Hiram Page

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Hiram Page was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement known for his involvement in the use of a seer stone that led to a doctrinal dispute resolved by Joseph Smith.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hiram Page canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early Latter Day Saint ⓘ
person ⓘ
associatedWith Fayette, New York branch of the Church ⓘ
linked to: Fayette, New York

Joseph Smith ⓘ
Missouri Latter Day Saint community ⓘ
Oliver Cowdery ⓘ
Whitmer family ⓘ
Whitmer family farm ⓘ
baptizedBy Oliver Cowdery ⓘ
baptizedInto Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) ⓘ
birthDate 1800-00-00 ⓘ
birthPlace Vermont ⓘ
burialPlace Missouri ⓘ
causeOfDeath accident (wagon accident) ⓘ
claimed revelations through a seer stone ⓘ
deathDate 1852-08-12 ⓘ
deathPlace near Excelsior Springs, Missouri ⓘ
event agreed to cease using the seer stone for Church direction ⓘ
his seer stone revelations were declared not of God by Joseph Smith ⓘ
seer stone was destroyed according to early Latter Day Saint accounts ⓘ
familyConnection brother-in-law of David Whitmer ⓘ
brother-in-law of other Whitmer brothers ⓘ
fullName Hiram Page ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
historicalSignificance his seer stone episode clarified that only the Church president could receive revelations for the whole Church ⓘ
involvedIn doctrinal dispute over authority to receive revelations for the Church ⓘ
knownFor doctrinal dispute over revelations resolved by Joseph Smith ⓘ
involvement in early Latter Day Saint revelations ⓘ
use of a seer stone ⓘ
memberOf early Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) ⓘ
mentionedIn Doctrine and Covenants historical introductions ⓘ
early Latter Day Saint histories ⓘ
missionaryWork participated in early Latter Day Saint missionary efforts ⓘ
movement Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
participatedIn early organization of the Church in New York ⓘ
positionHeld early member of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) ⓘ
religion Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ
residence Fayette, New York ⓘ
revelationsConcerned Zion ⓘ
location of the New Jerusalem ⓘ
order of the Church ⓘ
roleInMovement example in Latter Day Saint history of limits on revelatory authority ⓘ
spouse Catherine Whitmer ⓘ
subjectOf revelation to Joseph Smith recorded in Doctrine and Covenants Section 28 ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
used seer stone ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hiram → hasNotableBearer → Hiram Page ⓘ
Hiram Page → fullName → Hiram Page ⓘ