Oliver Cowdery
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Oliver Cowdery was an early Latter-day Saint leader and scribe to Joseph Smith who served as one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oliver Cowdery canonical | 11 |
| Oliver Cowdery (as First Counselor in the First Presidency) | 1 |
| Oliver H. P. Cowdery | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10111311 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oliver Cowdery Context triple: [Testimony of Three Witnesses, hasWitness, Oliver Cowdery]
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A.
Parley P. Pratt
Parley P. Pratt was a prominent early leader and missionary in the Latter-day Saint movement, known as one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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B.
Orson Pratt
Orson Pratt was a prominent early Latter-day Saint apostle, theologian, and missionary known for his influential role in the development and westward expansion of the Mormon movement.
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C.
Hyrum Smith
Hyrum Smith was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement, serving as Assistant President of the Church and a close supporter of his brother Joseph Smith before being killed alongside him in 1844.
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D.
Willard Richards
Willard Richards was a prominent early leader and historian in the Latter-day Saint movement, serving as an apostle and close associate of Joseph Smith.
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E.
Sidney Rigdon
Sidney Rigdon was an early 19th-century American Restorationist preacher and prominent leader in the Latter Day Saint movement who served as a close associate of Joseph Smith.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oliver Cowdery Target entity description: Oliver Cowdery was an early Latter-day Saint leader and scribe to Joseph Smith who served as one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon.
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A.
Parley P. Pratt
Parley P. Pratt was a prominent early leader and missionary in the Latter-day Saint movement, known as one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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B.
Orson Pratt
Orson Pratt was a prominent early Latter-day Saint apostle, theologian, and missionary known for his influential role in the development and westward expansion of the Mormon movement.
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C.
Hyrum Smith
Hyrum Smith was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement, serving as Assistant President of the Church and a close supporter of his brother Joseph Smith before being killed alongside him in 1844.
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D.
Willard Richards
Willard Richards was a prominent early leader and historian in the Latter-day Saint movement, serving as an apostle and close associate of Joseph Smith.
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E.
Sidney Rigdon
Sidney Rigdon was an early 19th-century American Restorationist preacher and prominent leader in the Latter Day Saint movement who served as a close associate of Joseph Smith.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early Latter-day Saint leader
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person ⓘ religious leader ⓘ scribe ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kirtland, Ohio
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Missouri ⓘ Whitmer family ⓘ |
| baptized | Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| baptizedBy | Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1806-10-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Wells, Vermont, United States
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linked to:
Wells, Vermont
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| burialPlace | Richmond Pioneer Cemetery, Richmond, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| coFounded |
Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
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linked to:
Church of the Latter Day Saints
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| convertedBy | Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1850-03-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Richmond, Missouri, United States
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linked to:
Richmond, Missouri
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| education | largely self-educated ⓘ |
| excommunicatedFrom |
Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
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linked to:
Church of the Latter Day Saints
|
| familyName | Cowdery ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Peter Whitmer Sr. ⓘ |
| fullName |
Oliver H. P. Cowdery
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linked to:
Oliver Cowdery
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| givenName | Oliver ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon
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early leadership in the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) ⓘ serving as scribe to Joseph Smith during the translation of the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
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linked to:
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Quorum of the Three Witnesses ⓘ Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| met | Joseph Smith in 1829 ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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religious leader ⓘ schoolteacher ⓘ scribe ⓘ |
| participatedIn | restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood according to Latter-day Saint belief ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Assistant President of the Church
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Second Elder of the Church ⓘ apostle in the early Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ |
| priorOccupation | schoolteacher in New York ⓘ |
| rejoined |
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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linked to:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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| religion |
Latter Day Saint movement
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linked to:
Latter-day Saint movement churches
|
| religiousMovement |
Latter Day Saint movement
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linked to:
Latter Day Saint
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| role | primary scribe for much of the Book of Mormon translation ⓘ |
| signed |
Testimony of the Three Witnesses
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linked to:
Testimony of Three Witnesses
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| spouse |
Elizabeth Ann Whitmer
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linked to:
Catherine Whitmer
|
| witnessed | gold plates of the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| workedWith | Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| yearOfExcommunication | 1838 ⓘ |
| yearOfRejoining | 1848 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oliver Cowdery Description of subject: Oliver Cowdery was an early Latter-day Saint leader and scribe to Joseph Smith who served as one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Heber C. Kimball
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precededByInOffice
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Oliver Cowdery (as First Counselor in the First Presidency)
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linked to: Oliver Cowdery
linked to: Oliver Cowdery