 1814 - 1901
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| Born |
3 Apr 1814 |
Mantua, Portage, OH  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
10 Oct 1901 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT |
| Notes |
- Lorenzo Snow was born 3 April 1814 in Mantua, Portage County, Ohio. He was the son of Oliver Snow and Rosetta L. Pettibone.[1] "Study of Hebrew and theology led to his conversion to the Church in 1836."[2] He was baptized in June 1836.[3]
"He spent the rest of his life in service as a missionary, Apostle, and Church President."[4] He served missions to Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky. He was ordained an Apostle 12 February 1849. As an apostle he served missions to Italy, where he helped translate the Book of Mormon, and Hawaii, where he nearly drowned. He served as a counselor to Brigham Young for several years. He served a mission to Native Americans in the northwestern United States. He became president of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles on 7 April 1889 and president of the Church on 13 September 1898.[5]
He married his first four wives, Charlotte Merril Squires, Mary Adaline Goddard, Sarah Prichard, and Harriet Amelia Squires in 1845. He would later be imprisoned for 11 months for practicing plural marriage.[6] In 1890, he called for the Church to sustain the Manifesto, ending the practice.[7]
As Church President "he helped the Church recover from the challenges of the previous decades. He stabilized Church finances as members increased their tithes and offerings, and he expanded Church missionary efforts. As Church President at the dawning of the twentieth century, he opened a new era in Latter-day Saint history. He died in Salt Lake City on October 10, 1901, at the age of 87.”[8]
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| Person ID |
I40313 |
Moon Anderson Family History & Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2019 |
| Family 2 |
Sara Ann Pritchard, b. 1826, d. 1900 |
| Married |
21 Apr 1845 |
| Children |
| | 1. Eliza Sarah Snow, b. 1847, d. 1937 |
| | 2. Sylvia Snow, b. 1850, d. 1934 |
| | 3. Lorenzo Snow, Jr., b. 1853, d. 1946 |
| | 4. Parintha Snow, b. 1855, d. 1933 |
| | 5. Alviras Erastus Snow, b. 1863, d. 1947 |
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| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2019 |
| Family ID |
F13596 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 3 |
Harriet Amelia Squire, b. 1819, d. 1890 |
| Children |
| | 1. Lucius Aaron Snow, b. 1849, d. 1921 |
| | 2. Abigail Harriet Snow, b. 16 Jul 1849, Mount Pisgah, Pottawattamie, IA , d. 9 May 1914, Brigham City, Box Elder, UT |
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| Last Modified |
4 Mar 2021 |
| Family ID |
F13597 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 5 |
Eleanor Houtz, b. 1831, d. 1896 |
| Married |
1 Jun 1848 |
Winter Quarters, Douglas, NE |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2019 |
| Family ID |
F13599 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 6 |
Caroline Horton, b. 1824, d. 1857 |
| Married |
9 Oct 1853 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2019 |
| Family ID |
F13600 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 7 |
Mary Elizabeth Houtz, b. 1840, d. 1906 |
| Married |
5 Mar 1857 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT |
| Children |
| | 1. Lydia Mary Elizabeth Snow, b. 1860, d. 1898 |
| | 2. Jacob Emmanuel Fitzroy Snow, b. 1862, d. 1862 |
| | 3. Virginia Maria Snow, b. 1864, d. 1951 |
| | 4. Mansfield Lorenzo Snow, b. 1866, d. 1923 |
| | 5. Mortimer Joseph Snow, b. 1868, d. 1935 |
| | 6. Flora Bell Birdie Snow, b. 1871, d. 1950 |
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| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2019 |
| Family ID |
F13601 |
Group Sheet |
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