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  1. Parley Parker Pratt Sr. (April 12, 1807 – May 13, 1857) was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement whose writings became a significant early nineteenth-century exposition of the Latter Day Saint faith. Named in 1835 as one of the first members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Pratt was part of the Quorum's successful mission to ...

  2. Parley P. Pratt. In the late summer of 1830, Parley P. Pratt, then 23 years old, came across a copy of the Book of Mormon. A native of New York, Pratt had moved to Ohio but felt spiritually prompted to return to New York and preach. The Book of Mormon thrilled him. “I read all day; eating was a burden, I had no desire for food; sleep was a ...

  3. The extraordinary life of Parley P. Pratt began two centuries ago this month. In 1853, a boyhood friend requested from Parley, then age 46, a “history of [his] life.”. Parley responded that a full account “would overload the mail” and would seem “far more strange … than the thousand volumes of modern fiction.”.

  4. Aug 29, 2023 · Parley Parker Pratt, an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was murdered in Arkansas in 1857 and buried in the state, despite his wishes to be buried in Utah.

  5. Apr 26, 2008 · Parley Parker Pratt (1807-1857) profoundly shaped early Mormon history through his leadership as an apostle and his prolific writings elaborating and defending Latter-day Saint theology. Parley was the third of five sons born to Jared and Charity Pratt, farmers who moved several times around eastern New York in search of economic opportunity ...

  6. Parley Parker Pratt, farmer, editor, publisher, teacher, school administrator, legislator, explorer, author. Born at Burlington, Otsego Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Traveled west with brother William to acquire land, 1823. Affiliated with Baptist church, ca. 1825.

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  8. Nov 13, 2023 · Parley P. Pratt was an early member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or sometimes called the Mormon Church, and was one of the original Apostles in these last days. He served as an apostle from 1835 until he was killed in 1857.

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