Virginia M Marian Snow

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• Initiatory (LDS): OAKLA
• FamilySearch ID: KWVG-XTW

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• FamilySearch ID: KW84-5CT
• Initiatory (LDS): 12 Aug 2008, JRIVE

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5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He was an American religious leader who served as the fifth presiden t o f The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1 89 8 until his death. Snow was the last president of the LDS Church in th e 1 9th century and the first in the 20th.

While living in Kirtland in 1837, Snow was called to serve a short missi o n in Ohio, traveling "without purse or scrip." He recorded that relyin g o n the kindness of others for his meals and lodging was difficult fo r him , as he had always had sufficient means to care for himself. When h e retu rned to Kirtland in 1838, Snow found Smith's followers in turmoi l over th e failure of the Kirtland Safety Society. Snow and the member s of his ext ended family chose to move to Missouri in the summer of 183 8 and join th e Latter Day Saints settling near Far West. Snow became ser iously ill wit h a fever, and was nursed for several weeks by his sister , Eliza.

Following his recovery, Snow left for a second mission to Illinois and K e ntucky in the fall of 1838. He served there through February 1839, whe n h e learned that the Latter Day Saints had been expelled from their set tlem ents in Missouri. He traveled home by way of his former mission are a in O hio. He was again taken ill and was cared for by church members. H e remai ned in Ohio, preaching and working with church members until th e fall o f 1839. During the school year of 1839–40, Snow taught in Shaler sville, O hio. He sent money to his family, which had by then settled i n Nauvoo, Il linois; he joined them in May 1840.

Lorenzo Snow at age 38
Shortly after he arrived in Nauvoo, Snow was called to serve as a missio n ary in England. After an unpleasant sea voyage from New York City, Sno w m et with some members of the Quorum of the Twelve who had opened the B riti sh Mission in 1839, including Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and P arle y P. Pratt. Snow worked briefly in the Manchester area, and had succ ess i n Birmingham, where he baptized people in Greet's Green and organiz ed a b ranch in Wolverhampton. Snow was assigned to preside over church m ember s in London. During his administration, church membership in the ci ty inc reased from approximately 100 to 400 members. He was released fro m his mi ssion by Pratt, who by then was president of an expanding Europe an Missio n. Snow arrived home on April 12, 1843, and was accompanied b y a shiploa d of 250 British converts.

After visiting with his family, Snow again secured a teaching position f o r the winter, teaching at Lima, Illinois, thirty miles from Nauvoo. I n la te spring 1844, he returned to Ohio, preaching and baptizing new con vert s and distributing recent church publications to members. He was wor kin g in Cincinnati, Ohio, when he learned of the death of the Smiths. Sn ow c losed his Ohio mission and promptly returned to Nauvoo.

During the period of disorganization and schism that followed Smith's de a th, Snow chose to follow the Quorum of the Twelve, under Young's direct io n. In 1845, Snow was involved in work in the Nauvoo Temple.

Lorenzo married Mary Elizabeth Houtz on 5 Mar 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Mary (daughter of Jacob Houtz and Lydia Mease) was born on 19 May 1840 in Pennsylvania, United States; died on 31 Mar 1906 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States; was buried on 2 Apr 1906 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJ6-QZ1
• Initiatory (LDS): 5 Mar 1856, EHOUS

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• FamilySearch ID: K2W7-LDQ
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Aug 1885, LOGAN

Oliver married Rosetta Lenora Pettibone on 6 May 1800 in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. Rosetta (daughter of Jacob Pettibone and Rosetta Amanda Barber) was born on 22 Oct 1778 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 12 Oct 1846 in Walnut Grove Township, Knox, Illinois, United States; was buried in Snow Family Cemetery, Altona, Knox, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: K2M9-PFV
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 Nov 1880, SGEOR

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• FamilySearch ID: KWV3-B3V
• Initiatory (LDS): 3 Jan 1852, EHOUS

Jacob married Lydia Mease on 27 Mar 1852 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Lydia was born on 25 Apr 1818 in Union, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 16 Jun 1888 in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States; was buried in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWV3-BQV
• Initiatory (LDS): 3 Jan 1852, POFFI

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• FamilySearch ID: LLQ9-DHW
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Aug 1885, LOGAN

Oliver married Rebecca Wadsworth on 4 Jul 1771 in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. Rebecca (daughter of Jonathan Wadsworth and Rebecca Davenport) was born on 12 May 1748 in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 3 Jul 1748 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died on 18 May 1784 in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LKKM-VCB
• Initiatory (LDS): 19 May 2015, PROVO

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• FamilySearch ID: K2SR-SX7
• Initiatory (LDS): 15 Oct 1928

Jacob married Rosetta Amanda Barber on 13 Jan 1778 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Rosetta was born on 15 May 1758 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 18 Apr 1810 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Apr 1810 in Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: K2SR-S67
• Initiatory (LDS): 26 Nov 1880, SGEOR