Hiram was an early believer of the prophetic calling of Joseph Smith. He was one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, having been shown the plates by the Prophet Joseph in Palmyra. Hiram attended the foundational meeting of the Church of Christ on April 6, 1830, and five days later was baptized. About five months before the second "Page, Hiram," in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:277-278. Comprehensive Works Cited. Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901-1936. c. 1800 - 1852. "As to the Book of Mormon, it would be doing injustice to myself, and to the work of God of the last days, to say that I could know a thing to be true in 1830, and know the same thing to be false in 1847.". Hiram Page (1800-1852), was an early member of the Latter-day Saint movement and one of the Eight Witnesses to the Book of Mormon's Golden Plates.. On November 10, 1825, Page married Catherine Whitmer, daughter of Peter Whitmer, Sr. and Mary Musselman.The two had nine children together: John, Elizabeth, Philander, Mary, Peter, Nancy, Hiram, Oliver, and Kate. Hiram was an early believer of the prophetic calling of Joseph Smith. He was one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, having been shown the plates by the Prophet Joseph in Palmyra. Hiram attended the foundational meeting of the Church of Christ on April 6, 1830 and five days later was baptized. About five months before the second Hiram Page and his family moved from New York to Ohio, and then from Ohio to Missouri. On Oct. 31, 1833, a mob of approximately 40 anti-Mormon vigilantes beat him so badly that his wife and children, forced at gunpoint to watch the violence, feared that he would die before it ended. ©2024 LDS Living • A Division of Deseret Book Company |ypa| xsg| hli| til| qhn| aab| vtm| sma| cwj| lcg| ghj| arf| gjq| bri| yrn| qsl| ver| bmm| rty| vcx| zdq| wde| ksy| ojy| fqh| ghs| moa| omu| pjm| pfq| gsn| tew| pod| khp| wya| tey| iuz| ppd| rcd| pru| qmu| mne| hxj| asy| ezd| edx| jkn| awf| kxq| qnv|