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  2. David Whitmer - Wikipedia

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    David Whitmer (January 7, 1805 – January 25, 1888) was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint Movement and one of the Three Witnesses to the gold plates of the Book of Mormon. Whitmer later distanced himself from Joseph Smith and was excommunicated from the church in 1838, but continued to affirm his testimony of the Book of Mormon.

  3. Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)

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    Joseph Smith, David Whitmer, Lyman E. Johnson: Oliver Cowdery excommunicated for apostasy 13 April 1838 – 11 May 1838 Thomas B. Marsh: Thomas B. Marsh, David W. Patten, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, William E. McLellin, Parley P. Pratt, William Smith, Orson Pratt: Joseph Smith: David Whitmer and Lyman E. Johnson excommunicated ...

  4. Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints) - Wikipedia

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    David Whitmer had been ordained President of the High Council of Zion, ... He was excommunicated in absentia by the Common Council of the Church on September 8. [58]

  5. Three Witnesses - Wikipedia

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    The Three Witnesses as depicted by Edward Hart, 1883: Oliver Cowdery (top), David Whitmer (left), and Martin Harris (right) The Three Witnesses is the collective name for three men connected with the early Latter Day Saint movement who stated that an angel had shown them the golden plates from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon; [1] they also stated that they had heard God's ...

  6. Oliver Cowdery - Wikipedia

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    David Whitmer was also excommunicated at the same time, and apostle Lyman E. Johnson was disfellowshipped; [22] John Whitmer and Phelps had been excommunicated a month earlier. [23] Cowdery refused to appear before the council, but sent a letter of resignation, reiterating his desire to live his religious beliefs independent from his economic ...

  7. List of former or dissident Mormons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of well-known Mormon dissidents or other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who have either been excommunicated or have resigned from the church – as well as of individuals no longer self-identifying as LDS and those inactive individuals who are on record as not believing and/or not participating in the church.

  8. Book of Mormon witnesses - Wikipedia

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    Christian Whitmer died in 1835 and his brother Peter Whitmer, Jr. died the following year. In 1838, the surviving Whitmers became estranged from Joseph Smith during a leadership struggle in Far West, Missouri, and all three were excommunicated with other dissenters, [7] never to rejoin The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. None of ...

  9. History of the Latter Day Saint movement - Wikipedia

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    A brief leadership struggle left the former heads of the Missouri portion of the church excommunicated, such as David Whitmer, Oliver Cowdery, William Wines Phelps and others. Years later, many of this group of "dissenters" became part of the Whitmerite schism in the Latter Day Saint movement.