Louisa Barnes
Alternate Names
Louisa Pratt (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1802 November 10 (Born)
Death Date
On 1880 September 8 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Mission Activity
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Born in Norwich, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
1802 November 10
Mother
Dolly Stevens
Father
Willard Barnes
Date Details
Occurred On 1802 November 10
Married
Addison Pratt
1831 April 3 (Age 28)
Baptized
1837 June 1 (Age 34)
Traveled in
Brigham Young Company (1848)
1848 June 5 – September 24 (Age 45)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Ann Louisa Pratt (Age 8)
Ellen Saphronia Pratt (Age 16)
Frances S. Pratt (Age 13)
Lois Pratt (Age 11)
Date Details
Started On 1848 June 5
Joined Company
Ended Between 1848 September 20 – 24
Company Arrived
Served as Mission President's Wife in the
Tahitian Mission
1850 May 7 – 1852 May 16 (Age 47)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Residence When Called
Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Additional Information
Served with Children
Set Apart By
Brigham Young
Served With
Addison Pratt
Date Details
Started On 1850 May 7
Departed from Home
On 1850 October 21
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1852 May 16
Departed from Field
Traveled in
Nathan C. Tenney Company (1858)
1858 January (Age 55)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started Circa 1858 January
Joined Company
Ended Circa 1858
Company Arrived
Died in Beaver, Beaver, Utah Territory, United States
1880 September 8 (Age 77)
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Louisa Barnes (1802 - 1880) Profile
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Person
Autobiographical accounts by Beaver residents, circa 1879
"Louisa Barnes Pratt", Autobiographical accounts by Beaver residents, circa 1879, Page 55.
Census of the company on the road traveling from San Bernardino, 1858 February
Census of the company on the road traveling from San Bernardino, 1858 February.
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Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900, Item 4791-4799, Page 743-751.
Mission
Brittany Chapman, "Capable of 'Great Good': Louisa Barnes Pratt Nurtured Saints in French Polynesia," Women of Conviction
Brittany Chapman, "Capable of 'Great Good': Louisa Barnes Pratt Nurtured Saints in French Polynesia," Women of Conviction, 27 August 2018.
Go ye into all the world: the growth and development of Mormon missionary work
"Louisa Barnes Pratt: Self-Reliant Missionary Wife", Go ye into all the world: the growth and development of Mormon missionary work, Page 261-288.
Louisa Barnes Pratt journal and autobiography, 1850-1880
"Volume 1, 1850 July-September, circa 1851", Louisa Barnes Pratt journal and autobiography, 1850-1880.
Tahiti Papeete Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1843-1978
Tahiti Papeete Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1843-1978.
The history of Louisa Barnes Pratt: being the autobiography of a Mormon missionary widow and pioneer
The history of Louisa Barnes Pratt: being the autobiography of a Mormon missionary widow and pioneer.
Pioneer
Autobiographical accounts by Beaver residents, circa 1879
Autobiographical accounts by Beaver residents, circa 1879.
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Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849. Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division, First 100, report: Page 1-6.
Louisa Barnes Pratt journal and autobiography, 1850-1880
Louisa Barnes Pratt journal and autobiography, 1850-1880, 1852, Vol. 7, Page 145-151.
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Louisa Barnes Pratt journal and autobiography, 1850-1880, Page 374-381.
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Woman's Exponent
"In Memoriam", Woman's Exponent, 9, (1 November 1880), 11. Page 85.
