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Erastus was born 9 November 1818 in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont and married first 13 December 1838 in Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, Artimesia BEEMAN/BEAMAN, the daughter of Alva/Alvah BEEMAN/BEAMAN and Sally BURTTS. She was born 3 March 1919 in Livonia, Livingston, New York and died 21 December 1882 in St. George, Washington, Utah.
He married second 2 April 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, Minerva WHITE, the daughter of Alden WHITE and Achsah WHNG. She was born 22 March 1822 in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts and died 1 April 1896 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah.
He married third 30 January 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. Louisa Acshsah WHITE the daughter of Alden WHITE and Acshsah WING, She was born 14 May 1818 Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts and died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
He married fourth 19 December 1847 in Winter Quarters, Florence, Nebraska. Elizabeth Rebecca ASHBY, the daughter of Nathaniel ASHBY and Susan HAMMOND. She was born 17 May 1831 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts and died 12 June 1915 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
He married fifth 14 November 1850 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, Susannah OLMSTEAD She was born and died 8 March 1880 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
He married sixth 11 April 1856 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Julia Josephine SPENCER, the daughter of Mathias Freeman SPENCER and Amelia BROWN. She was born 9 April 1837 in New York, New York, New York and died 31 October 1909 in St. George, Washington, Utah.
He married seventh 14 April 1866 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Mary Jane FARLEY She was born 26 April 1812 Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire and died.
He married eighth 15 October 1867 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Ann McMENEMY the daughter of John McMENEMY and Elizabeth CATHERS. She was born 11 February 1799 in Ststle, Cecil, Maryland and died 2 June 1882 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
He married nineth 9 May 1870 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Ann HANSEN.
He married tenth 28 March 1877, in St. George, Washington, Utah, Margaret EARL.
He married elevnth 18 June 1880 in St. George, Washington, Utah, Rebecca Abigail FARLEY. She was born 28 March 1828 in Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire and died.
He married twelth 1 Feb 1882 in Frances (Fanny) PORTER, the daughter of James PORTER and Hannah PEACOCK. She was born 17 June 1814 in Hull, Yorkshire, England and 13 May 1887 in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah.
He married thirteenth 16 November 1882 in St. George, Washington, Utah, Martha Matilda WELLS the daughter of George WELLS and Susanna HOLMES. She was born 13 February 1813 in West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania and died 10 October 1892 in Springville, Utah, Utah.
He married fourteenth 16 July 1884 in Logan, Cache, Utah, Inger NIELSEN the daughter of Niels JACOBSEN and _____ _______. She was born 29 April 1827 in Veddelov, Himmelev, Copenhagen, Denmark and died 13 April 1909, Elwood, Box Elder, Utah.
He married fifteenth after 1870. Anna BECKSTROM. She was born 1 April 1825 in Dalby, Malmohus Lan. Sweden and died 12 October 1911 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Erastus died 27 MaY 1888 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Erastus Fairbanks Snow (November 9, 1818 – May 27, 1888), born in St. Johnsbury Vermont, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1849 to 1888. Snow was also a leading figure in Mormon colonization of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Snow Canyon State Park (near St. George, Utah), Snow College (in Ephraim, Utah along with Lorenzo Snow) and the town of Snowflake, Arizona (along with William J. Flake) are named after Erastus Snow.
Snow joined the church in Vermont in the early 1830s. One of the missionaries who taught him the restored gospel was Orson Pratt. His brother, Zerubbabel Snow joined the church before he did.
He moved to Kirtland, Ohio but spent most of the time the church was in Kirtland on missions, primarily in Pennsylvania. He latter 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.[3] His success here was viewed as a fulfillment of the Lord's statement in Doctrine and Covenants Section 111 that he had treasure in Salem.
Erastus Snow was in the first Mormon pioneer company to cross the plains. He was one of the first two Mormons to enter the Salt Lake Valley, the other being Orson Pratt.[4] Snow was ordained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve on February 12, 1849. This was the same day Charles C. Rich , Lorenzo Snow and Franklin D. Richards were ordained.
In October 1849 general conference, Snow was called 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 on Denmark, but another convert had joined them, John E. Forsgren, who preached the gospel in Sweden.[5][6] While serving as a missionary in Denmark, Snow baptized the first Icelanders to join the church, ordained them to the priesthood, and sent them back to Iceland to preach the gospel.[7] Before the end of his mission Snow began the publication of a church periodical in Danish.
Latter in the 1850s Snow served as the presiding church authority in the mid-west United States, using St. Louis as his base. He returned to Utah 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 get many church members who had stayed in the east as well as many recent converts to move to Utah.
Much of this migration happened in 1861 after the American Civil War had begun. After returning to Utah in 1861 Snow was made the apostle in charge of the Southern Utah Settlements.
Snow was the brother of Early Utah Judge Zerubbabel Snow. Erastus Snow's daughter Elizabeth was the wife of Anthony W. Ivins and the mother of Antoine R. Ivins.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Larson, Karl Andrew. Erastus Snow: The Life of a Missionary and Pioneer for the Early
Mormon Church. (University of Utah Press:Salt Lake City, 1971) p. 80.
4. Allen, James B. and Glen M. Leonard. The Story of the Latter-day Saints 2nd Edition.
p. 256-257.
5. Deseret Morning News Church Almanac, p. 319
6. Mulder, William. "Homeward to Zion" (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1957)
7. Larson, Karl Andrew. Erastus Snow: The Life of a Missionary and Pioneer for the Early
Mormon Church. (University of Utah Press:Salt Lake City, 1971) p. 225.
CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Artimesia BEEMAN/BEAMAN:
1. 1. SARAH LUCINA b: 21 Jan 1841; Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania.
md: 28 Mar 1858; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
George Washington THURSTON
d: 11 Apr 1928; , , .
2. 2. JAMES b: 28 Apr 1842; , , .
3. 3. CHARLES HENRY b: 24 Mar 1844; Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois.
6. 6. MAHONRI MORIANCUMR b: 4 Jan 1847; Winter Quarters, Omaha, Nebraska.
8. 5. ARTIMESIA b: 8 Feb 1849; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
9. 6. ERASTUS b: 10 May 1853; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
12. 7. FRANKLIN RICHARDS b: 21 Sep 1854; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
15. 8. MARY LOUISA b: 29 Jul 1856; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
16. 9. MORONI b: 13 May 1858; Provo, Utah, Utah.
20. 10. ORSON b: 28 Mar 1860; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
21. 21. GEORGE ALBERT b: 31 Oct 1861; St. George, Washington, Utah.
CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Minerva WHITE:
4. 1. NEPHI b: 15 Jun 1945; Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. 5. 2. MARY MINERVA b: 1 Oct 1846; Winter Quarters, Nebraska. 7. 3. ERASTUS WHITE b: 27 Jan 1849; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. 10. 4. WILLARD b: 16 Nov 1853; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. 14. 5. SUSAN b: 9 Jul 1856; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. 17. 6. LEVI MASON b: 10 Mar 1859; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. 19. 7. HYRUM SMITH b: 25 Jan 1860; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. 23. 8. LOUISE WHITE b: 6 Jul 1863; St. George, Washington, Utah. 27. 9. ALDEN b: 26 May 1866; St. George, Washington, Utah.
CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Louisa Achsah WHITE:
0. NONE KNOWN b: ; . . ,
CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Elizabeth Rebbeca ASHBY:
11. 1. ELIZABETH ASHBY b: 24 Mar 1854; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. 13. 2. FLORENCE b: 16 Jun 1856; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. 18, 3. JOSEPHINE b: 19 Jul 1859; Salt Lake City; Salt Lake, Utah. 22. 4. GEORGINA SNOW b: 23 Jun 1862; St. George, Washington, Utah. 24. 5. BRYANT b: 3 Apr 1864; St. George, Washington, Utah. 26. 6. MARTHA ELLEN b: 28 Sep 1865; St. George, Washington, Utah. 29. 7. ASHBY b: 19 Sep 1867; St. George, Washington, Utah. 30. 8, ARTHUR EUGENE b: 13 Feb 1870; St. George, Washington, Utah. 32. 9. HERBERT HAMMOND b: 19 Jun 1872; St. George, Washington, Utah. 34. 10. CLERANCE b: 31 Oct 1874; St. George, Washington, Utah.
CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Elizabeth OLMSTEAD:
0. NONE KNOWN b: ; . . ,
CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Julia Josephine SPENCER:
25. 1. EDWARD HUNTER b: 23 Jun 1865; St. George, Washington, Utah. 28. 2. WILLIAM SPENCER b: 21 Jul 1967; St. George, Washington, Utah. 31. 3. AMELIA b: 15 Jan 1871; St. George, Washington, Utah. 33. 4. JOSEPH SMITH b: 11 Feb 1873; St. George, Washington, Utah. 35. 5. MARY BROWN b: 8 Oct 1875; St. George, Washington, Utah. 36. 6. MAUDE ROSEMOND b: 14 Mar 1879; St. George, Washington, Utah.
CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Mary Jane FARLEY:
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CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Ann MC MENEMY:
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CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Ann HANSEN:
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CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Margaret EARL:
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CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Rebecca Abigail FARLEY:
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CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Frances "Fanny" PORTER:
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CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Martha Matilda WELLS:
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CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Inger NIELSEN:
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CHILDREN of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Anna BECKSTROM:
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