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Show ' 10BENZ0 SNOW, FIFTH PRESIDENT DF THE MORMON CHURCH, EXPIRES SUDDENLY FROM BRONCHITIS, CAUSED BT A COLD, Death of Venerable President Came as a Great Surprise, as He Attended Conference Sunday Serious Illness Began Wednesday Brief History of His Busy Life. Lorenzo Snow, the venerable head of the Mormon church, died suddenly Thursday afternoon, October 10, at his residence, the Bee Hive House, in Salt Lake. His death was directly due to bronchitis caused by a cold, and was a great surprise to the general public, who were not aware of the illness of the president, serious or otherwise, until he was on the threshold of death. For Borne time the president had been in feeble health, owing to advancing years, and those near him realized his growing feebleness, but they did not realize that the end was so near. They insisted, however, that the best possible possi-ble care of his health be taken, and for this reason he did not apper at the late conference save at the Sunday afternoon after-noon session, when Apostle Clawson was elevated to the first presidency, The exertion caused by this, to him, great effort, had a depressing effect, and Monday he was not so well, but rallied Tuesday and seemed no worse than he had been for some time. The illness which terminated fatally began about a month ago, when President Presi-dent Snow attended a social function where he canght a severe cold. A hacking cough followed the cold, and although everything known to science, coupled with the best of care, was done, no relief was afforded. It was not until Wednesday morning that anything like a serious derangement derange-ment was even suspected by those around him, when he was attacked by vomiting spells, which kept up almost Incessantly for some time, and he was was appointed counselor to Parley P. Pratt, president of the British mission. In 1841 he published a pamphlet, "The Only Way to be Saved," which has been translated into German, French and Italian. In 1843 he returned to America at the head of 250 converts on a specially chartered vessel. In 1844 he conducted a vigorous campaign in Ohio for Joseph Smith for President of the United States. In 1845, turning to education, he was placed at the head of the Nauvoo grammar school. He left Nauvoo in the exodus of 1846 for Salt Lake but on account of sickness, did not reach there until 1848. In October, 1849, he was sent on a mission to Italy where he remained for three years and translated the Book of Mormon. Mor-mon. In 1852 he was elected a member mem-ber of the Utah House of Representatives, Representa-tives, in accordance with the law of 1850. He was returned to every session ses-sion until 1882 three times to the House and twenty-three to the council. coun-cil. In 1855, with fifty families, he founded and named Brigham City, which was his home until he became president of the church. In 1864 ha went on a mission to the Sandwich Islands and labored diligently for a time in that part of the Pacific. In 1872 he accompanied George A. Smith and other Utah people on a tour of the countries of Europe and Palestine. In 1877 he was released as president of Boxelder Stake after having presided pre-sided over it since its organization. In 1886 he was convicted of unlawful cohabitation and sentenced to three llf PRESIDENT LORENZO SNOW. Fifth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Born April 3, 1814; Died October 10, 1901. unable to retain any food on his stomach. stom-ach. Even the slightest morsel of food was not retained. This added to bis already weakened condition. When Drs. Wilcox and Richards were summoned Wednesday evening they pronounced his condition as being very serious indeed. It was not until that time that the family fully realized the extreme gravity of the situation Frequent visits were made at intervals during the night. - At 4 o'clock Thursday Thurs-day morning there was a decided change for the worse, and at 9:30 the conditions were a little worse than ever, and the end came at the hour stated. HIS EVENTFUL CAREER. Lorenzo 8now, fifth president of the Mormon church, was born at Mantua, Portage Co., Ohio, April. 3, 1814. . At twenty-one, he entered Oberlin College to secure a classical education. In 1836 he became a convert to Mormonism and was. baptised by Elder John S. Boynton. In 1837 he began the active ministerial . career continued throughout through-out his busy life. In May,. 1840, he took his first mission to Europe and terms of six months each, but later released re-leased on a writ of habeas corpus. On April 6, 1889, he became the President of the quorum of the Twelve Apostles, which position he retained until September Sep-tember 13, 1898, when he became the president of the Church and chose as is counselors George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith. President Snow, during his life, was the husband of nine wives, whom he married in the following order: Charlotte Char-lotte Squires, Mary A. Goddard, Sarah Ann Prichard, Harriet Amelia Squires, Eleanor Houtz, Caroline Horton, Mary Elizabeth Houtz, Phoebe Amelia Woodruff, Minnie Jensen. The three last named survive him. He married Charlotte Squires and Mary A. God-i dard on the same day in the Nauvoo temple under the plural marriage system. sys-tem. He marrid Sarah Ann Prichard and Harriet A. Squires at Nauvoo also, and his fifth wife at Winter Quarters, previous to the march across the plains. ' His first wife died in the early days of the settlement of Salt ' Lake valley. " ' The others have been well known in Utah in the days that have since elapsed. |
