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Peter Whitmer Jr. (September 27, 1809 – September 22, 1836) was the sixth child and fifth son 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 .
Jacob Whitmer: 27 January 1800 (Age 29) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Shoemaker 21 April 1856 Richmond, Missouri. Peter Whitmer, Jr. 27 September 1809 (Age 19) Fayette, New York: Tailor 22 September 1836 Clay County, Missouri. John Whitmer: 27 August 1809 (Age 20) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Farmer 11 July 1878 Far West, Missouri. Hiram Page: c. 1800 ...
In 1838, the living members of Whitmer family (Christian Whitmer and Peter Whitmer Jr. died in 1835 and 1836, respectively) became estranged from Smith during a leadership struggle in Far West, Missouri, and all were excommunicated along with other dissenters and fled Caldwell County after receiving an ultimatum from the Danites. [6]
Peter Whitmer Sr. (April 14, 1773 – August 12, 1854) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement, and father of the movement's second founding family. Whitmer was born in Pennsylvania and married Mary Elsa Musselman. The Whitmers had eight children together: Christian, Jacob, John, David, Catherine, Peter Jr., Nancy
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]
J. Robert Oppenheimer's wife, Katherine, daughter Kit and son Peter. (Corbis via Getty Images) Peter Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer's first child, Peter Oppenheimer, was born in 1941 while he was ...
They had eight children, Christian Whitmer, Jacob Whitmer, John Whitmer, David Whitmer, Catherine Whitmer Page, Peter Whitmer Jr., Nancy Whitmer, and Elizabeth Whitmer Cowdery. Through her son David, she and her family became acquainted with Joseph Smith around 1828.
When the members of the Whitmer family were excommunicated from the church in 1838, Page withdrew from church fellowship. [8] He later bought a farm in Excelsior Springs , in Ray County. On September 6, 1847, William E. McLellin baptized Page, David Whitmer , John Whitmer , and Jacob Whitmer into his newly formed Church of Christ (Whitmerite) .