Oliver Cowdery - Mormon Monument - 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: WM11QR1
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/05/2019
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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. -------- Born 3rd October, 1806, Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont Died 3rd March, 1850, Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri. -------- 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. --------
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
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Location: Pioneer Cemetery
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