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Broken Headstones - The Whitmer Lot MO606 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
BROKEN HEADSTONES
These headstones, some of which had been covered with earth, were gathered up when the cemetery was landscaped and beautified in 1949-50. All stones which could be identified as to persons and locations were replaced securely in there original positions. The others were placed here for permanent preservations. THE WHITMER LOT
In this section of the cemetery are the graves of Peter Whitmer in whose home, in Fayette, Seneca County, New York, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized, April 6, 1830; his wife, Mary Musselman Whitmer, his son, Jacob Whitmer (one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon), two daughters of Jacob Whitmer and other relatives. They were all residents of Richmond.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah; The City of Richmond, 1949-50.
N. Thornton St. & Crispin St., Pioneer Cemetery, Richmond, Ray County Missouri
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