Peter Whitmer, Jr. (1809–1836) was the sixth child and fifth son of Peter Whitmer, Sr. and Mary Musselman. He is primarily remembered as one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon's Golden Plates. Whitmer subsequently moved to Jackson County, Missouri, where he married Vashti Higley on October 14, 1832, with whom he had three children. By 1835, Whitmer and his family had relocated to Far West, Missouri, where he sat on the "High Council." He died of tuberculosis on September 22, 1836 in Liberty, Missouri. es:Peter Whitmer Jr.