Career
One of the missionaries who taught him was Orson Pratt. Snow moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where the church was headquartered, but spent much of his time on missions, primarily in Pennsylvania. He later served a mission to Salem, Massachusetts, where he baptized several converts, including Nathaniel Ashby, a man with whom he shared a duplex when they both resided in Nauvoo, Illinois.
On the same day, Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, and Franklin Doctorate. Richards were ordained.
At the October 1849 general conference, Snow was assigned to lead a mission to Scandinavia. They focused most of their efforts in Denmark, but another convert had joined them, John East. Forsgren, who preached in Sweden.
While serving as a missionary in Denmark, Snow baptized the first Icelanders to join the church, ordained them to the priesthood, and sent them to Iceland to preach. Before the end of his mission, Snow began the publication of a church periodical in Danish.
Later in the 1850s, Snow served as the presiding church authority in the midwest United States, using Saint Louis as his headquarters.
He returned to Utah Territory in 1857 and engaged in farming. In 1860, Snow went with Orson Pratt on a mission to the Eastern States. By the time they reached the Eastern United States, Abraham Lincoln had been elected president
With the impending war, they were able to convince many church members to move to Utah.
Much of this migration happened in 1861 after the American Civil War had begun. Snow died at Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, at age 69.
He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery. Snow Canyon State Park (near Street George, Utah), Snow College (in Ephraim, Utah) and the town of Snowflake, Arizona are named after Snow.
