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 Peter Whitmer - Pioneer Cemetery - Richmond, MO Posted by:  YoSam.
N 39° 17.112 W 093° 58.578
15S E 415800 N 4348880
One of the 3 witnesses buried in Ray County, Missouri; and one of eight original witnesses to the origins of the Church of Jesus Christ or Latter-Day Saints
Waymark Code: WMKFJ4
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2014
Views: 4
County of grave: Ray County
Location of grave: Thornton St. & Crispin St., Pioneer Cemetery, Richmond
Born: April 14, 1773, Pennsylvania
Died: August 12, 1854, Richmond, Ray County
Text: In this section of the cemetery are the graves of Peter Whitmer in whose home, in Fayette, Seneca County, New York, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized, April 6, 1830; his wife, Mary Musselman Whitmer, his son, Jacob Whitmer (one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon), two daughters of Jacob Whitmer and other relatives. They were all residents of Richmond.
"In 1878, a cyclone hit the grave yard and trees were damaged and some tombstones were knocked over. After this, there is very little mention of this cemetery till the Mormon Church dedicated the Monument in 1911.
The next major event took place in 1949, when the Mormon Church sent Irvin Nelson and his son Rene to Richmond to restore the cemetery. Richmond News, Sept.5 1949, “Mormons Are Restoring Old Cemetery Here. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, commonly called the Mormon Church, has begun the complete renovation of the old city cemetery on N. Thornton St. Irvin T. Nelson and his son of Salt Lake City arrived here last Tuesday to begin work on the tangle of weeds and old stones that mark the ground where many of Richmond’s founders lie buried." ~ Richmond News; April 7, 2014
Description:
"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, and Elizabeth Ann. In 1809, the family moved to Waterloo, New York, where they joined a German Reformed church and where Peter became a road overseer and school trustee. After 1827, they moved to Fayette.
"In June 1829, Peter's sons and his son-in-law Hiram Page became witnesses to the golden plates; when the Latter Day Saint Church of Christ was organized on April 6, 1830, the Whitmers were among its first members. Their Fayette home is the traditional site of the church's organization. Oliver Cowdery, who had assisted Smith in the translation of The Book of Mormon from the golden plates, married Elizabeth Ann Whitmer in December, 1832.
"All surviving members of the Whitmer family broke with Smith in 1838 in Far West, Missouri, and were excommunicated from the church. Whitmer moved to Richmond, Missouri, where he lived until his death."
~ Wikipedia
Date of birth: 04/14/1773
Date of death: 08/12/1854
Area of notoriety: Religion
Marker Type: Plaque
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: dawn to dusk
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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