Parley P. Pratt
PersonMaleRID: PER-01RSXJ6
Other Names
Parley Parker Pratt
Born
On 1807 April 12
Died
On 1857 May 13
Birthplace
Burlington, Otsego, New York, United States
Death Place
Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
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Born in Burlington, Otsego, New York, United States
1807 April 12
Relationships
Father
Jared Pratt
Mother
Charity Dickinson
Married to Thankful Halsey
1827 September 9 (Age 20)
Baptism
1830 September 1 (Age 23)
Performed By
Departed from Home as Missionary
Lamanite Mission
1830 October – 1831 (Age 23)
1830 October – 1831 (Age 23)
End Date Details
Ended 1831
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
New York
Priesthood Office When Called
Elder
Location Served
New York and Far West
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Accompanied Oliver Cowdery and others
Mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants 32:1-3
1830 October (Age 23)
Additional Information
Notes
Doctrine and Covenants 32:1-3 in Manchester, New York.
Doctrine and Covenants 49:1 and 49:3 in Kirtland, Ohio.
Doctrine and Covenants 50:37 in Kirtland, Ohio.
Doctrine and Covenants 52:26 in Kirtland, Ohio.
Doctrine and Covenants 103:30 and 103:37 in Kirtland, Ohio.
Doctrine and Covenants 124:129 in Nauvoo, Illinois.
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1831 May 7 – June (Age 24)
1831 May 7 – June (Age 24)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1831 June
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Kirtland, Ohio
Priesthood Office When Called
Elder
Location Served
Cleveland, Ohio
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Accompanied Sidney Rigdon and Leman Copley
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1831 June 7 (Age 24)
1831 June 7 (Age 24)
End Date Details
Ended 1831
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Kirtland, Ohio
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Traveled with his brother, Orson Pratt
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1832 January 26 – 1833 (Age 24)
1832 January 26 – 1833 (Age 24)
End Date Details
Ended 1833
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Independence, Jackson, Missouri
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1832 July (Age 25)
1832 July (Age 25)
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Kirtland, Ohio to Missouri
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Journal History July 31, 1832
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1834 January (Age 26)
1834 January (Age 26)
End Date Details
Ended 1834
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Clay, Missouri to Kirtland, Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Assisted Joseph the Prophet
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1834 July (Age 27)
1834 July (Age 27)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1834
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Clay, Missouri
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1835 January 6 (Age 27)
1835 January 6 (Age 27)
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Location Served
Pennsylvania, New York, Canada
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Worked with fellow Apostles
Set Apart as Apostle in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
1835 February 21 – 1857 May 13 (Age 27)
1835 February 21 – 1857 May 13 (Age 27)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1857 May 13
Married to Mary Ann Frost
1837 May 9 (Age 30)
Departed from Home as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1837 July (Age 30)
1837 July (Age 30)
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Location Served
Canada and New York
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Published a book, "Voice of Warning"
Departed from Home as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1839 August 29 – 1841 April 21 (Age 32)
1839 August 29 – 1841 April 21 (Age 32)
End Date Details
Ended 1841 April 21
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Commerce, Illinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Location Served
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,and Great Britain
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Called as Mission President
British Mission
1841 April 21 – 1842 October 29 (Age 34)
1841 April 21 – 1842 October 29 (Age 34)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1842 October 29
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Location Served
Great Britain
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Presided over British mission after Brigham Young left in 1841.
Mission Companionship
Departed from Home as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1843 – 1844 July 10 (Age 35)
1843 – 1844 July 10 (Age 35)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1844 July 10
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Illinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Location Served
Massachusetts
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Married to Elizabeth Brotherton
1843 July 24 (Age 36)
Married to Mary Wood
1844 September 9 (Age 37)
Married to Hanna Hette Snively
1844 November 2 (Age 37)
Married to Belinda Marden
1844 November 20 (Age 37)
Departed from Home as Mission President
Eastern States Mission
1844 December 2 – 1845 August (Age 37)
1844 December 2 – 1845 August (Age 37)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1845 August
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Illinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Married to Sarah Houston
1845 October 15 (Age 38)
Married to Phoebe Elizabeth Soper
1846 February 8 (Age 38)
Arrived in the Field as Missionary
British Mission
1846 October 14 – 1847 January 19 (Age 39)
1846 October 14 – 1847 January 19 (Age 39)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1847 January 19
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Location Served
England
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Married to Ann Agatha Walker
1847 April 28 (Age 40)
Married to Martha Monks
1847 April 28 (Age 40)
Joined Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions Company
1847 June 18 – September 25 (Age 40)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended Between 1847 September 24 – 25
Additional Information
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: South America Mission
1851 March 16 – 1852 March 2 (Age 43)
1851 March 16 – 1852 March 2 (Age 43)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1852 March 2
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Location Served
Chile
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Charged "to open the door and proclaim the Gospel in the Pacific Islands, in Lower California and in South America." Served in California then Chile.
Mission Companionship
Set Apart as Missionary
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square Mission
1852 – 1857 (Age 44)
1852 – 1857 (Age 44)
End Date Details
Ended 1857
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Mission Qualifier
Other
Notes
Tenor
Appointed as Company Captain
Parley P. Pratt Company
1852 September 14 – October 18 (Age 45)
1852 September 14 – October 18 (Age 45)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1852 October 18
Married to Keziah Downes
1853 December 27 (Age 46)
Appointed as Company Captain
Parley P. Pratt Company
1855 June 20 – August 18 (Age 48)
1855 June 20 – August 18 (Age 48)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1855 August 18
Married to Eleanor Jane McComb
1855 November 14 (Age 48)
Departed from Home as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1856 September 11 – 1857 May 13 (Age 49)
1856 September 11 – 1857 May 13 (Age 49)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1857 May 13
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Location Served
United States
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Died in Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
1857 May 13 (Age 50)