bailey - October 5th 1867
Children..
Elizabeth Adeline, Claracy, John Riley, Zina, Rhoda Aretta, Rachel, Job Bailey,
Brigham Ernest, LeGrande Thatcher.
Lyman Wight Porter, a Patriarch in the Church and a Utah pioneer of 1847, was born May
5, 1833, in Jackson county, Missouri, the son of Sanford Porter. With his parents he shared
in the persecutions of the Saints, being driven from Jackson county, later from Clay county
and still later from Caldwell county, Missouri. He located with his parents at Montrose, Iowa,
where he was baptized in 1841. At the time of the exodus of the Saints from Nauvoo, in
1846, he traveled with his people to the Missouri river and spent the winter of 1846-1847 at
Winter Quarters.
In 1847 he continued the journey to Great Salt Lake Valley, crossing the
plains in Chas. C. Rich's company. In 1848 the family located in Mill Creek, Salt Lake
county, but moved to Salt Lake City soon afterwards.
In 1851, with his father's family,
Lyman moved to Centerville, Davis county, which became his home for about 12 years.
On November 5th 1852 Lyman Married Electa Kilborn. They had 11 children. Lyman Ozias, Mary Maria, Electa Elizabeth, Alva Sylvenus, Nancy Melinda, Joseph Smith, Parley Pratt, Sarah Olive, Byron, Birdie, Hyrum Kilbourn.
1851-1862 Lyman took part in the Indian troubles while residing in Centerville,
In 1857 Lyman accompanied Orrin Porter
Rockwell to the mountains to watch the movements of Johnston's army.(Read Sanfords account)
In 1856 he was
called to go with others to rescue the belated Martin and Willie handcart companies and bring them into the valley.
In 1862 he settled in Porterville, Morgan county.
On March 18th 1865 Lyman Married Sarah Catherine Emmett. They had 3 children. Moriancumer Heber, David Wight, Jered Lyman.
On October 5th 1867 Lyman Married Elizabeth Bailey. They had 9 children. Elizabeth Adeline, Claracy, John Riley, Zina, Rhoda Aretta, Rachel, Job Bailey, Brigham Ernest, LeGrande Thatcher.
In 1867 he was appointed to preside over the
Porterville branch and under his direction the East Porterville townsite was laid out.
He made
the first brick and built the first brick house in Morgan county.
In the spring of 1869 he
resigned his position as president of the branch to go to Missouri to assist in bringing his
kinspeople to Utah. Returning by way of Chicago, he purchased wagons, machinery and
cattle.
In 1880 he was chosen as a member of the High Council of the Morgan Stake and
later was ordained a Patriarch.
He also acted as sheriff, selectman, road commissioner, etc., in
Morgan county. Leaving a numerous posterity, Patriarch
Lyman Wight Porter died March 31, 1914, in
Porterville.
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