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 …

Presided over British mission after Brigham Young left in 1841. Charged "to open the door and proclaim the Gospel in the Pacific Islands, in Lower California and in South America." Served in California …

Nov 20, 2025 · 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 …

One of the most significant LDS missionaries, writers, poets, and thinkers to emerge during the early years of the LDS Restoration was Parley Parker Pratt (1807-1857). He was a central figure in …

Aug 25, 2025 · Parley P. Pratt [1] 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 …

Parley P. Pratt, a beloved Apostle and missionary, was an eyewitness to the rolling forth of the newly restored gospel. His vivid descriptions of the people, the places, and the events surrounding the …

Oct 7, 2018 · 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 …

Parley is known to have written 31 published works, not including his posthumous autobiography. His final mission was back to the States once again. It was near Van Buren, Arkansas, that fifty-year-old …

The Latter-day Saints deeply mourned his loss. Four years before his death, Pratt reflected on his life in a letter to a friend from his youth. His faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ had transformed his life and …

Chosen by Joseph Smith as one of the first Mormon apostles, Parley P. Pratt endured imprisonment, persecution in Missouri, the trials of the exodus from Nauvoo, and the challenges of settling the …