Mahonri Moriancumer Cahoon

This grave belongs to a man whose name came out of scripture, by way of a revelation. When Reynolds Cahoon brought his newborn son to Joseph Smith for a blessing in Kirtland, Ohio, in 1834, he asked the prophet to give the child a name. Smith named him Mahonri Moriancumer — and explained that this was the name of the brother of Jared, a figure the Book of Mormon's book of Ether never actually names. The child carried it for life. The moment is the traditional source for the otherwise-unrecorded name of that ancient prophet.

What the plaque says

Mahonri Moriancumer Cahoon July 26, 1834 - Jan. 24, 1888 Kirtland Ohio 1834 Reynolds Cahoon requested that Joseph Smith give his newborn son a name and a blessing. The Prophet named Reynolds son Mohonri Moriancumer Cahoon, explaining that though not mentioned, Mohonri Morancumer was the name of the brother of Jared, of the book of Ether, in The Book of Mormon. This marker was donated by the Pioneer Heritage Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers and the Huettlinger Family

Where it stands

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