Dates

• Existence: 1829 - 1908

Biography

Ann Agatha Walker Pratt (1829-1908) was a pioneer for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a mother, and a milliner.

Ann Agatha Walker Pratt was born on June 11, 1928 in Leek, England to parents William Gibson and Mary Godwin Walker. At the age of 14 she and her family were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Three years later, in 1847, she immigrated to America with a group led by apostles Parley P. Pratt and John Taylor.

She eventually married Parley P. Pratt in Winter Quarters, Nebraska while traveling to Utah. Together they had five children. She arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah in September of 1847. Here, she worked as a milliner, making hats for the people in the valley. In 1857 she was widowed when Parley was murdered while traveling through Arkansas.

She married Joseph Harris Ridges on March 4, 1860 and together they had two children. Six years following their marriage they separated.

Pratt devoted her life to the church and served in the Relief Society. She passed away on June 25, 1908 in Ogden, Utah.

Citation:

seek.desertbook.com, via WWW, March 5, 2015 (Ann Agatha Walker Pratt was born on June 11, 1928 in Leek, England to parents William Gibson and Mary Godwin Walker; she and her family were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; immigrated to America with a group led by apostles Parley P. Pratt and John Taylor; married Parley P. Pratt in Winter Quarters, Nebraska while traveling to Utah; had five children; arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah in September of 1847; worked as a milliner, making hats for the people in the valley; widowed when Parley was murdered while traveling through Arkansas; married Joseph Harris Ridges on March 4, 1860 and together they had two children; following their marriage they separated; devoted her life to the church and served in the Relief Society; passed away on June 25, 1908 in Ogden, Utah).

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