When Lyman Wight was born on 24 September 1829, in Centerville, Allegany, New York, United States, his father, Lewis William Wight, was 21 and his mother, Nancy Urania Elliott, was 20. He married Harriet Bateman on 7 May 1848, in Green Bay Township, Lee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1852. He died on 15 May 1896, in Pleasantview, Oneida, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
On October 9, 1848, an arsonists fire claimed everything but the outer walls of the Nauvoo Temple since the structure was made out of limestone and wood. It was meant to discourage the Saints that had fled to never come back.
Scottish and English: nickname from Middle English wiht, wight ‘agile, nimble, strong, brave’ (Old Norse víg with the Old Norse neuter suffix -t, for which compare the word scant), or from the corresponding Older Scots word wicht. Possibly sometimes a nickname from Middle English wight ‘living creature; small portion or thing’, or from the corresponding Older Scots word wicht.
English: habitational name from the Isle of Wight. The island is recorded as Vectis (its Latin name) c. 150 AD . Its name derives from a British word, perhaps related to Welsh gwaith ‘turn, course’, meaning ‘place of the division’, in reference to the island's position in the Solent.
English and Scottish: variant of White .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesI was born September 24, 1829 at Centerville, Allegany, New York. My parents were farmers. We moved to Augusta, Iowa in Lee County, and this is where I grew up. 1848 I married Harriet Bateman on May …
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