Editing Lyman Wight (section)

{{Short description|Latter Day Saint movement leader}}
{{Infobox Latter Day Saint biography
 | name                = Lyman Wight
 | image               = Lymanwight8.gif
 | birth_date          = {{Birth date|1796|05|09}}
 | birth_place         = [[Fairfield, New York|Fairfield]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States
 | death_date          = {{death date and age|1858|03|31|1796|05|09}}
 | death_place         = [[Mountain Valley, Texas|Mountain Valley]], [[Texas]], United States
 | portals             = Movement
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 | position_or_quorum1 = [[President of the Church|President]] of the [[Church of Christ (Wightite)|Church of Christ]]<ref>{{Citation|title=The Historical magazine, and notes and queries concerning the antiquities, history, and biography of America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3sFAAAAQAAJ&q=Wightite&pg=PA85|volume=3|year=1959|publisher= C. Benjamin Richardson: Trübner & co.|location= London|page=12| access-date = July 26, 2010}}</ref>
 | called_by1          = 
 | ordination_reason1  = [[Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)|Succession crisis]]
 | predecessor1        = [[Joseph Smith]]
 | successor1          = None
 | start_date1         = 1844<!-- {{start date|yyyy|mm|dd|mf=yes}} -->
 | end_date1           = 1858<!-- {{end date|yyyy|mm|dd|mf=yes}} -->
 | position_or_quorum2 = [[Quorum of the Twelve#Members of the Quorum, prior to 1844|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]
 | called_by2          = Joseph Smith
 | start_date2         = {{start date|1841|04|08}}
 | end_date2           = {{end date|1848|12|03}}
 | end_reason2         = Excommunicated for apostasy
 | position_or_quorum3 = [[Latter Day Saint]] [[Apostle (Latter Day Saints)|Apostle]]
 | called_by3          = Joseph Smith
 | start_date3         = {{start date|1841|04|08}}
 | ordination_reason3  = Replenishing Quorum of the Twelve<ref>The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles had not had twelve members since September 3, 1837, when [[Luke Johnson (Mormon)|Luke S. Johnson]], [[John F. Boynton]], and [[Lyman E. Johnson]] were disfellowshipped and removed from the Quorum. Since that time, [[William E. McLellin]] and [[Thomas B. Marsh]] had been excommunicated and removed from the Quorum; [[David W. Patten]] had been killed; and [[John Taylor (Latter Day Saints)|John Taylor]], [[John E. Page]], [[Wilford Woodruff]], [[George A. Smith]], and [[Willard Richards]] had been added to the Quorum. Wight's addition to the Quorum brought the membership in the Quorum of the Twelve to twelve members again.</ref>
 | end_date3           = {{end date|1848|12|03}}
 | end_reason3         = Excommunicated for apostasy
 | reorganization3     = [[Charles C. Rich]], [[Lorenzo Snow]], [[Erastus Snow]], and [[Franklin D. Richards (Mormon apostle)|Franklin D. Richards]] ordained<ref>Four new apostles were ordained to bring the Quorum to twelve members after Wight's excommunication and the reorganization of the [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]] under [[Brigham Young]].</ref>
 | list_notes          = After the death of Joseph Smith, Wight felt compelled to follow the orders Joseph Smith had given him to found a safe haven for the Latter-day Saints in the [[Republic of Texas]]. Brigham Young tried to get Wight and his group to join the main body of Mormonism, in Utah, several times, but Wight refused each time. Wight was eventually excommunicated in December 1848.
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'''Lyman Wight''' (May 9, 1796 – March 31, 1858) was an early leader in the [[Latter Day Saint movement]]. He was the leader of the Latter Day Saints in [[Daviess County, Missouri]], in 1838. In 1841, he was ordained a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]. After the [[death of Joseph Smith]] resulted in a [[Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)|succession crisis]], Wight led his own break-off group of Latter Day Saints to [[Texas]], where they created a settlement. While in Texas, Wight broke with the main body of the [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|group]] led by [[Brigham Young]]. Wight was ordained [[President of the Church|president]] of his own church, but he later sided with the claims of [[William Smith (Latter Day Saints)|William Smith]], and eventually of [[Joseph Smith III]]. After his death, most of the "'''Wightites'''" (as members of this church were called) joined with the [[Community of Christ|Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]] (RLDS Church).