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Snow, Lorenzo, 1814-1901

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Personal name headingSnow, Lorenzo, 1814-1901
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Associated placeItaly
Hawaiian Islands
Palestine
Pacific Northwest
LocatedKirtland, Ohio
Nauvoo, Ill.
Mt. Pisgah, Iowa
Salt Lake City, Utah
Box Elder County, Utah
Brigham City, Utah
Birth date1814-04-03
Death date1901-10-10
Place of birthMantua, Ohio
Place of deathSalt Lake City, Utah
AffiliationPolysophical Association
Brigham City Mercantile and Manufacturing Association
Utah Legislature
Manti Temple
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Profession or occupationSchoolmaster
Legislator
Church official
Found inHis Juvenile instructor, 1901.
Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1992: page 1647 (Snow, Lorenzo, born April 3, 1914, Mantua, Ohio; died October 10, 1901, Salt Lake City, Utah; educator; Apostle in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, February 12, 1849, President of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, April 7, 1889; President of the Church, September 13, 1898-October 10, 1901) page 1367 (Snow, Lorenzo, fifth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; baptized June 19, 1836 and moved to Kirtland; served various missions; returned to Nauvoo in 1843; left Nauvoo in 1846; on way west stop at Mt. Pisgah, Iowa because of illness; 1848 moved on to Salt Lake City, Utah; mission to Italy in 1849; return to Salt Lake City in 1852, organized the Polysophical Association; Utah Legislature for 29 years; 1853 colonized Box Elder County, Utah; founded Brigham City, Brigham City Mercantile and Manufacturing Association; 1864 mission to the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands; eight years later went to Palestine; 1855 mission among Indians of the Pacific Northwest; dedicated Manti Temple in 1888; president of the Salt Lake Temple in 1893; died in the Beehive House on October 10, 1901; scholar, schoolmaster, missionary, legislator, cooperative leader, financiar, temple worker, and prophet)
Associated languageeng