Show I 1 DAVID A tele telegram gratin contains the I 1 afo I 1 talt david one of the three witnesses to tile dilill divinity itY of the 4 book of mormon lies U tile the point of death it at the family homestead beside I 1 iris iii deathbed ire arc gather gastl acred edbis his 14 children reit I 1 grand 0 grand I 1 jb children childr ildren cn and ami the devoted wife who f I 1 has been by his side as a companion I 1 for more than ihan fifty years I 1 I 1 I 1 david whitmer was born pennsylvania penni I 1 syl vanta in 1802 paid and for fora al gili I 1 I 1 of years lie lived in fit yew new york 1 ork state I 1 I 1 it was in ill this at state ito 11 that at he took tile the I 1 glorious part which ho lid did in the I 1 I 1 I 1 early rise of fit alic church I 1 Whit irger was remarkably blessed of I 1 tho tire lord lit in those early days lie ile L I 1 was one of the three who heard hoferd tile I 1 VO a cc 0 of f an ano angel of find and who was made I 1 H k special witness to the divinity of I 1 the book of mornion ile has lia in iris his t I 1 possession the original manuscript of that book which lie lias isis guart guarded led I 1 I 1 with great rare care mr lias has I 1 over vcr borne bonic tt faithful testimony to I 1 J tile truth ruth of ills his 1 concertin con concerning cernin 0 I 1 I 1 tile plates and tile the cornin forth of I 1 I 1 tut wonderful book the look of mormon 0 mr biter ank with the I 1 I 1 ill a number of yeara carsi and moved I 1 ith I 1 I 1 it to Aliso missouri gouri since tho death 10 of tile the iro prophet phet lie lias has taken it a peculiar I 1 stand and in regard to mormonism and line has hot been associated actively with the ali church to which in ill earlier years I 1 lie go gave aso q alle allegiance 0 ri nice lie el claims aims a noti non belief in ili ertain principles rc revealed I 1 through joseph smith the I 1 prophet I 1 during the years that ho he has re tided aided in richmond missouri david I 1 whitmer lifts has occupied la a number of positions poti lions of honor in tile city which i boere ft ere bestowed upon il ham in by iris his acl low loor mr air whitmer was a 1 man mail who tas as I 1 admired by those a nho ito knew hini him and possessed intellectual abilities libido attention ilis life has been a one and lie he mill I 1 ever holzl holdst it warm place in the hearts of this people because of tile part lie 1 il c tell lit in the beginning 0 of tile great s 1 lift latr e r day dai work N cork |