Artist's Conception of Oliver Cowdery


Oliver the Book of Mormon Scribe, 1829


Oliver Baptizes Sidney Rigdon, 1830
THE HISTORY OF
OLIVER COWDERY

Oliver H. P. Cowdery (1806-1850) is remembered as the "Second Elder" of the Latter Day Saints' Restoration Movement. His name became well known in the spring of 1830, as one of the three major witnesses to the newly published Book of Mormon.

He was born in Wells Township, Rutland County, Vermont, on October 3, 1806, as the youngest son of William Cowdery, Jr. (1765-1847) and William's first wife, Rebecca Fuller (1768-1809). When Oliver was yet a toddler, in his third year, the Cowdery family relocated to neighboring Middleton (see map), recently the scene of the infamous "Wood Scrape."


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Some Quotes regarding Oliver Cowdery from The Spalding Enigma

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