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In 1860, Snow went with Orson Pratt on a mission to the Eastern states. By the time they reached the Eastern United States, [[Abraham Lincoln]] had been elected president. With the impending war, they were able to convince many church members to move to Utah Territory. Much of this migration happened in 1861 after the [[American Civil War]] had begun.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} |
In 1860, Snow went with Orson Pratt on a mission to the Eastern states. By the time they reached the Eastern United States, [[Abraham Lincoln]] had been elected president. With the impending war, they were able to convince many church members to move to Utah Territory. Much of this migration happened in 1861 after the [[American Civil War]] had begun.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} |
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After returning to Utah in 1861, Snow was made the apostle in charge of the southern Utah Mormon settlements. He lived in [[St. George, Utah|St. George]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=All That Was Promised|last=Yorgason|first=Blaine M.|publisher=Deseret Book|year=2013|isbn=9781609073671|location=Salt Lake City|pages=77–96}}</ref> |
After returning to Utah in 1861, Snow was made the apostle in charge of the southern Utah Mormon settlements. He lived in [[St. George, Utah|St. George]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=All That Was Promised|last=Yorgason|first=Blaine M.|publisher=Deseret Book|year=2013|isbn=9781609073671|location=Salt Lake City|pages=77–96}}</ref> |
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==Personal life and death== |
==Personal life and death== |
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| Erastus Snow | |
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| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| February 12, 1849 – May 27, 1888 | |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| February 12, 1849 – May 27, 1888 | |
| Reason | Reorganization of First Presidency; excommunication of Lyman Wight[1] |
| Reorganization at end of term | Marriner W. Merrill, Anthon H. Lund, and Abraham H. Cannon ordained[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Erastus Snow November 9, 1818 St. Johnsbury, Vermont, United States |
| Died | May 27, 1888 (aged 69) Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States |
| Resting place | Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37.92″N 111°51′28.8″W / 40.7772000°N 111.858000°W |
| Spouse(s) | Artemisia Beman (married December 13, 1838) Minerva White (married April 2, 1844) Elizabeth Rebecca Ashby (married December 19, 1847) Julia Josephine Spencer (married 1856) |
| Children | 33[3] |
Erastus Snow (November 9, 1818 – May 27, 1888) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1849 until his death. Snow was also a leading figure in Mormon colonization of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Snow was born on November 9, 1818, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to Levi Snow and Lucina Streeter.[4] He joined the institutional predecessor of the LDS Church, the Church of Christ, in the early 1830s. One of the missionaries who taught him was Orson Pratt. Snow's brothers, William and Zerubbabel Snow, joined the church prior to his joining.[citation needed] He was baptized on February 3, 1833, in Vermont.[4] Snow moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where the church was headquartered, and was able to witness the dedication of the Kirtland Temple.[4] However, he spent much of his time on missions, primarily in Pennsylvania. He later served a mission to Salem, Massachusetts, where he baptized several converts, including Nathaniel Ashby, a man with whom he shared a duplex when they both resided in Nauvoo, Illinois.[5] Snow was ordained a member of the Seventy in 1836.[4]
In April 1839, at the age of 20, Snow successfully petitioned the jailers at Liberty Jail to move Joseph Smith (founder of the Latter Day Saint movement) and the prisoners accompanying him to a different location. He was subsequently appointed a member of the high council of the church. In 1845, Snow received his endowment in the Nauvoo Temple. Over the course of his life, Snow served a total of sixteen missions to New England, St. Louis, Arizona, southern Utah, Denmark, Scandinavia, and Mexico. Writer George M. McCune has said of Snow: "He prevailed in debates over the Book of Mormon and healed and converted many during his life."[4]
Snow was in the first Mormon pioneer company to journey to the Salt Lake Valley. He and Orson Pratt were the first two Mormons to enter the Valley,[6] completing the journey on July 21, 1847. In October 1848, Snow began serving in the presidency of the Salt Lake Stake.[4]
On February 12, 1849, Snow was ordained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.[4] On the same day, Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow,[7] and Franklin D. Richards were ordained.[citation needed] Snow served in this capacity until his death in 1888.[4]
At the October 1849 general conference, Snow was assigned to lead a mission to Scandinavia. He had as a companion a Danish convert, Peter O. Hansen, who had joined the church in Boston. They focused most of their efforts in Denmark, but another convert had joined them, John E. Forsgren, who preached in Sweden.[8][9]
While serving as a missionary in Denmark, Snow baptized the first Icelanders to join the church, ordained them to the priesthood, and sent them to Iceland to preach.[10] Before the end of his mission, Snow began the publication of a church periodical in Danish.[citation needed]
Later in the 1850s, Snow served as the presiding church authority in the midwestern United States, using St. Louis, Missouri as his headquarters.[citation needed] While in Missouri, Snow edited the periodical St. Louis Luminary.[4] He returned to the Utah Territory in 1857 and engaged in farming.
In 1860, Snow went with Orson Pratt on a mission to the Eastern states. By the time they reached the Eastern United States, Abraham Lincoln had been elected president. With the impending war, they were able to convince many church members to move to Utah Territory. Much of this migration happened in 1861 after the American Civil War had begun.[citation needed]
After returning to Utah in 1861, Snow was made the apostle in charge of the southern Utah Mormon settlements. He lived in St. George.[11]
Personal life and death
Erastus Snow had four wives, 23 sons, and 13 daughters.[4] One of Snow's daughters, Elizabeth, became the wife of Anthony W. Ivins and the mother of Antoine R. Ivins.[citation needed]
Snow died on May 27, 1888, in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, at age 69.[4]
Legacy
See also
References
- ^ Snow, Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, and Franklin D. Richards were ordained on the same day to fill four vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
- ^ Three apostles were ordained to fill three vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve which were occasioned by the deaths of Snow and John Taylor and the reorganization of the First Presidency under Wilford Woodruff.
- ^ Erastus Snow on WikiTree.com
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k McCune, George M. (1991). Personalities in the Doctrine and Covenants and Joseph Smith–History. Salt Lake City, Utah: Hawkes Publishing, Inc. p. 133. ISBN 0890365180. OCLC 25553656.
- ^ Larson, Karl Andrew. Erastus Snow: The Life of a Missionary and Pioneer for the Early Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1971) p. 80.
- ^ Allen, James B. and Glen M. Leonard. The Story of the Latter-day Saints (2d ed.) pp. 256-57.
- ^ Erastus Snow and Lorenzo Snow were only distantly related and did not know one another until they both became Latter Day Saints.
- ^ Deseret Morning News Church Almanac, p. 319.[full citation needed]
- ^ Mulder, William, Homeward to Zion (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1957).
- ^ Larson, Karl Andrew, Erastus Snow: The Life of a Missionary and Pioneer for the Early Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1971) p. 225.
- ^ Yorgason, Blaine M. (2013). All That Was Promised. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. pp. 77–96. ISBN 9781609073671.
- ^ Snow College is also named after Lorenzo Snow.
- ^ Snowflake is also named after William J. Flake.
External links
- "Snow, Erastus" in the Utah History Encyclopedia
- Erastus Fairbanks Snow papers, L. Tom Perry Special Collections
- Erastus Fairbanks Snow agreements, L. Tom Perry Special Collections
- History of Erastus Snow, L. Tom Perry Special Collections
- Printer's galley proofs of "Erastus Snow," L. Tom Perry Special Collections
- Photographs of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles under President John Taylor, L. Tom Perry Special Collections
- Erastus Fairbanks and Artemisia Beman Snow family temple records, L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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