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Snow, Oliver
Biography
18 Sept. 1775–17 Oct. 1845. Farmer, teacher. Born in Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Oliver Snow and Rebecca Wadsworth. Intention to marry Rosetta Leonora Pettibone in Congregational church dated 6 May 1800, in Becket. Resided in Tyringham, Berkshire Co., 1805. Moved to Mantua, Trumbull Co., Ohio, 1805. Baptized into Baptist church, 1809; later affiliated with Campbellite movement, ca. 1828. Portage Co. commissioner, 1809–1815. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, before 20 June 1836. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1837. Ordained an elder, before 24 Sept. 1837. Joseph Smith Sr. hid in Snow's home, 1837. Moved to Adam-ondi-Ahman, Daviess Co., Missouri, 1838; to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1839; to La Harpe, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1840; to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., 1841; and to Walnut Grove Township, Knox Co., Illinois, 1842. Died in Walnut Grove Township.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Accounts Payable, 1 February–19 April 1838
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Olney
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Letter from Robert D. and Sarah Phinney Foster, circa 16 August 1842
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Receipt from Oliver Snow, 24 November 1841
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- Gender
- Male