David W. Patten - Conversion

Conversion

In 1830, David W. Patten first heard about the Book of Mormon. He became "greatly agitated in mind and desired to see it." That summer he had the opportunity to read the preface and the Testimony of the Three Witnesses at the beginning of the book. Two years later, Patten learned that his brother John had recently joined the Church of Christ. Excited, David rode three hundred miles to his brother's house in Fairplay, Indiana to investigate the church. On June 15, 1832, he was baptized by his brother.