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Cowdery, William, Jr.

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5 Sept. 1765

Morris, “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years,” 107; Mehling, Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy, 95; Backman, Profile, 19.

Morris, Larry E. “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years and the Origins of Mormonism.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 106–129.

Mehling, Mary Bryant Alverson. Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy: William Cowdery of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1630, and His Descendants. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1911.

Backman, Milton V., Jr., comp. A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio, and Members of Zion’s Camp, 1830–1839: Vital Statistics and Sources. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Department of Church History and Doctrine and Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1983.

–26 Feb. 1847.

“William Cowdery,” Kirtland North Cemetery, Kirtland, Geauga Co., OH, Find a Grave, posted 16 June 2005 (memorial no. 11188034), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11188034/william-cowdery (accessed 30 June 2022); Mehling, Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy, 95; Backman, Profile, 19.

Comprehensive Works Cited

RootsWeb. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com.

Mehling, Mary Bryant Alverson. Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy: William Cowdery of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1630, and His Descendants. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1911.

Farmer, physician.

Morris, “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years,” 109; Wells, “Oliver Cowdery Monument,” 268–269.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Morris, Larry E. “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years and the Origins of Mormonism.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 106–129.

Wells, Junius F. “The Oliver Cowdery Monument at Richmond, Missouri.” Improvement Era, Jan. 1912, 251–272.

Born at East Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Morris, “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years,” 107; Mehling, Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy, 95; Backman, Profile, 19.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Morris, Larry E. “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years and the Origins of Mormonism.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 106–129.

Mehling, Mary Bryant Alverson. Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy: William Cowdery of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1630, and His Descendants. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1911.

Son of William Cowdery and Hannah Emmons.

“Cowdery, William (Jr),” born 5 Sept. 1765, submitted by Elizabeth H. F. Korany, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family Group Records Collection; Archives Section, 1942–1969, microfilm 1,273,871, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Backman, Profile, 19.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Raised Congregationalist.

Morris, “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years,” 109–110.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Morris, Larry E. “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years and the Origins of Mormonism.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 106–129.

Married first Rebecca Fuller.

Mehling, Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy, 95; Morris, “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years,” 107.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Mehling, Mary Bryant Alverson. Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy: William Cowdery of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1630, and His Descendants. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1911.

Morris, Larry E. “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years and the Origins of Mormonism.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 106–129.

Moved to Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont, ca. 1787.

Morris, “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years,” 107.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Morris, Larry E. “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years and the Origins of Mormonism.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 106–129.

Appointed surveyor of highways, 1792 and 1803, at Wells.

Morris, “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years,” 108.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Morris, Larry E. “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years and the Origins of Mormonism.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 106–129.

Moved to Middletown, Rutland Co., 1809.

Morris, “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years,” 108.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Morris, Larry E. “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years and the Origins of Mormonism.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 106–129.

Wife died, 1809.

Mehling, Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy, 95; Morris, “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years,” 108.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Mehling, Mary Bryant Alverson. Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy: William Cowdery of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1630, and His Descendants. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1911.

Morris, Larry E. “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years and the Origins of Mormonism.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 106–129.

Married second Keziah Pearce Austin, 18 Mar. 1810, at Middletown.

Middletown Springs, Rutland Co., VT, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1770–1867, vol. 2, p. 34, microfilm 28,547, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Morris, “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years,” 108; Mehling, Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy, 95.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Morris, Larry E. “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years and the Origins of Mormonism.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 106–129.

Mehling, Mary Bryant Alverson. Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy: William Cowdery of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1630, and His Descendants. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1911.

Moved to Williamson, Ontario Co., New York, 1810; back to Middletown, ca. 1813; to Poultney, Rutland Co., by 1820; and to Arcadia, Wayne Co., New York, by 1830.

Morris, “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years,” 108–109; 1830 U.S. Census, Arcadia, Wayne Co., NY, 87.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Morris, Larry E. “Oliver Cowdery’s Vermont Years and the Origins of Mormonism.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 106–129.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio.

Revelation, 23 Apr. 1834 [D&C 104:28]; Minute Book 1, 15 Jan. 1836.

Served as president of Kirtland priests quorum.

Minute Book 1, 15 Jan. 1836; “General Assembly,” in LDS Messenger and Advocate, Aug. 1835, 1:161.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.

Died at Kirtland.

Comprehensive Works Cited

RootsWeb. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com.

Mehling, Mary Bryant Alverson. Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy: William Cowdery of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1630, and His Descendants. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1911.

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