Letter from Amasa Mason Lyman, 23 August 1856
Great S L City,
Br
Woodruff,
Dear sir in answer to your
request for some information in relation to
my self, I submit the folowing items
from recolelection, without the aid of Record
or Journal.
I was Born the 30th of March, / 1813 in the
Tow of Lyman County of Grafton State of
N. H. My Fathers name was Roswell and
^Lyman^ my Mother's ^was^ Martha Lyman Mason; At the age
of 19 I received the Gospel at the hands of Elders
Orson Pratt and Lyman E Johnson, previous
to which time I had made no formal prof-
ession of Religion. I was Baptized on the
27th of April ^by Lyman E Johnson^ 1832, on the 7th of May
following I started for the state of Ohio
where I arived on the 5th of June, at the
residence of Father John Jhonson, ^town of Hiram^ dureing
this time I worked one half month for
money to Bear my expenses, and twice
paid out the last cent. I remained with
Father J. until August in which Time
I became aquainted with the Prophet
Joseph Smith By whom I was ordained
to the office of an Elder on the 23rd of August
