Eliza Roxcy Snow, Mormon Plural-Wife of Joseph Smith & Brigham Young

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Eliza Roxcy Smith Young (Snow)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Becket, Berkshire, MA, United States
Death: December 05, 1887 (83)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, United States
Place of Burial: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Oliver Snow III and Rosetta Lenora Snow (Pettibone)
Wife of Private User; Joseph Smith, Jr., Prophet and Brigham Young
Sister of Abigail Leonora Morley; Amanda Percy Snow; Melissa Smith (Snow); Lorenzo Snow, President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Lucius Agustus Snow and 2 others

Occupation: poetess
Managed by: Richard Frank Henry
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About Eliza Roxcy Snow, Mormon Plural-Wife of Joseph Smith & Brigham Young

Wikipedia Biographical Summary:

"...Eliza Roxcy Snow was one of the most celebrated Latter-day Saint women of the nineteenth century. A renowned poet, she chronicled history, celebrated nature and relationships, and expounded scripture and doctrine. She was an alleged plural wife of Joseph Smith, Jr., married openly for many years to polygamist Brigham Young, and was the second general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1866 until her death..."

SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_R._Snow


GEDCOM Note

Bio notes: She was infertile due to an alleged sexual assault and Joseph Smith promised her she would be an eternal mother in the after life if she married him.

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Eliza Roxcy Snow, Mormon Plural-Wife of Joseph Smith & Brigham Young's Timeline

1804
January 21, 1804
Becket, Berkshire, MA, United States
1835
April 5, 1835
Age 31
1845
December 16, 1845
Age 41
NAUVO
1887
December 5, 1887
Age 83
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, United States
December 1887
Age 83
Brigham Young's family cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, United States