He was born in New Salem, Mass. in 1812.  He was a notable early Mormon pioneer, a bodyguard to Joseph Smith, and one of the original nine horsemen to enter the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 and the man after who Salem, Utah was named.
   Lyman Curtis had a remarkable journey across the west...He arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 as one of the nine horsemen in the advance company.