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President Lorenzo Snow Elevated to First Presidency
A Salt Lake City notice reports Lorenzo Snow was raised to the first presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during a Tuesday council of apostles meeting. Snow chose George Q Cannon and Joseph F Smith as counselors and was sustained as trustee in trust for the church, with Franklin D Richards as president of the twelve. The article details Snow's background, early life, missions, and long service within the church leading to this leadership shift.
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Salt Lake
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sainte
Council of Apostles
Lorenzo Snow
Franklin D. Richardo
George Q. Cannon
Joseph F. Smith
Brigham Young
Francis M. Lyman
John Henry Smith
George Teasdale
Heber J. Grant
John W. Taylor
Martinez W. Merrill
Anthon H. Lund
Matthise F.cowley
Abraham C. Woodruff
George Q Cannon
Joseph F Smith
Snow
Church
Franklin D. Richards
The
Twelve Apostles
Geo
F. Gibbs
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mantua
Portage County
Ohio
Oberlin College
Kirtland
Joseph Smith
Liza R. Snow
John F. Bynter
England
Italy
Holy Land
Edmund Tucker
Zane
Supreme Court of the United States
Governor West
Penitentiary
Liverpool
Hawaii
John Taylor
Fiest
Woodruff
Cannon
Union Electric Company
Far West
Taylor