Snow, William, 1806-1879
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1806 - 1879
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
William Snow autobiography
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 60
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiographical materials. Snow writes about his early life in Vermont, conversion to the Mormon Church, and missionary work. Some genealogy and patriarchal blessings are included. Snow made the overland journey by ox team from Council Bluffs, Iowa to Salt Lake City in 1850. He writes of numerous deaths from cholera, problems with company discipline, and travelling conditions.
Dates:
1850
William Snow biography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315555]
Identifier: MSS SC 1781
Scope and Contents
One typewritten booklet. It contains a brief history of William Snow who lived for the first part of his life in Vermont. He later converted to the Mormon faith and became an early pioneer in Utah.
Dates:
1977-1980
William Snow diary and biographies
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306182]
Identifier: MSS SC 857
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopies both of typescripts of excerpts from the diary of William Snow and of typescripts of two biographies of the same man. The authors of the biographies are unknown.William Snow was a captain of a wagon train en route to Utah, was sent to colonize in St. George, Utah with his families, became the bishop of the Pine Valley Ward and later, the patriarch of the St. George Stake of the Mormon Church. He was also a judge in St. George, Utah. The...
Dates:
1832-1850
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- Latter Day Saint pioneers -- History 1
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