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Lorenzo Snow
5th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
September 13, 1898 (1898-09-13) – October 10, 1901 (1901-10-10)
Predecessor
Wilford Woodruff
Successor
Joseph F. Smith
President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 7, 1889 (1889-04-07) – September 13, 1898 (1898-09-13)
Predecessor
Wilford Woodruff
Successor
Franklin D. Richards
End reason
Became President of the Church
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
August 29, 1877 (1877-08-29) – September 13, 1898 (1898-09-13)
End reason
Became President of the Church
Assistant Counselor in the First Presidency
May 9, 1874 (1874-05-09) – August 29, 1877 (1877-08-29)
Called by
Brigham Young
End reason
Dissolution of First Presidency upon death of Brigham Young
Counselor in the First Presidency
June 8, 1873 (1873-06-08) – May 9, 1874 (1874-05-09)
Called by
Brigham Young
End reason
Called as Assistant Counselor in the First Presidency
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
February 12, 1849 (1849-02-12) – June 8, 1873 (1873-06-08)
Called by
Brigham Young
End reason
Called as Counselor in the First Presidency
LDS Church Apostle
February 12, 1849 (1849-02-12) – October 10, 1901 (1901-10-10)
Called by
Brigham Young
Reason
Reorganization of First Presidency; excommunication of Lyman Wight[1]
Reorganization at end of term
Hyrum M. Smith ordained
Personal details
Born
(1814-04-03)April 3, 1814 Mantua, Ohio, United States
Died
October 10, 1901(1901-10-10) (aged 87) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Resting place
Brigham City Cemetery 41°30′10″N112°00′28″W / 41.5028°N 112.0078°W / 41.5028; -112.0078 (Brigham City Cemetery)
Spouse(s)
Charlotte Squires
(m. 1844; died 1850)
Mary Adaline Goddard
(m. 1845; died 1898)
Sarah Ann Prichard
(m. 1845; died 1900)
Harriet Amelia Squires
(m. 1846; died 1890)
Eleanor Houtz
(m. 1848; died 1896)
Caroline Horton
(m. 1853; died 1857)
Mary Elizabeth Houtz
(m. 1857)
Phoebe Amelia Woodruff
(m. 1859)
Sarah Minnie Ephramina Jensen
(m. 1871)
Children
42
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Lorenzo Snow (April 3, 1814 – October 10, 1901) was an American religious leader who served as the fifth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1898 until his death. Snow was the last president of the LDS Church in the 19th century and the first in the 20th.
^Snow, Charles C. Rich, Erastus Snow, and Franklin D. Richards were ordained on the same day to fill four vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
LorenzoSnow (April 3, 1814 – October 10, 1901) was an American religious leader who served as the fifth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Apostles. On the same day, Charles C. Rich, LorenzoSnow, and Franklin D. Richards were ordained.[citation needed] Snow served in this capacity until his death...
LorenzoSnow Young (November 16, 1894 – March 26, 1968), nicknamed "Bing", was a 20th-century architect in Utah. Young practiced for 40 years in Salt Lake...
Abraham O. Woodruff. Woodruff's daughter Phebe was sealed as a wife to LorenzoSnow in 1859. During Woodruff's time as president of the LDS Church, his wife...
Sanpete Stake Academy, the school was later renamed Snow Academy to honor LorenzoSnow and Erastus Snow, distant cousins who were leaders in the Church of...
Illinois, bringing the practice westward when the Saints migrated to Utah. LorenzoSnow also went through the degree ceremonies in Nauvoo Lodge; however, he...
Christian deification. A quote often attributed to the early Church leader LorenzoSnow in 1837, is "As man now is, God once was: As God now is, man may be."...
men and women can become like god through salvation and exaltation. LorenzoSnow succinctly summarized this using a couplet, which is often repeated within...
146–52 See, e.g., Discourse delivered by LorenzoSnow at St. George, Utah, on 1899-05-03, published as LorenzoSnow, "Discourse" Archived 2007-10-25 at the...
of eternal progression was succinctly summarized by LDS Church leader LorenzoSnow: "As man now is, God once was: As God now is, man may be." According...
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by introducing said marriage system. In the following quote, apostle LorenzoSnow, who later became president of the LDS Church, refers to "celestial plural...
counselor in the First Presidency under church president LorenzoSnow on October 6, 1901, but Snow died just four days later. In 1904, the town of Kingsville...
of the early presidents of the LDS Church, such as Brigham Young and LorenzoSnow, wore large beards. Since David O. McKay became church president in 1951...
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