| Show SKETCH OF THE LATE G SNOW I 1 send herewith a short account of the life of my late father gardner snow he was born in chesterfield cheshire ch ire County State of new hampshire on february married in the year 1814 and in 1818 removed to st bt johnsbury caledonia county state of vermont in june 1833 he was baptized confirmed and ordained a priest in the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in the winter of 1834 he be was appointed to bopre pre side over a branch of the church in st johnsbury in 1836 1886 he be removed with his family to kirtland ohio and in the winter of 1837 was ordained into the quorum of seventies lu in 1838 he moved to adam adain ondi in the winter of the following year proceeded with the saints to illinois in order to escape the wrath of an angry mob on october 1840 the deceased was ordained a bishop at the hands of hyrum smith in the fall of 1845 he and others were again driven by mob violence into nauvoo enduring great hardships in thes the ang of 1846 he left nauvoo with a all the saints sainte and moved to council bluffs the year 1850 found him located in the valleys of the rocky bocky mountains and he arrived in manti city on november ath of the same year when sanpete county was organized he was chosen as a county commissioner and served in that capacity until elected probate judge on the ath of july 1874 he was ordained a patriarch by the late brigham young which office he held until his decease which occurred on november 17 1889 be behaving havila attained the age of 96 years 9 months and 2 days he died as he had lived a faithful latter day saint he leaves a wide etra e of rela relatives tivee and friends to mourn his bis loss WARREN WARREM S SNOW MANTI CITY nov 21 1889 |
