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Whitmer, Jacob
Biography
27 Jan. 1800–21 Apr. 1856. Shoemaker, farmer. Born in Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Married Elizabeth Schott, 29 Sept. 1825, at Seneca Co., New York. One of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, June 1829. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Oliver Cowdery, 11 Apr. 1830, in Seneca Lake, Seneca Co. Moved to Ohio, 1831. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri, by 1833; to Clay Co., Missouri, 1833; and to what became Caldwell Co., Missouri, by Nov. 1836. Received elder’s license, 7 Dec. 1837, in Far West, Caldwell Co. Disaffected from church, 1838. Moved near Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri, 1838. Died near Richmond.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Agreement, F. P. Blevin with Alanson Ripley, 28 June 1839
- Appendix 5: Testimony of Eight Witnesses, Late June 1829
- Appendix: Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 1840
- Book of Mormon, 1830
- Book of Mormon, 1837
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, circa 1841, draft [Draft 3]
- History, circa 1841, fair copy
- History, circa June 1839–circa 1841 [Draft 2]
- History, circa June–October 1839 [Draft 1]
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- Letter from John Corrill, 17 November 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 7 July 1837
- Letter to Wilford Woodruff, circa 18 June 1838
- License Record Book
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes, 12 November 1831
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 9 June 1830
- Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, circa August 1829–circa January 1830
- Revelation, circa Early 1830
- Gender
- Male