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.

[1] They moved in 1822 to St. Johnsbury, Vermont and on November 20, 1833, Snow was baptized by Roswell Evans at the age of 15.

[2] In 1841 he was married to Mary Ann Voorhees in Lima Township, Adams County and had seven children.

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.

On July 15, Colonel Warren S. Snow was promoted to Brigadier General and was the main commander of the Mormon militia and minutemen.