
Eliza R. Snow Photograph, attributed to Marsena Cannon, circa 1852. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Gender
- Female
- Alternate Names
- Smith, Eliza Roxcy Snow
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
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- 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 , 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, 28 April 1842, as Reported by Eliza R. Snow
- Discourse, 31 March 1842, as Reported by Eliza R. Snow
- 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]
- 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, 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, 31 August 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, 9 June 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 17 March 1842
- Minutes and Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836 [D&C 109]
- Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
- Poem from Eliza R. Snow, 20 August 1842
- Poem from Eliza R. Snow, before 20 August 1842
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 27 July 1842
- The Book of the Law of the Lord