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About Lyman E. Johnson
- Lyman Eugene Johnson (October 24, 1811 – December 20, 1859) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
- He broke with Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon during the 1837–38 period when schism divided the early church.
- Johnson later became a successful pioneer lawyer in Iowa and was one of the town fathers of Keokuk, Iowa. Johnson was born in Pomfret, Windsor County, Vermont, to John Johnson, and Alice Elsa Johnson.
- The family moved to Hiram, Ohio, in 1818, where they established the John Johnson Farm, a successful 300-acre (1.2 km2) farm. Johnson died in 1859, drowning in the Mississippi River in a boating accident at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
- He had at least five children.
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