a mission to Scandinavia. He had as a companion a Danish convert, Peter O. Hansen, who had joined the church in Boston. They focused most of their efforts in Denmark, but another convert had joined them, John E. 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 midwestern United States, using St. Louis, Missouri as his headquarters. While in Missouri, Snow edited the periodical St. Louis Luminary. He returned to the 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 Territory. Much of this migration happened in 1861 after the American Civil War had begun. After returning to Utah in 1861, Snow was made the apostle in charge of the southern Utah Mormon settlements. He lived in St. George. Personal life and death Erastus Snow had four wives, 23 sons, and 13 daughters. One of Snow's daughters, Elizabeth, became the wife of Anthony W. Ivins and the mother of Antoine R. Ivins. Snow died on May 27, 1888, in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, at age 69. Legacy Snow Canyon State Park (near St. George, Utah) Snow College (in Ephraim, Utah) Snowflake, Arizona See also Hurricane, Utah References External links "Snow, Erastus" in the Utah History Encyclopedia Erastus Fairbanks Snow papers, L. Tom Perry Special Collections Erastus Fairbanks Snow agreements, L. Tom Perry Special Collections History of Erastus Snow, L. Tom Perry Special Collections Printer's galley proofs of "Erastus Snow," L. Tom Perry Special Collections Photographs of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles under President John Taylor, L. Tom Perry Special Collections Erastus Fairbanks and Artemisia Beman Snow family temple records, L. Tom Perry Special Collections 1818 births 1888 deaths 19th-century Mormon missionaries American Mormon missionaries in Denmark American Mormon missionaries in Mexico American Mormon missionaries in the United States American general authorities (LDS Church) Apostles (LDS Church) Burials at