LC control no. | nr 90022331 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Whitmer, David, 1805-1888 |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Harrisburg (Pa.) Fayette (N.Y.) Kirtland (Ohio) Far West (Mo.) Richmond (Mo.) |
Birth date | 1805-01-07 |
Death date | 1888-01-25 |
Place of birth | Harrisburg (Pa.) |
Place of death | Richmond (Mo.) |
Affiliation | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church of Christ (Whitmerites) |
Found in | His An address to believers in the Book of Mormon, 1887: t.p. (David Whitmer) p. 1 at end (Richmond, Mo.) Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonites). The last witness dead, 1936 (David Whitmer; b. 1-7-1805, Harrisburg, Pa.; d. 1-22-1888, Richmond, Mo.) Wikipedia, website viewed January 26, 2015 (David Whitmer; born January 7, 1805, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; died January 25, 1888, Richmond, Missouri; in the 1820's the Whitmer family had moved to a farm in Fayette, New York; David elected sergeant in a newly organized militia, the Seneca Grenadiers, in 1925; joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was baptized in June 1829, nearly a year prior to the formal organization of the church; witness to the Book of Mormon plates; one of the 6 original members when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on April 6, 1830 at the home of David's father, Peter Whitmer, Sr. in Fayett, NY; lived in Kirtland, Ohio until 1837; moved to Far West, Missouri; he separated from the the LDS Church; lived in Richmond, Missouri; mayor of Richmond from 1867-1868; the Church of Christ (Whitmerite) in Kirtland, Ohio was formed in 1844 after the death of Josph Smith although Whitmer didn't join; Whitmer resurrected the Church of Christ (Whitmerite) in 1876 by ordaining John C. Whitmer as president) |
Associated language | eng |