John Whitmer

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John Whitmer was an early Latter Day Saint leader and historian who served as one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon and the first official Church Historian.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Church Historian
Latter Day Saint
early Latter Day Saint leader
historian
member of the Eight Witnesses
associatedWith Book of Mormon NERFINISHED
Joseph Smith NERFINISHED
early Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnicity American
fieldOfWork Latter Day Saint history
religious history
genre religious history writing
hasRole church leader
historian
witness
knownFor bearing testimony of the Book of Mormon plates
compiling early church historical records
language English
movement Latter Day Saint movement NERFINISHED
notableAs first official historian of the early Latter Day Saint church
one of the Eight Witnesses
notableWork early historical records of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
partOf early leadership of the Latter Day Saint movement
positionHeld Church Historian NERFINISHED
leader in the early Latter Day Saint church
religion Latter Day Saint movement NERFINISHED
role first official Church Historian of the Latter Day Saint movement
one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon
witnessed gold plates of the Book of Mormon

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