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Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1807 - 1857

Biographical history

Parley P. Pratt (1807-1857) was an American religious leader and missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Parley P. Pratt was born April 12, 1807 in Burlington, New York, to Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson Pratt. He served as an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1835 to his death in 1857. Pratt also served in several missions for the Church, including the British Mission (April 1841-October 1842 and October 1846-January 1847); Eastern States Mission (president from December 1844-August 1845); and was the first Latter-day Saint missionary in South America (March 1851-March 1852). It was while serving a mission that Parley P. Pratt was assassinated May 13, 1857, in Alma, Arkansas.

Citation:
Find a Grave, via WWW, March 7 2018 (Parley P. Pratt. b. April 12, 1807 in Burlington, New York, to Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson Pratt; served as an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1835 to his death in 1857; assassinated May 13, 1857 in Alma, Arkansas)

Early Missionaries database, LDS.org, via WWW, June 4, 2019 (served in several missions for the Church, including the British Mission (April 1841-October 1842 and October 1846-January 1847); Eastern States Mission (president from December 1844-August 1845); and was the first Latter-day Saint missionary in South America (March 1851-March 1852). It was while serving a mission that Parley P. Pratt was assassinated)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jock Nickerson notes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335397]
Identifier: MSS 372
Scope and Contents

Handwritten book containing notes on geometry and on geometrical figures. The book includes many drawings of such figures and calculations based on them. The date of the materials is uncertain. Nickerson lived his last few years with Rey L. Pratt. Nickerson claimed to have known the LDS Church leaders, Joseph Smith and Parley P. Pratt. A brief essay is included which speculates on this claim.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jock Nickerson notes

Schlussel zur Gottesgelehrtheit

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2862
Scope and Contents Handwritten copy, in German, of Pratt's "Key to the Science of Theology." The Pratt document covers 177 pages. Also includes a seventeen-page handwritten copy, in German, of an account by Heber Q. Hale, president of the Boise Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, about going beyond the veil of death on 20 January 1920 to see the spirit world. The Hale account may have been copied from the "Beobachter," a Latter-day Saint periodical in German. Hale is misidentified on...
Dates: 1895-1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Schlussel zur Gottesgelehrtheit

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