John F. Boynton from the Quorum of the Twelve. Boynton explained that his difficulties with the church resulted from "the failure of the bank" which he had understood "was instituted by the will and revelations of God, and he had been told that it would never fail". Despite these difficulties, Johnson and the others temporarily reconciled with church leaders and were restored to their apostleships on September 10, 1837, after which Johnson and his family moved to the Latter Day Saint settlement of Far West, Missouri. Excommunications Meanwhile, schismatic strife between the loyalist faction and the dissenting faction continued to divide the church in Kirtland. The schismatic strife followed them, but in Far West, the loyalists were able to keep control by excommunicating the leadership of the Missouri church—David Whitmer, John Whitmer, W. W. Phelps—along with Oliver Cowdery, Johnson, and others. In Johnson's case, a list of seven charges were presented to him by the Far West High Council on April 9, 1838, which included the charge of "saying he would appeal the suit between him & Brother Phineas Young and take it out of the County." Johnson replied on April 12 that "I should not condescend to put my constitutional rights at issue upon so disrespectful a point, as to answer any of those other charges until that is withdrawn & until then shall withdraw myself from your society and fellowship." Notes References External links Photographs of Lyman E. Johnson's headstone, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University Legal instruments relating to Mormons in Utah, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University Lyman Eugene Johnson at Find a Grave 1811 births 1859 deaths Accidental deaths in Wisconsin American Latter Day Saint leaders American Latter Day Saint missionaries Apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) Converts to Mormonism Deaths by drowning in the United States Doctrine and Covenants people Former Latter Day Saints Latter Day Saint missionaries in the United States People excommunicated by the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) People from Pomfret, Vermont People from Portage County, Ohio Religious leaders from Vermont Harold B. Lee Library-related 19th century articles