Warren A. Cowdery

Warren A. Cowdery (October 17, 1788 – February 23, 1851) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an editor of Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate, an early Latter Day Saint periodical. He was the eldest brother of Oliver Cowdery, who with Joseph Smith was the primary initiator of the Latter Day Saint movement.

Cowdery was born in Poultney, Vermont. By 1812 Cowdery was studying to become a physician in Rutland County, Vermont. On September 22, 1814 he married Patience Simonds and in 1816 the couple moved to Freedom, New York.

In 1818 Cowdery became a commissioner of Ontario County, New York, and by 1820 he had moved to Le Roy, New York.

In 1833, largely as a result of his brother Oliver's influence, Warren Cowdery became a member of the Church of Christ. On November 25, 1834, Joseph Smith received a revelation that specified that Warren Cowdery should be appointed the presiding high priest of the church for Freedom and the surrounding areas.

In 1835, Cowdery reported to church headquarters in Kirtland, Ohio that the members of the Quorum of the Twelve had been neglecting their fund-raising activities for the Kirtland Temple while serving as church missionaries. The leadership of the church believed Cowdery's report and issued a letter chastising the Twelve. In January 1836, the members of the Twelve rejected Cowdery's accusation and accused him of using language that is "unchristian and unbecoming any man". After Cowdery moved to Kirtland in February 1836, he had an apology to the Twelve published in the church periodical Messenger and Advocate, stating that he "most deeply regrets" his comments which were made mistakenly but "innocently".

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