Wilford Woodruff reports in his journal for July 28, 1844, that Lyman Wight was told by Joseph that, while in Carthage Jail, "he should not live to see forty years."
Wilford Woodruff, Journal, July 28, 1844, The Wilford Woodruff Papers website, accessed July 25, 2024
He informed me that Joseph told him while they were in Jeal that he should not live to see forty years but told him not to reveal it untill he was dead. Br Wight as well as the rest of us feels his death deeply