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Pratt, Belinda Marden, 1820-1894

 Person

Biographical History

Belinda Marden Pratt (1820-1894) was a wife of Parley P. Pratt and an active member of the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Belinda Pratt was born Melinda Marden on December 24, 1820 in Chichester, New Hampshire to John Marden and Rachel Shaw. She was converted to the Church in 1843. She was sealed to Parley P. Pratt on November 20, 1844 in Nauvoo, Illinois. She moved to Utah and was an active member of the Church there, serving as Relief Society president of her ward and later her stake. Belinda Marden Pratt passed away February 19, 1894 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Citation:
Her Defense of polygamy, 198-?: t.p. (Lady of Utah) p. 11 (Belinda Marden Pratt)

Belinda Marden Pratt papers, 1855-1899 (Belinda Pratt was born Belinda Marden on December 24, 1820 in Chichester, New Hampshire to John Marden and Rachel Shaw; she was converted to the LDS Church in 1843; she was sealed to Parley P. Pratt on November 20, 1844 in Nauvoo, Illinois; she moved to Utah and was an active member of the Church there, serving as Relief Society president of her ward and later her stake; Belinda Marden Pratt passed away on February 19, 1894 in Salt Lake City, Utah)

The Church Historian's Press, via WWW, November 29, 2018 (Belinda Marden Pratt, December 24, 1820--February 19, 1894; born at Chichester, Merrimack County, New Hampshire; daughter of Rachel Shaw and John Marden; married first Benjamin Abbot Hilton, circa 1839; divorced, circa 1844; moved to Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, 1844; married second Parley P. Pratt as a plural wife, 1844; five children; migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1847; settled in the Salt Lake City Fourteenth Ward; served as a Relief Society teacher, 1856-1870; moved to Fillmore, Millard County, Utah Territory, 1870; served as counselor and then president of the Fillmore Ward Relief Society; served as the first president of the Millard County Stake Relief Society; died at Salt Lake City)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Belinda Marden Pratt autobiographical sketch

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230351162]
Identifier: MSS 5868
Abstract

Handwritten autobiography of Belinda Marden Pratt, 1884.

Dates: 1884