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Cowdery, Oliver

 Person

biographical statement

Citation:
Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon, 1966: t.p. (Oliver Cowdery)

LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Cowdery, Oliver)

Wikipedia, December 10, 2013 (Oliver Cowdery; Oliver H.P. Cowdery; born October 3, 1806, Wells, Vermont; died March 3, 1850, Richmond, Missouri)

Wikipedia, Dec. 23, 2013 (parents: William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller; taught school at Manchester, N.Y. in 1829, where met Smith family; assisted as scribe during translation of Book of Mormon; made Second Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830; excommunicated from Church in 1838; studied and practiced law in Tiffin, Ohio, edited local Democratic newspaper; rebaptized into Church on Nov. 12, 1848 at Kanesville, Iowa; d. Mar. 3, 1850 in Richmond, Mo.)

Oliver Cowdery, 2013: (the first lawyer who was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Dec. 23, 2013 (Oliver Cowdery; m. Dec. 18, 1832 in Kaw, Mo. to Elizabeth Ann Whitmer (1815-1892), seven children)

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Oliver Cowdery docket book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227637037]
Identifier: MSS 4029
Abstract

The account docket book of Oliver Cowdery from Kirtland, Ohio, 1837.

Dates: 1837

Oliver Cowdery legal documents

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230239011]
Identifier: MSS SC 355
Scope and Contents

Two signed documents, one a stipulation in an estate settlement and the other a petition for divorce, from Walworth County, Wisconsin. Cowdery acted as attorney in both cases.

Dates: 1847

Oliver Cowdery notarized affidavit

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308246]
Identifier: MSS SC 1035
Scope and Contents

Notarized affidavit affirming that an add had been run in the newspaper the "Walworth County Democrat" advertising land sales. The document was signed by O. Cowdery "Notary Public."

Dates: 1848

Oliver Cowdrey stipulation in estate settlement

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237197]
Identifier: MSS SC 258
Scope and Contents

Signed legal document for a case in Walsworth, Wisconsin District Court in which Cowdery was the attorney.

Dates: 1847

George Ranney Justice of the Peace docket book

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233294815]
Identifier: Vault MSS 788
Scope and Contents The docket book contains information regarding the decisions and actions during George Ranney's tenure as justice of the peace in Kirtland, Ohio. As justice of the peace, Ranney describes cases of dispute in Lake County, Ohio, and though he does not make any direct references to Mormons, several individuals involved in legal cases have some affiliation with the Mormon Church. This includes Frederick G. Williams, John E. Page, Benjamin Johnson, William Smith, and numerous Cowderys and...
Dates: 1841-1843

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