20 Facts About Erastus Snow

Erastus Snow was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1849 until his death.

Erastus Snow was baptized a member of the LDS Church when he was 14 years old, on February 3,1833, in Charleston, Vermont.

Erastus Snow moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where the church was headquartered.

In Kirtland, Erastus Snow was ordained a member of the Seventy in 1836 and witnessed the dedication of the Kirtland Temple in 1837.

Erastus Snow spent much of his time on missions, primarily in Pennsylvania.

Erastus Snow 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.

Erastus Snow was appointed a member of the high council of the church.

In 1845, Erastus Snow received his endowment in the Nauvoo Temple.

Erastus Snow was in the first Mormon pioneer company to journey to the Salt Lake Valley.

In October 1848, Erastus Snow began serving in the presidency of the Salt Lake Stake.

On February 12,1849, Erastus Snow was ordained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Erastus Snow served in this capacity until his death in 1888.

At the October 1849 general conference, Erastus Snow was assigned to lead a mission to Scandinavia.

Erastus Snow had as a companion a Danish convert, Peter O Hansen, who had joined the church in Boston.

In 1853, Erastus Snow was elected to the House of Representatives in the Utah territorial legislature.

Later in the 1850s, Erastus Snow served as the presiding church authority in the midwestern United States, using St Louis, Missouri as his headquarters.

Erastus Snow returned to the Utah Territory in 1857 and engaged in farming.

In 1860, Erastus Snow went with Orson Pratt on a mission to the Eastern states.

Erastus Snow had four wives, 23 sons, and 13 daughters.

Erastus Snow died on May 27,1888, in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, at age 69.