| Ziba Peterson (18??–1896) |
| Born | Ziba Peterson, birth date unknown. | Also known as Richard Ziba Peterson. | ||
| Died | Between January and June 1849 in Placerville, Eldorado county, California. | |||
| Baptized | April 18, 1830 by Oliver Cowdery. | |||
| Ordinations | Elder, before June 9, 1830. | Listed as an elder in the Conference of June 9, 1830. | ||
| Reordained elder October 2, 1832 by Lyman Wight. | Far West Record, 56. | |||
| Missions | Appointed to accompany Oliver Cowdery, Peter Whitmer, Jr., and Parley P. Pratt on the Lamanite Mission to Missouri about October 17, 1830. Arrived in Kirtland October 29, baptized several. | D&C 31; Joseph Smith Revelations, 92n91. | ||
| Arrived in Independence, Missouri, December 13, 1830, and immediately found employment. | Joseph Smith Revelations, 92n91 dates their arrival in January 1831. | |||
| Accompanied Peter Whitmer to preach to Indians across Missouri River, April 8, 1831. | ||||
| Accompanied Oliver Cowdery to preach to residents of Lafayette county, Missouri, April 1831. | ||||
| Events | Chastened August 1, 1831. "Let that which has been bestowed upon Ziba Peterson be taken from him; and let him stand as a member in the church, and labor with his own hands, with the brethren until he is sufficiently chastened for all his sins; for he confesseth them not, and he thinketh to hide them." | ¶
Ezra Booth Letters (7) D&C 58:60 |
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| Confession accepted by the church, August 4, 1831, but apparently his elder's license was withdrawn. | ¶ Conference of August 4, 1831 | |||
| Reordained an elder, October 2, 1832 by Lyman Wight. | ¶ Conferences and Councils | |||
| "[Delivered over to buffetings of Satan, in the name of the Lord, that he may learn not to transgress the commandments of God" by June 25, 1833. |
History of the Church, 1:367. |
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| Left Lafayette county, Missouri, for California, May 3, 1848. | ||||
| Arrived in the mining town later known as Hangtown, November 1848. | ||||
| Sheriff of Hangtown (later known as Placerville), 1848–1849. | ||||
| Family | Rebecca Hooper (b. 1809 in Indiana; d. April 2, 1896 in Yountville, Napa county, California) md. August 11, 1831. | |||
| Emily (Children all born in Missouri.) | ||||
| Charles | ||||
| Cynthia | ||||
| Cornelius | ||||
| Mary | ||||
| Thomas | ||||
| A. S. (female) | ||||
| George Washington | ||||
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