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History of Mary Lyman


Mary Lyman
Born: 3 August 1882 at Bluff, San Juan, Utah, USA
Parents: Platte DeAlton Lyman and Adelia Robison
Married: John Reeve, 18 MAY 1915 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Died: 6 November 1959 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

LIFE SKETCH OF MARY LYMAN

(copied as near as I can, Grant L. Reeve, 30 Apr 1986) (with corrections inside[])

Migrated from Bluff, San Juan Co, Utah [1884]. In Scipio, Millard Co, Utah was but a child of ___, was baptized there. Shortly afterward [1890 family moved 1893] father was called back to San Juan to act in the Presidency of the Stake. Here I spent the greater part of my life. Our people were in poor circumstances and many were the lessons impressed upon me in hardship and resourcefulness. The winter of 1900-1901 I attended the B.Y. Academy at Provo, working my way. The spring of 1902 had a very severe fever which left me very weak -– the affects of which lasted for years. Attended school at Provo again that winter to next summer in summer school and taking a course in nursing. From 1905 to 1913 I was postmaster in Bluff. Taught school in Grayson, UT (now called Blanding) from 1909-1911 and attended summer school at U of U both summers. Filled a mission between 1913 to 1914. Attended B.Y.U. from 1914-1915. Married John Reeve of Hinckley, Utah, May 18, 1915.

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Mary was 32 when she met and married John Reeve. I am not sure how A.A. Hinckley knew her, or knew of her and her circumstances. She had been told, because of her severe fever in 1902, that she would be unable to have children of her own. So, A.A. Hinckley thought she was a good candidate to marry John Reeve. John lost his first wife on Jan 4, 1915, which left him with 7 children to care for all by himself. A.A. Hinckley was John's Stake President, and was just looking out for him and his family, and thought John and Mary would make a good match.

[Mary had five children with John Reeve.]



Sources:
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