Cornelia Eliza Leavitt Family

Cornelia Eliza Leavitt

4th Wife of Amasa Mason Lyman

Their children are as follow:

Lorenzo Snow Lyman

Born 6 November 1851, at San Bernadino, San Bernadino County,California. 

Died 22 December 1927 at Bloomington, San Bernadino County, California.

Henry Elias Lyman

Born 4 July 1854, San Bernadino, San Bernadino County, California.

Died 30 June 1930, at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California.

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History of Cornelia Eliza Leavitt Lyman

CORNELIA ELIZA LEAVITT LYMAN was born 5 January 1825, at Warren Ohio, the daughter of Enoch Virgil Leavitt and Abigail Leonora Snow.

Little is known about her early life, but it can be assumed that she suffered with the other saints in the early persecution of the Church.

She became the fourth wife of Amasa Mason Lyman, 14 November 1844, at Nauvoo, Illinois.  She was later sealed to him in the Nauvoo Temple, 13 January 1846.  She crossed the plains with her husband in 1848.  She made the terrible trip across the desert from Utah to San‑Bernadino, California and very soon after their arrival her first child, Lorenzo Snow Lyman, was born 6 November 1851.  He is said to be the first white child born in San Bernadino.  She had another son Henry Elias Lyman, born 4 July 1854. She was not well the last few years of her life and her two sons were raised by Amasa's other wives.  She was also cared for in her illness by Priscilla Turley Lyman and Paulina Eliza Phelps Lyman. She died 14 December 1864, in Parowan, Utah.

(This sketch was written by the editor: M. A. Lyman, M.D.)

SOURCE: Amasa Mason Lyman book, Vol. 1 Lyman Family History.