Warren S. Snow

Warren Stone Snow (June 15, 1818 – September 21, 1896) was an American militia general, Mormon Pioneer and missionary who was Captain of the Warren S. Snow company and a main American commander in the Black Hawk War.

Biography Snow was born on June 15, 1821, as the son of Gardner Snow and Sarah Hastings in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. They moved in 1822 to St. Johnsbury, Vermont and on November 20, 1833, Snow was baptized by Roswell Evans at the age of 15.

In 1841 he was married to Mary Ann Voorhees in Lima Township, Adams County and had seven children. Too afraid to go back to the canyon to retrieve the bodies, Snow persuaded Sanpitch, a Sanpete Valley Chief to scout Salina Canyon for them so the settlers could retrieve the bodies of the two young men. When Sanpitch returned with word that Black Hawk had gone over the pass into Castle Valley, the Legion returned to the canyon and brought back the dead: Jens Sorenson who had been terribly mutilated, and William Kearnes, the son of the Mormon bishop of Gunnison, who had been carefully protected. They also came back convinced that Sanpitch had met with Black Hawk and sent him over the pass, implying that Chief Sanpitch was the architect of the whole affair. On July 15, Colonel Warren S. Snow was promoted to Brigadier General and was the main commander of the Mormon militia and minutemen. The war would later be in favor of the Mormons as the Native Americans surrendered in 1872. Snow later died on September 21, 1896, in Manti and was buried in Manti Cemetery.