Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWJX-XWN
• Draft Registration: ml. 1917 og 1918, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
• _MILT: 4 sep. 1917, Utah, USA
• _MILT: 15 mar. 1920, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Marion blev gift med Doris Brown den 23 nov. 1920 i Havre de Grace, Harford, Maryland, USA. Doris (datter af Harrison Bradley Brown og Delphine Wilmarth) blev født den 26 dec. 1890 i Washington, District of Columbia, USA; døde den 7 dec. 1969 i Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA; blev begravet i Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

1. Jodele Tanner blev født den 22 jan. 1924 i New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA; døde den 14 apr. 1947.
2. Eugene Tanner blev født i 1911 i Washington, District of Columbia, USA; døde den 21 jun. 1979 i Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWCJ-6GL

Notater:

Tanner, Joseph Marion, second assistant general superintendent of Latter-day Saint Sunday schools, was born March 26, 1859, in Payson, Utah county, Utah.
He is the second but oldest living son of Myron Tanner and Mary Jane Mount, who when their son was about three years of age moved to Provo, where he received his earliest education in the public schools.
From his fourteenth to his seventeenth year he was an employee of the Provo Woolen Mills. He worked during the day in the factory and attended a night school organized at the Brigham Young Academy, under Dr. Karl G. Maeser. The class originally consisted of some twenty-six factory hands who gradually lost their interest in the studies, and he finally became the only student of the class which continued during the entire school year. It was during these night classes, at which he was the only student, that a sympathetic friendship sprang up between the boy and Dr. Karl G. Maeser-a friendship that became increasingly intimate during Dr. Maeser's life. At the age of seventeen he entered the academy as a regular student and was a member of its first graduating class in the year 1878, thus becoming one of the first teachers who had graduated from the institution. He remained at the academy as a teacher of various subjects, especially of mathematics, from his nineteenth to his twenty-fifth year. In 1879 he was engaged in engineering work in the construction of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, and in 1882 was appointed city surveyor of Provo. In 1884 he left for a mission to Germany. In view of his profession as teacher he traveled extensively in America and Europe on his way to the missionary field, and was finally assigned to the Berlin conference. In the fall of 1885 he was transferred to Turkey for the purpose of opening a mission in the Sultan's dominion. During the spring of 1886 he visited the principal Oriental countries bordering on the Mediterranean, and especially the Holy Land, where an opportunity was discovered to open a mission among the German colonists who were colonizing Palestine under the idea that the chief feature of the gospel in these last days was that of gathering. A number of these Germans subsequently accepted the gospel and emigrated to America. After 3 1/2 years of missionary labor and travel in most of the countries of Europe and in the Holy Land, he returned home, reaching Utah in December, 1887. Owing to the ill health of Dr. Karl G. Maeser at that time, he took the latter's work in the Brigham Young Academy for the remaining part of the year. In the summer of 1888 he was elected president of the Brigham Young College at Logan, and the same year was appointed a member of the Church Board of Examiners, and the Church Board of Education at the same time conferred upon him the doctor's degree. After three years' presidency of the Brigham Young College, he resigned his position to take up a course of study in the East, and passed three years at Harvard University, chiefly in the study of law. On his return from Harvard he entered the practice of law in Salt Lake City, where in 1896 he became the first Supreme Court reporter under the new State government. While occupying that office he edited the first five volumes of the Utah State Reports. He was the same year elected president of the Agricultural College, at Logan, a position which he held for four years. Upon resigning his position as college president in 1900, he again entered the practice of law in Salt Lake City and became a member of the law firm of Ferguson, Cannon & Tanner. After a practice covering a period of ten months, in 1901, he was appointed deputy superintendent of State schools and later in the same year received the appointment of general superintendent of Church schools, to succeed Dr. Karl G. Maeser, who had recently died. Dr. Tanner, who had been a member of the Deseret Sunday School Union Board since 1896, was chosen second assistant superintendent of Sunday schools in 1901, and about the same time was appointed second assistant superintendent of religion classes. For more than twenty years Dr. Tanner has been a constant contributor to Church magazines, and at present is assistant associate editor of the "Juvenile Instructor," and edits "Current Topics" in the "Improvement Era." His studies and teaching during the past twenty-five years have covered a wide range, including, as they do, mathematics, languages, history, and law. His travels in Europe, Asia and Africa have extended to most of the historical fields of those continents and have been undertaken in pursuance of his interest in historical research. These accumulated experiences in educational institutions and in travel are particularly helpful to his work in the school and in the editor's chair.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 1, p. 709

Joseph blev gift med Josephine Snow den 15 nov. 1878 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Josephine (datter af Erastus Fairbanks Snow og Elizabeth Rebecca Ashby) blev født den 19 jul. 1859 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 27 apr. 1940 i Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA; blev begravet den 1 maj 1940 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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• FSID: KWCV-NV8

Notater:

Myron Tanner, son of John Tanner and Elizabeth Beswick, was born June 7, 1826 in Bolton, Warren County, New York. Myron was baptized into the Latter-day Saint Church at an early age. On Christmas Day, 1834, the family left for Kirtland, Ohio to join with the Saints in that place. Myron enlisted in the Mormon Battalion in Company "D." On the march he became ill with chills and fever, then contracted the mumps. After this seige of illness he suffered much from an abscess in his head. During the march the men were forced to carry 16 pounds of equipment and when he could not keep up any longer with his comrades, his load was put on a wagon and later he was put in the wagon on the tops of barrels. This so injured his back that he suffered for years and was never able to do manual labor. Myron was sent with the sick detachment to Pueblo and was one of the Battalion boys who came into Salt Lake Valley on the 29th of July, 1847.

In August of that year he was sent back to the Missouri River to help immigrants coming into the Valley. In 1850 he went to work in the gold mines of California. In the year 1856, Myron married Mary Jane Mount and was sent to help in the settlement of Payson. In 1860 he moved to Provo where he married Ann Crosby in 1866. He was Bishop of the Third Ward for twenty-seven years. Mr. Tanner died
January 11, 1903. - Oralie Wilkinson

Treasures of Pioneer History, Vol. 4, p. 518

Myron Tanner, born in Bolton, New York, came to Salt Lake in 1847. Later he bought the Kelton Mill and home in the northwest part of Provo and moved his family there. It was a small molasses mill and was run by the Keltons for only a short time. Myron built onto it, remodeled and improved
it and added machinery necessary for grist milling. The mill was run by water power which he secured by changing the course of a ditch and running it down Sixth West street. The mill was located just west of Sixth West and between Third and Fourth north street. This new venture proved to be a very successful one. He soon made himself familiar with the milling business, bought two new farms, and kept teams moving almost constantly for years hauling flour from Provo to Salt Lake City.

Abraham O. Smoot called on Myron and expressed a desire he put his mill into the new organization. "The factory needs the mill," he told him. It already had one, but it was President Smoot's intention to make Myron Tanner superintendent of both his own mill and the one owned by the woolen factory. The proposition was not very acceptable. Myron Tanner had business ideas that were somewhat peculiar, and he preferred to keep his own mill, which was bringing him in a large income. The desirability of the new movement was urged upon him and had become so strongly associated with the religious spirit of the
time, that it seemed almost like religious indifference to withstand the very general counsel to act in an organized manner through the medium of business corporations.

As a result, President Brigham Young decided that if Myron Tanner would exchange one-half of his mill for stock in the Provo Woolen Mills that would be satisfactory, and that he should have the privilege of managing his own mill. This proved, in a measure, a financial disaster. What, however, was as great, was the unwillingness of the new corporation to permit improvements that the progress of the milling industry absolutely demanded, and after many years of such dissatisfaction he finally sold out his share of the gristmill. During this time the mill had earned thousands of dollars for the factory, but the factory brought comparatively nothing to Myron Tanner. The old gristmill was finally sold to a Mr. Nestler who operated Provo's first and only brewery. - Marion Tanner

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 14, p. 480

Myron blev gift med Mary Jane Mount den 22 maj 1856 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Mary (datter af Joseph Mount, Jr. og Elizabeth Bessac) blev født den 27 feb. 1837 i Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, USA; døde den 8 jan. 1890 i Provo, Utah, Utah, USA; blev begravet i jan. 1890 i Provo, Utah, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: LLQX-GY8
• Indvandring: 25, 26, 29 september 1847 Utah, United States; Immigration to Utah
• Obituary: 15 jan. 1890, Deseret Evening News, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory

Notater:

History - In 1841, Mary's parents joined the Mormon Church, and she moved with them to Nauvoo. She recalled some of the early persecution there, and the death of Joseph Smith.
She remembered their making preparations to leave the city, selling their belongings for very little. And she remembers the start of their journey:
"I think I shall never forget that long lonely day; waiting on that vast undulating prarie that stretched as far as the eye could reach, covered with grass and flowers. It must have been a lovely scene that bright spring morning, but I hardly think it was properly appreciated by the little band who were so bravely leaving home, friends, country and kindred to take their toilsome march across the rocky mountains. The oxen were detached from the waggons and feeding lazily among the green grass, knowing nothing of the future that lay before them...My childish heart knew as little as they of the hardship that lay before us."
Mary Jane was 10 when they arrived in the barren Salt Lake Valley in the fall of 1847.
The first real home for the family was a crude cabin Joseph Mount built in the canyon, where he was also building a sawmill.
They eked out a sparse living, fighting off crickets and harsh weather, for two years. When news of the gold discovery in California reached Salt Lake, Joseph determined to seek his fortune.
He left his family in the care of his partner, agreeing to send the partner half of what he made in the gold fields. He did do reasonably well there, but this move cost his family much suffering both while he was gone and from the later consequences of the move.
"We had a sack of flour which we had kept very carefully and would not use it as long as we could get it other ways; for my mother had learned to look out for emergencies. She had smelled something unusual, and, as she was not accustomed to foul odors about the house, set to work to learn the cause. Finaly she traced it to the flour sack where she found a dead mouse. The smell had impregnated the flour and rendered it unfit for use.
"To those who have plenty, and never knew the wretchedness of hunger and privation, this may seem a little thing; but to us it meant bread which is the staff of life and we scarcely knew how to replace it."
In 1851 Joseph sent for his family to come to California, but they did not feel they should leave the valley. When Joseph heard this he became very angry, and thus began a little drama that changed the lives of the Mount family. Joseph demanded a divorce. Elizabeth, feeling abandoned and at a loss to know how to care for her family, obtained a divorce and soon after became the second wife of a Stillman Pond. By the time Joseph calmed down and came to make peace with the family, it was too late.

Joseph also married again, and for a time Mary Jane lived with him, but felt a great sense of aloneness, not quite fitting in with either family. Eventually her father moved back to California, a bitter man. Her mother didn't find happiness, either, leaving Stillman Pond a few years later, and marrying a third time, to Timothy Foote.
In 1856 Mary Jane married Myron Tanner, a young Mormon from San Bernardino whom she met on one of his trips to Salt Lake City. They were going back to California, but on the counsel of Brigham Young, decided to stay in Utah. They lived in Payson for a time, then moved to Provo, where they spent the rest of their lives.
Myron and Mary Jane were the parents of nine children, three of whom died in infancy.

Ten years after he married Mary Jane, Myron took a second wife, Ann Crosby.

"Of this I will say but little. It is a heart history which pen and ink can never trace. It was a great trial, but I believed it to be a true principle, and summoned all my fortitude to bear it bravely."
A cordial relationship existed between the two families for a time, but it eventually deteriorated into discord and bitterness because, said Mary Jane, of the interference of Ann's family. In later letters, however, she always defended the practice. And the insight she offers into the realities of polygamy is fascinating.
Throughout her life, Mary Jane suffered from poor health. In 1842, after the birth of one of her children she became very sick from "childbed fever." It was then, and during the lengthy convalescence which followed, that she decided to become a writer.
"God had given me a taste and a tallent for writing...and I determined then that if God gave me health I would not prize His gift so lightly, but would do all in my power to cultivate my 'tallent' and not 'lay it away in a napkin.'...As soon as my strength and time permitted I gathered and arranged my little poems and coppied them in a book."
Her "Fugitive Poems" volume was published in 1880. She also contributed numerous pieces to Church publications and women's journals of the time. She made no great mark in the literary world, but did become known as the "Utah County Poetess."
Her devotion to the Church never wavered. Myron served as bishop of the Provo Third Ward for a great many years; at the time she completed her autobiography, Mary Jane had served as president of the Relief Society for 15 years.
She died on Jan. 8, 1890, "ending a useful and honorable career," as the newspaper account read. "She left a large family and a wide circle of friends to mourn her departure."
And in her writings, particularly the fragments so choicely and skillfully presented in this book, she left a precious legacy, a fascinating view of Mormon life as it was a hundred years ago, seen through the eyes of a devout and caring woman.
Utah Historical Quarterly, Eugene E. Campbell

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWJ4-KJX
• Dåb: 1830, St Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, USA
• Dåb: 1830, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States

Notater:

Biography of Erastus Snow in the Joseph Smith Papers

9 Nov. 18181-27 May 1888.2 Farmer, teacher, merchant, publisher, manufacturer.3 Born at St. Johnsbury, Caledonia Co., Vermont.4 Son of Levi Snow and Lucina Streeter.5 Baptized into LDS church by William Snow, 3 Feb. 1833, at Charleston, Orleans Co., Vermont.6 Ordained a teacher by John F. Boynton, 28 June 1834.7 Ordained a priest by William Snow, 13 Nov. 1834.8 Served mission to Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire, 1834-1835.9 Ordained an elder by Luke S. Johnson, 16 Aug. 1835.10 Arrived at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, Dec. 1835.11 Ordained a seventy by Lyman Sherman, early 1836.12 Served mission to Pennsylvania, Apr.-Dec. 1836.13 Member of Kirtland Safety Society, 1837.14 Served mission to Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Maryland, May-Dec. 1837.15 Located with Latter-day Saints in Missouri, July 1838.16 Married Artimesia Beman, 13 Dec. 1838.17 Located at Montrose, Lee Co., Iowa Territory; appointed to high council of Iowa stake, Lee Co., 1839.18 Served mission to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, 1840-1843.19 Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge, 1844.20 Admitted to Council of Fifty, 11 Mar. 1844. Participated in plural marriage during JS’s lifetime.21 Appointed to serve mission to eastern states, Apr. 1844.22 Member of Brigham Young pioneer company to Salt Lake Valley, 1847.23 Served mission to eastern states, 1847-1848.24 Appointed counselor in Salt Lake City stake presidency, Oct. 1848.25 Ordained member of Quorum of the Twelve, 12 Feb. 1849.26 Established Scandinavian Mission, 1850.27 Appointed to serve colonizing mission to Iron Co., Utah Territory, Oct. 1852.28 Published and edited St. Louis Luminary in Missouri, 1854.29 Founded St. George, Washington Co., Utah Territory, 1861.30 Died at Salt Lake City.31

Erastus blev gift med Elizabeth Rebecca Ashby den 19 dec. 1847 i Winter Quarters, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA. Elizabeth (datter af Nathaniel Ashby og Susan Hammond) blev født den 17 maj 1831 i Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; døde den 12 jun. 1915 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 18 jun. 1915 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWJ4-KJF
• Bopæl: ml. 1839 og 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
• Indvandring: 24 sep. 1848, Utah, USA
• Indvandring: 24 sep. 1848
• Obituary: 13 jun. 1915, Utah, USA

John blev gift med Elizabeth Beswick den 3 nov. 1825 i Bolton, Warren, New York, USA. Elizabeth (datter af Everton Beswick, Jr og Anna Lamb) blev født den 28 nov. 1803 i Bolton, Warren, New York, USA; døde den 8 jun. 1890 i Payson, Utah, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 10 jun. 1890 i Payson, Utah, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: LLQ6-54R

Notater:

His daughters UHQ article found on her Find-a-Grave has insight into his life and lonely ending as inscribed on his headstone alone in California.

Daughter of Joseph Mount and Elizabeth Bessac

Married Myron Tanner, 22 May 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Lewis William Tanner; Arthur Leroy Tanner; Joseph Marion Tanner; Mary Elizabeth Tanner; John Tanner; Myron Tanner; Grace Lillian Tanner; Gertrude Tanner; Bertrand Amasa Tanner

History - In 1841, Mary's parents joined the Mormon Church, and she moved with them to Nauvoo. She recalled some of the early persecution there, and the death of Joseph Smith.

She remembered their making preparations to leave the city, selling their belongings for very little. And she remembers the start of their journey:

"I think I shall never forget that long lonely day; waiting on that vast undulating prarie that stretched as far as the eye could reach, covered with grass and flowers. It must have been a lovely scene that bright spring morning, but I hardly think it was properly appreciated by the little band who were so bravely leaving home, friends, country and kindred to take their toilsome march across the rocky mountains. The oxen were detached from the waggons and feeding lazily among the green grass, knowing nothing of the future that lay before them...My childish heart knew as little as they of the hardship that lay before us."

Mary Jane was 10 when they arrived in the barren Salt Lake Valley in the fall of 1847.

The first real home for the family was a crude cabin Joseph Mount built in the canyon, where he was also building a sawmill.

They eked out a sparse living, fighting off crickets and harsh weather, for two years. When news of the gold discovery in California reached Salt Lake, Joseph determined to seek his fortune.

He left his family in the care of his partner, agreeing to send the partner half of what he made in the gold fields. He did do reasonably well there, but this move cost his family much suffering both while he was gone and from the later consequences of the move.

"We had a sack of flour which we had kept very carefully and would not use it as long as we could get it other ways; for my mother had learned to look out for emergencies. She had smelled something unusual, and, as she was not accustomed to foul odors about the house, set to work to learn the cause. Finally she traced it to the flour sack where she found a dead mouse. The smell had impregnated the flour and rendered it unfit for use.

"To those who have plenty, and never knew the wretchedness of hunger and privation, this may seem a little thing; but to us it meant bread which is the staff of life and we scarcely knew how to replace it."

In 1851 Joseph sent for his family to come to California, but they did not feel they should leave the valley. When Joseph heard this he became very angry, and thus began a little drama that changed the lives of the Mount family. Joseph demanded a divorce. Elizabeth, feeling abandoned and at a loss to know how to care for her family, obtained a divorce and soon after became the second wife of a Stillman Pond. By the time Joseph calmed down and came to make peace with the family, it was too late.

Joseph also married again, and for a time Mary Jane lived with him, but felt a great sense of aloneness, not quite fitting in with either family. Eventually her father moved back to California, a bitter man. Her mother didn't find happiness, either, leaving Stillman Pond a few years later, and marrying a third time, to Timothy Foote.

In 1856 Mary Jane married Myron Tanner, a young Mormon from San Bernardino whom she met on one of his trips to Salt Lake City. They were going back to California, but on the counsel of Brigham Young, decided to stay in Utah. They lived in Payson for a time, then moved to Provo, where they spent the rest of their lives.

Myron and Mary Jane were the parents of nine children, three of whom died in infancy.

Ten years after he married Mary Jane, Myron took a second wife, Ann Crosby.

"Of this I will say but little. It is a heart history which pen and ink can never trace. It was a great trial, but I believed it to be a true principle, and summoned all my fortitude to bear it bravely."

A cordial relationship existed between the two families for a time, but it eventually deteriorated into discord and bitterness because, said Mary Jane, of the interference of Ann's family. In later letters, however, she always defended the practice. And the insight she offers into the realities of polygamy is fascinating.

Throughout her life, Mary Jane suffered from poor health. In 1842, after the birth of one of her children she became very sick from "childbed fever." It was then, and during the lengthy convalescence which followed, that she decided to become a writer.

"God had given me a taste and a tallent for writing...and I determined then that if God gave me health I would not prize His gift so lightly, but would do all in my power to cultivate my 'tallent' and not 'lay it away in a napkin.'...As soon as my strength and time permitted I gathered and arranged my little poems and coppied them in a book."

Her "Fugitive Poems" volume was published in 1880. She also contributed numerous pieces to Church publications and women's journals of the time. She made no great mark in the literary world, but did become known as the "Utah County Poetess."

Her devotion to the Church never wavered. Myron served as bishop of the Provo Third Ward for a great many years; at the time she completed her autobiography, Mary Jane had served as president of the Relief Society for 15 years.

She died on Jan. 8, 1890, "ending a useful and honorable career," as the newspaper account read. "She left a large family and a wide circle of friends to mourn her departure."

And in her writings, particularly the fragments so choicely and skillfully presented in this book, she left a precious legacy, a fascinating view of Mormon life as it was a hundred years ago, seen through the eyes of a devout and caring woman.

Utah Historical Quarterly, Eugene E. Campbell

Family links:
Parents:
Joseph Latimer Mount (1806 - 1876)
Elizabeth Bessac Foote (1813 - 1875)

Spouse:
Myron Tanner (1826 - 1903)

Children:
Joseph Marion Tanner (1859 - 1927)*
Bertrand Amasa Tanner (1864 - 1931)*
Grace Lillian Tanner Anderson (1868 - 1952)*
Mary Elizabeth Tanner Felt (1869 - 1941)*
Lewis William Tanner (1872 - 1961)*
Arthur Leroy Tanner (1875 - 1949)*

Sibling:
Mary Jane Mount Tanner (1837 - 1890)
Martha Ann Pond Read (1853 - 1910)**

Joseph blev gift med Elizabeth Bessac den 19 feb. 1832 i Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA, og blev skilt cirka 1851 i Sanpete, Utah, United States. Elizabeth (datter af Lewis 'Louis' Bessac og Mary Dunham) blev født den 5 jul. 1813 i Candor, Tioga, New York, USA; døde den 30 okt. 1875 i Nephi, Juab, Utah, USA; blev begravet i Nephi, Juab, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWJT-BJS
• Indvandring: 29 sep. 1847, Utah, USA

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: LZRQ-XZZ

Notater:

Levi Snow was born July 22, 1782 in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. He was born to Captain Zerubbabel Snow who was born August 12, 1741 in Rutland, Massachusetts, and Mary Trowbridge who was born February 25, 1745 in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Levi was the eighth child of Zerubbabel and Mary Trowbridge Snow. Their were ten children in the family. Levi had six sisters and three brothers.

Levi's parents lived on the boundary line of the two states. The Connecticut river became the dividing line between the two new states in the Union Levi's parents lived in Chesterfield, New Hampshire all of his growing up years.

Levi met Lucina Streeter, his future wife, through Jemina Streeter, an aunt of Lucina. When introducing Lucina to Levi's mother, Jemina said, "Mary, this is a daughter of my husband's brother, William Streeter. I told her about the many books you buy for your son Levi and nothing would do but she must come to see what you have that she hasn't read." "Levi was known as the boy who would rather read than dance." Lucina stayed with her aunt Jemina so that she could attend the Academy in Chesterfield one winter so that she could have extra lessons in French. It was during this time that Levi and Lucina became real friends because of their love for reading.

After accompanying Lucina home to Cumberland, Rhode Island on a months visit, Levi said to Lucina, "Oh, Lucina dearest, we grow so slowly, that years drag wearily by. You know that I love you without my speaking the words, that you are as much a part of me and I of you as if made from the same clay. So you are young and I am young, but we both know how to work, and God will help us. Would you dare marry me now and not wait any longer?"

Levi married Lucina Streeter on November 29, 1801 in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. They lived in Levi's mother's home until after their first child was born, where Levi helped his brothers in the sawmill and grist mill. After Levi and Lucina had their first child, they moved first to Lunenburg but after one years lease they decided to clear some virgin land and so they settled in the St. Johnsbury, Vermont area with approximately twelve other families and here they had their remaining children while they lived there. Levi and his older sons farmed their not over fertile acres and managed a respectable, but frugal living. Levi and his sons also built their own furniture and the home they lived in.

Levi and Lucina had eleven children. They were: Levi Mason who was born in 1803; Lucina who was born in August 1804; William who was born December 14, 1806; Zerubbabel who was born in March 1809; Willard Trowbridge who was born November 6, 1811; Mary Melvina who was born July 30, 1813; Shipley Wilson who was born in 1816; Erastus Fairbanks who was born November 9, 1818; Charles Van Rensselaer who was born in August 1821; Lydia Mason who was born in 1823; and Mellisa who was born August 20, 1826.

In 1826 Levi and his sons finished a new barn for their farm. While Lucina and the girls where helping clean up the newly completed barn, Lucina laughingly remarked, I think, girls we should move into the new barn and let the cows and horses live in the old house." A few weeks later the Snow home burn to the ground. With the help of their neighbors most of their furniture and books for their children were saved and the new barn became their home for the rest of that summer until they were able to finish a new home late that fall.

Levi was a devoted and God fearing Christian although he never belonged to any organized religious group. He did however, study the scriptures intently and encouraged this amongst his family members. The Snow family was known as "Seekers" or those who were seeking after God's truths.

In 1832, while Levi's sons, Zerubbabel and William were working in Charlestown and living with their cousin, Winslow Farr they were blessed to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ from Elder Lyman Johnson and Orson Pratt. After hearing the Elder's message they returned home very excited to tell the rest of the Snow family. It was not long before Orson Pratt came to St. Johnsbury and taught the many interested families in the area in the Snow's new barn. Levi's son Erastus was 15 years old at the time and on the evening of the first meeting he asked his father, Levi if he could be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ. Levi's reply was, "Wait awhile son. Study your Bible still more. Be sure you have been converted by the Lord and not by Elder Pratt's persuasion. Wait al least six months. Can you do that? You will have six months for your ardor to cool. If you are really converted, it won't be hard to wait that long." Erastus was baptized February 3, 1832, approximately six months later. Early in May of the same year, 1832 all the rest of the Snow family was baptized, all but Levi and his son Shipley.

Some years later, Levi and the remaining children that were at home, sold their farm in Vermont and went to Kirtland to be with the saints. Levi knew that there would be no happiness for Lucina until she too could make her home among the saints. The Snow family only stayed in Kirtland for a week or so and then moved on to Far West, Missouri in order to help build the capitol of Zion. Besides they thought it would be foolish to buy land in Kirtland and then have to move again soon. Levi and Lucina suffered the persecutions that the saints endured in Far West and were included in the expulsion of the saints from Missouri. At the time the mobs came to Far West to evict the saints, Levi's son, Erastus was home visiting his family and both Levi and Erastus had the "shakers" as Levi called the chills and fever of malaria. While in this terrible condition, Levi's son, Charles came home shouting, "Oh, father, the mobocrats are camped on our pasture! I think they have butchered our cows for I couldn't see anything of them and I surely could smell meat sizzling in their camp vessels." Levi and Erastus rose from their sick beds and ran to their place with the Mormon militia. Levi's son, Erastus testified that as he ran, he prayed to be healed and his prayers were immediately answered. The chills and fever instantly left him." Levi not being a Mormon had not given up his arms to the mobs, so as he ran with his son to join the Mormon militia he being too weak to fight, handed his gun to Erastus and he grabbed a pitchfork. The mob scattered this time but Levi and his family stayed up all night to guard their place not knowing what was ahead of them. It was not long after this that the saints were forced to leave Far West. The family left Far West without selling their home which was true in most cases for the escaping saints. They were however able to sell just enough furniture to buy a team and wagon to get them across Missouri and were glad to get away with their lives.

Levi took his family to Quincy, Illinois where they found safety. They arrived in Quincy having traveled 200 miles in about twelve days. Levi fought the chills and fever of malaria all across the state of Missouri which made the trip quite miserable. On arriving at Quincy, the Snow family moved on to Lima where they set up residence in a fairly comfortable house on a farm that they bargained for. Some time after this, Levi began to build a new home for Lucina. Levi had about two years to enjoy Lucina after leaving Missouri, without all the persecutions they had endured in Missouri before he passed away. Levi died on November 2, 1841 in Montrose, Lee County, Iowa. Montrose is just across the river from Nauvoo and many of the saints were in the Montrose area. Levi was 59 years old when he passed away. It was recorded through family information that he died of malaria.

It was said of Levi, by his son Erastus, "Father was such a wonderful father, honest and true. He was the personification of kindness. He was way ahead of his time in his thinking."

It is not known why Levi never joined the church, but what a tribute of love he has shown to Lucina, to have endured so much persecution while they lived among the saints

Levi blev gift med Lucina Streeter den 29 nov. 1801 i Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. Lucina (datter af William Streeter og Hannah Mason) blev født den 16 okt. 1785 i Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; døde den 9 nov. 1858 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; blev begravet i Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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• FSID: LZJP-KG1
• Indvandring: ml. 20 og 24 sep. 1848, Utah, USA

Notater:

History - Lucina Streeter was born 16 Oct 1785 at Chesterfield, Cheshire Co, New Hampshire, the oldest child of William Streeter and Hannah Mason. Her parents were both born at Cumberland, Providence Co., Rhode Island. William and Hannah had gone from Cumberland to Chesterfield soon after marriage and their first five children were born there. About 1797 they moved back to Rhode Island, where they had seven more children.

Lucina was just 16 years old when she married 19 year old Levi Snow on 26th of November, 1801 at Chesterfield. The marriage was performed by Abraham Wood, Town Clerk. Levi Snow was born 22 July 1782 at Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, the son of Zerubbabel Snow and Mary Trowbridge. When Levi was twelve years old his father, Zerubbabel, died leaving one third of his home, farm, and sawmill on Catsbane Brook to Levi, one third to his older brother, John and one third to their mother, Mary.

Many of the neighbors were moving north where new lands were being opened up. Levi and Lucina wished to be to themselves and to acquire their own- home and farmland. The farm in Chesterfield was insufficient to support two families. It seemed prudent to make a move. Levi sold his share of the property to his brother John and prepared to leave. Soon they, with baby Levi Mason, set out for Lunenburg, Essex Co., Vermont, one hundred and twenty five miles north, up the Connecticut river valley on the Vermont side of the river.

Through some litigation, Levi was swindled out of the farm he had hoped to have in Lunenburg. This was a great loss and a heartbreak to the young couple. They moved on to St. Johnsbury, Caledonia Co., Vermont, twenty miles to the west. Here they found many friends they had known in Chesterfield, N.H. They took up land in the north east part of the township, known as the Chesterfield district. With the help of kind neighbors and friends they were able to clear their land and build themselves a home.

Through typical Vermont frugality, hard work, and untiring energy, the farm was expanded, the home furnished and added to as needed.

Education was primitive, but not neglected. Schools only functioned two or three months of the year. The three "Rs", Reading, Riting, and Rithmatic, were the principal subjects. Schools were free but the parents furnished wood for heating and board for the teacher.

By the spring of 1826 a fine new barn had been constructed and was in use. During the hot summer their house caught fire and was burned. The fire started in a pile of firewood stacked on the north side of the house. All of the men were out in the fields working. They were able to save only a few pieces of furniture and a box of books. The fine new barn became their home for several months. With the help of the neighbors a new house was built. Lucina is quoted as saving "since the barn was built between plantings, a house could be built between harvestings" and it was done.

There was a strong religious conviction among all of the Vermonters at St. Johnsbury. By 1809 a church house was built and services were held regularly. For only two years was it headed by an ordained minister. The Snows were regular in attendance. Lucina joined the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church and was very active in its affairs. The others, including Levi, were living good Christian lives but felt that it was not necessary to join any church. Erastus, at age nine, wished to join with his mother but Levi insisted that he wait until he was fully ready before joining.

On the 4 May 1832, Orson Pratt and Lyman E, Johnson came to Charleston, Vermont and held a meeting. They explained that a new Prophet had been called by God and that the Gospel had been restored. They talked about a new book, "the Book of Mormon" and other important truths. Lucina's sons William and Zerubbabel were working in the neighborhood and attended the meeting. They were favorably impressed and sincerely interested. The conclusive testimony came when they witnessed the miraculous healing of Olive Farr, wife of Winslow Farr. William was baptized 19 May 1832 and Zerubbabel soon after. These Mormon missionaries went about the area preaching and visiting. William joined forces with them and many converts were made. On the 3 Feb 1833 William baptized his younger brother Erastus, age 14. On the 18 June 1833 Lucina and three more children were baptized. Soon the whole family except Levi Mason, Shipley Wilson, and father Levi were members of the restored Gospel. These three never joined.

The Levi Snow barn became the Mormon meeting house and regular meetings were held, Lucina was overjoyed with the truths of the Gospel and did everything in her power to bring its blessings to all she knew. Levi was really converted but couldn't bring himself to accept the discipline of a church so was never baptized.

Lucina and Levi left St. Johnsbury in the summer of 1836 and went to Kirtland, Ohio. They were accompanied by their daughter Lucina (who had married Albert Warner 3 Oct 1831} her husband and three children; William and wife Hannah; Charles; Lydia; and 10 year old Melissa. By fall all except the Warners were in Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri. The Warners stayed in Kirtland until 1840 when they moved to Janesville, Wisconsin. Lucina and Levi took up land 1/2 mile north of Far West, built a home and prepared to stay there.

Prior to the coming of the Snows in Missouri the Saints had been driven out of Independence. They were gathering in Clay county where they had been befriended. Some took up land and built homes. As their numbers increased the older settlers of Clay county became somewhat alarmed and by mutual agreement were asking that the Mormons move to the north where there was enough unoccupied territory to support a large influx of settlers. As this was new territory, unorganized, the Saints were permitted to organize the area as Caldwell County in December of 1836. During the winter of 1836-37 Far West was founded and laid out as a city. The Levi and Lucina Snow family were early settlers of the area.

Persecution became rampant in all of Missouri and the Saints suffered mobbings, burnings, and all of the inexplicable indignities heaped on them by the depraved society among whom they lived. Finally the infamous "Extermination" order of Governor Lilburn W. Boggs was issued on 27 Oct 1838. The Snows left on 15 Apr 1839 and arrived at Quincy, Illinois on the 27th. At this same time Joseph Smith had escaped his captors and arrived in Quincy on the 22 April.

The Saints were now homeless and anxiously searching for a place to settle. The hamlet of Commerce in Illinois was purchased, which later became Nauvoo, and permission granted to take up land on the Half-Breed Tract, across the Mississippi River, at Montrose, Iowa. There were some old unused Army Barracks at Montrose which were used for some time as shelter,

While the Snows were still in Far West the engagement known as the Battle of Crooked River took place. Captain David W. Patten led his forces against the mobsters forces on the 25 Oct 1838, and was mortally wounded. He died during the night. At the funeral Lucina reports the words of the Prophet "There lies a man who has done just what he said he would. He has laid down his life for his friends".

A Conference of the Church was held In Quincy, Illinois on 6 May 1839. Willard Snow, a Seventy, and William Snow a High Priest, were in attendance. It is quite certain that the other members of the Snow family were also there. Levi and Lucina moved on north to Lima, Illinois for a short stay. Others of the Snows remained at Lima where Gardner was made Bishop of the Ward in 1841. By June Levi and Lucina were in Montrose, Iowa. They took up land in Montrose and built a home. Joseph Smith arrived in Commerce, Illinois on Friday 10 May 1839 and took tap his abode in an old cabin.

A General Conference of the Church was held at Commerce, Illinois on Saturday 5 Oct 1839, at which a branch of the Church was established in the Territory of Iowa. John Smith was called as President and twelve were chosen as duly elected members of the High Council. Among these were Willard Snow and Erastus Snow. Among the members listed were Jeter Clinton, Willard Snow, _____ Snow, Lucina Snow, Melisa Snow, and Charles Snow. This Organization continued for several years. Willard Snow was Ordained a High Priest 6 Dec 1839. On 18 July 1841 Willard was chosen as Clerk of the Council.

On the 2 Nov 1841 Levi Snow died of Pleurisy at Montrose, Lee Co., Iowa, and was buried there. Lucina was left with her three unmarried children still at home. Levi had never accepted baptism so was not a member of the church. He had thrown his lot with the church ever since his St. Johnsbury days and had withstood the persecutions and mobbings equal with any of the Mormons. His passing at the age of 59 undoubtedly was the direct result of the hardships he had undergone.

Little is known about Lucina during the Montrose and Nauvoo period of her life. She cared for William's 3 1/2 year old daughter Abigail while William was away serving on a mission. Abigail's mother (Hannah) had died, leaving William alone to care for her. Lucina made a trip to Rhode Island to visit Levi Mason where she remained until after the Martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Lucina was evidently still in Rhode Island when Lydia married John Lewis on 26 Feb 1844 at Montrose, Iowa, They remained in Montrose until about 1852 when they moved to Irish Grove, Mo. Charles had gone there in 1848 where he married Sally Etoline Mann 10 Sep 1848. Charles and Lydia's husband John Lewis became medical doctors and set up practice together at Rockport, Missouri These two families became estranged from the Mormon church.

After the death of the Prophet, Joseph Smith, in 1844 the Saints rallied and with increased effort finished the Nauvoo Temple. It was opened in December 1845 for ordinance work.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Bopæl: ml. 1839 og 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA

Notater:

Nathaniel 's family were seaman and shipwrights until after the war of 1812 . Nathaniel , however, was apprenticed to a shoemaker at an early age, to learn the shoemaking trade. He became expert in making fine shoes. After his marriage, the couple soon owned not only his shoe shop but also several houses which they rented out. They were introduced to the gospel and baptized in 1841 . In 1843 they sold out and moved to Nauvoo . They lived there until the exodus, then started west with the saints. Nathaniel 's health was not good and, after reaching camp a few miles from Bonaparte, Iowa , they decided to camp until he felt better. He died there and was buried there. He was only 41 years old.

This Nauvoo, Illinois, dwelling was built as a duplex shared by Erastus Snow and Nathaniel Ashby and their families. It is located on the west side of Hyde Street just north of Parley Street in Nauvoo.

Nathaniel blev gift med Susan Hammond den 30 nov. 1826 i Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Susan (datter af Edward Hammond og Rebecca Flack) blev født den 28 aug. 1808 i Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; blev døbt den 23 sep. 1808 i Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; døde den 15 maj 1851 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; blev begravet i maj 1851 i Salt Lake City Cemetery, Plot: Plat C, 200 N. Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Dåb: 23 sep. 1808, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Bopæl: ml. 1839 og 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
• Bopæl: ml. 1839 og 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
• Indvandring: 24 sep. 1848, Utah, USA
• Indvandring: 24 sep. 1848, Utah, USA
• Indvandring: 24 sep. 1848