b Oct 3, 1806 Wells, Rutland Co, VT
m Dec 18, 1832 Elizabeth Ann Whitmer(d Jan 7, 1892)
bap May 15, 1829
d March 3, 1850
April 1829 began service as Book of Mormon scribe
May 15, 1829 o aaronic priesthood
June 1829 one of the "3 witnesses" to the Book of Mormon
April 6, 1830 o elder & became charter member of the church
April 11, 1830 preached the 1st sermon of the church
Aug 28, 1831 o high priest
Feb 17, 1834 member of the 1st Standing High Council
1835 with Martin Harris & David Whitmer selected 1st quorom of twelve
1835 appointed church recorder
April 12, 1838 cut off from the church
1848 visits Winter Quarters
Nov 12, 1848 "rebaptized" by Orson Hyde
edited Messenger & Advocate 1834-1837?
Evening & Morning Star 1833-34
bibl BOM:72-77
RSJ:14
SH 97(22):522-23 photo
LBE1:246-251photo
Gunn, Stanley R
Oliver Cowdery: Second Elder and Scribe
Bookcraft Salt Lake City, Utah 1962
Anderson, Richard Lloyd
Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses
Deseret: Salt Lake City, Utah 1981 photo
note 1st person baptized in this dispensation
SH says d March 31
Short biography by Richard Lloyd Anderson includes photo
