The Erastus and Artimesia Snow Papers

Abstract: The Erastus and Artimesia Snow Papers (1818-1880) consists of one volume compilation of letters written by Artimesia to her husband, Erastus and eight journals of Erastus arranged into one volume. Erastus Snow(1818-1888) was born in Vermont in 1818 and was an early convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He served many missions for the LDS church beginning at the age of sixteen. His first wife was Artimesia Beaman. In 1846 he married a second wife, Minerva, and afterwards took additional wives. Later in 1846 he, along with other in the pioneer camp, left for what was to become Great Salt Lake City entering the valley on 21 July 1847. In 1849 he was called and ordained an Apostle by Brigham Young. He helped to organize the provisional government for the State of Deseret. Snow spent the last years of his life engaged in traveling among the Saints in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado continuing to build the church. Snow died in Salt Lake on 27 May 1888. Artimesia Beaman Snow (1819-1882) was born in New York in 1819. She was baptized into the LDS Church in an early day and moved with her parents to Kirtland, Ohio. She was married to Erastus Snow at Far West on 13 December 1838 by Apostle Heber C. Kimball. She became the mother of eight sons and three daughters. She died on 22 December 1882.