In the first link look at how the manual describes Christian Whitmer and Peter Whitmer, Jr--"always faithful to the church." My devious mind tells me this is done to say, "see, all of the Whitmer's didn't leave the church like the anti-Mormons say they did." Now, look at the death dates. Both died before the Kirtland apostasy (one in 1835 and the other in 1836). I suspect if they would have been alive they would have walked like the rest of the family.