Oliver Cowdery
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Oliver Cowdery was an early Latter-day Saint leader and scribe to Joseph Smith who served as one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early Latter-day Saint leader
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person ⓘ religious leader ⓘ scribe ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kirtland, Ohio
NERFINISHED
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Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitmer family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| baptized | Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| baptizedBy | Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1806-10-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Wells, Vermont, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Richmond Pioneer Cemetery, Richmond, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded | Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convertedBy | Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1850-03-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Richmond, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | largely self-educated ⓘ |
| excommunicatedFrom | Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Cowdery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Peter Whitmer Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Oliver H. P. Cowdery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon
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early leadership in the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) ⓘ serving as scribe to Joseph Smith during the translation of the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
NERFINISHED
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Quorum of the Three Witnesses NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| met | Joseph Smith in 1829 ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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religious leader ⓘ schoolteacher ⓘ scribe ⓘ |
| participatedIn | restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood according to Latter-day Saint belief ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Assistant President of the Church
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Second Elder of the Church ⓘ apostle in the early Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ |
| priorOccupation | schoolteacher in New York ⓘ |
| rejoined | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Latter Day Saint movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousMovement | Latter Day Saint movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | primary scribe for much of the Book of Mormon translation ⓘ |
| signed | Testimony of the Three Witnesses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Ann Whitmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| witnessed | gold plates of the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| workedWith | Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfExcommunication | 1838 ⓘ |
| yearOfRejoining | 1848 ⓘ |
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