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 FIRST - Person Baptized as Mormon - Richmond, MO Posted by:  YoSam.
N 39° 17.112 W 093° 58.578
15S E 415800 N 4348880
This person is also buried within this old cemetery..
Waymark Code: WM11QR4
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/05/2019
Views: 5
County of site: Ray County
Location of site: Thornton St. & Crispin St., Pioneer Cemetery, Richmond
Monument erected by: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah
Date monument erected: Nov 22,1911
Memorial Text: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
OLIVER COWDERY
WITNESS
To the Book of Mormon and to the translation thereof
by the gift and power of God.
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Born 3rd October, 1806, Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont
Died 3rd March, 1850, Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri.
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He was the scribe of the translation as it fell
from the lips of Joseph Smith the Prophet.
He copied the original manuscript for the printers
use and was proof-reader of the first edition.
He was the first person baptized in the Latter-Day
dispensation of the gospel, and was one of the
six witnesses members of the Church of Jesus Christ at it's
organization, on the sixth day of April, A.D., 1830.
at Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Though separated
from it for a time, he returned to the church.
He died firm in the faith.
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This monument has been raised in his honor by his
fellow believers; and also to commemorate the
testimony of three witnesses, the truth of which
they maintained to the end of their lives.
Over a million converts throughout the world
have accepted their testimony and rejoice in their
fidelity
DEDICATED
1911
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1830
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