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Jacob Whitmer (February 2, 1800 – April 21, 1856) was the second born child of Peter Whitmer, Sr., and Mary Musselman. He is primarily remembered as one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon’s golden plates .
Photograph of the names of the Eight Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, as written by Oliver Cowdery. Christian Whitmer Jacob Whitmer Peter Whitmer, Jr. John Whitmer Hiram Page Joseph Smith, Sen. Hyrum Smith Samuel H. Smith Unlike the Three Witnesses, the Eight testified that they both saw and handled the plates.
The Whitmer family and their spouses who were early members included: Hiram Page [4] and his wife Catherine Whitmer Page, Jacob Whitmer and his wife Elizabeth Schott Whitmer, Christian Whitmer and his wife Anne Schott Whitmer, [2] [4] Elizabeth Ann Whitmer, Peter Whitmer, Sr. and his wife Mary Musselman Whitmer. [4]
The Book of Mormon witnesses were a group of contemporaries of Joseph Smith who claimed to have seen the golden plates from which Smith translated the Book of Mormon.The most significant witnesses were the Three Witnesses and the Eight Witnesses, all of whom allowed their names to be used on two separate statements included with the Book of Mormon and church leaders contend that the witnesses ...
McLellin encouraged Whitmer to come forward and lead his church. Whitmer agreed and gathered others to his cause, including fellow Book of Mormon witnesses Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, Hiram Page and John Whitmer. Taking the original name of the church, the Church of Christ published a periodical from Kirtland called, The Ensign of Liberty.
John Whitmer (August 27, 1802 – July 11, 1878) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement.He was one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon's golden plates.
Layla Taylor is the youngest member of MomTok at 23 years old. Layla was previously married to Clayton Wessel and they have two sons together, Oliver and Max. Throughout The Secret Lives of Mormon ...
David Whitmer (1805–1888), early adherent of the Latter Day Saint movement, Witness to the Book of Mormon's golden plates; Gretchen Whitmer (born 1971), Governor of Michigan; Jacob Whitmer (1800–1856), son of Peter Whitmer, Sr. and Mary Musselman; John Whitmer (1802–1878), early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement