Ziba Peterson

(ca. 1810–49)

Ziba Peterson was born in New York. In 1830 he was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In June of that year, he was ordained an elder, and after being called by revelation (Doctrine and Covenants 32:3), he served a mission to Ohio and Missouri in 1830–1831. While living in Jackson County, Missouri, in August 1831, he was stripped of his priesthood office (Doctrine and Covenants 58:60). That same month, he married Rebecca Hopper. He was reordained an elder by Lyman Wight in October 1832 but was excommunicated in June 1833.

References in the Doctrine and Covenants

Doctrine and Covenants 32, 58

Additional Information

Biographical facts and sources, The Joseph Smith Papers

Saints, vol. 1, The Standard of Truth

Revelations In Context

• A Mission to the Lamanites