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Snow, Eliza Roxcy
Biography
21 Jan. 1804–5 Dec. 1887. Poet, teacher, seamstress, milliner. Born in Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Daughter of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Moved to Mantua, Trumbull Co., Ohio, ca. 1806. Member of Baptist church. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5 Apr. 1835, in Mantua. Donated funds for construction of Kirtland temple. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1837. Moved to Adam-ondi-Ahman, Daviess Co., Missouri, 1838. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839. Served as first secretary of Female Relief Society, beginning 1842, in Nauvoo. Plural wife of JS, sealed on 29 June 1842. Lived with JS and family, Aug. 1842–1843. Acted as scribe for JS’s journal, Sept. 1842. Moved to Yelrome, Hancock Co., July 1843. Married Brigham Young as a plural wife, 3 Oct. 1844, in Nauvoo. Moved to Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), 1846. Migrated to Salt Lake City, 1847. Oversaw reestablishment and operation of ward relief societies, 1868–1880, in Salt Lake City. Served mission to Palestine to witness rededication of land for return of Jews, 1872–1873. Served as general president of Relief Society, 1880–1887. Known as Eliza R. Snow Smith, 1880–1887. Died in Salt Lake City.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Jubilee Songs, between 11 and 18 January 1843
- Times and Seasons, 1 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Times and Seasons , 2 May 1842
- Appendix 5: Willard Richards, Draft Notes of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 1842, 1844, Introduction
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Deed, 27 May 1842 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Discourse, 11 June 1843–A, as Reported by Eliza R. Snow
- Discourse, 11 June 1843–A, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 17 March 1842–A
- Discourse, 17 March 1842–B
- Discourse, 17 March 1842–C
- Discourse, 26 May 1842
- Discourse, 28 April 1842
- Discourse, 29 October 1842
- Discourse, 31 August 1842
- Discourse, 31 March 1842
- Discourse, 9 June 1842
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Invitation to Wilson and Elizabeth Sikes Law, 11 January 1843
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Letter from Aldrich & Chittenden, 28 July 1842
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 5 April 1841
- Letter from Lorenzo Snow, 10 October 1842
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 24 October 1841
- Letter from Thomas Carlin, 27 July 1842
- Letter to Emma Smith and the Relief Society, 31 March 1842
- Letter to Emma Smith, 16 August 1842
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 September 1842
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 16 January 1843
- Letter to Thomas Carlin, 30 July 1842
- Letter to the Church, 7 September 1842 [D&C 128]
- Letter to “All the Saints in Nauvoo,” 1 September 1842 [D&C 127]
- Letter, Emma Smith to Thomas Carlin, 16 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Letter, Thomas Carlin to Emma Smith, 24 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Map of Kirtland City, between circa 6 April and 18 May 1837
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minutes and Discourse, 26 May 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, 28 April 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, 31 August 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, 31 March 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, 9 June 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 17 March 1842
- Minutes and Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836 [D&C 109]
- Minutes, 12 May 1842
- Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
- Poem from Eliza R. Snow, 12 October 1842
- Poem from Eliza R. Snow, 20 August 1842
- Poem from Eliza R. Snow, before 20 August 1842
- Poem to William W. Phelps, between circa 1 and circa 15 February 1843
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 27 July 1842
- The Book of the Law of the Lord
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
Eliza R. Snow Photograph, attributed to Marsena Cannon, circa 1852. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Gender
- Female
- Alternate Names
Smith, Eliza Roxcy Snow