. . . . . . . . . . "1858-03-31"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1841-04-08"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Movement"@en . "1796-05-09"^^ . . . "Lyman Wight"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "President of the Church of Christ"@en . . . "1796-05-09"^^ . . "Joseph Smith"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Lyman Wight (May 9, 1796 \u2013 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, 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 group led by Brigham Young. Wight was ordained president of his own church, but he later sided with the claims of 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 Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church)."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "--04-08"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "1124735529"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Mountain Valley, Texas, United States"@en . . . . . . . . . "1844"^^ . ""@en . . . . . . "Lyman Wight"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Excommunicated for apostasy"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Lyman Wight"@en . . "None"@en . . . . . . . . "Fairfield, New York, United States"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Lyman Wight (May 9, 1796 \u2013 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, 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 group led by Brigham Young. Wight was ordained president of his own church, but he later sided with the claims of 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 Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church)."@en . "1858"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow, and Franklin D. Richards ordained"@en . . . . "1082549"^^ . . "1848-12-03"^^ . . . . . . . . . "21996"^^ . . . . . . . "Replenishing Quorum of the Twelve"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "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."@en .