Helaman Pratt
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| Born | May 31, 1846 Near Mount Pisgah, Iowa |
| Died | November 26, 1909 (aged 63) Colonia Dublan, Galeana Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Known for | Mexican LDS Ministry |
| Religion | Mormon |
| Children | Rey Pratt |
| Parents | Parley P. Pratt |
| Relatives | George W. Romney (grandson), Mitt Romney (great-grandson) |
Helaman Pratt (31 May 1846 – 26 November 1909) was an early leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico.
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[edit] Family
He was the son of Parley P. Pratt and Glasgow-born wife Mary Wood, the father of missionary Rey Pratt, the grandfather of Michigan governor George W. Romney, and the great-grandfather of Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. He was born in a covered wagon during a one-hour stopover on the Mormon Trail near Mount Pisgah, Iowa.
[edit] Life account
Pratt was one of the first missionaries to Mexico, and in 1876 at Hermosillo, Sonora, Pratt and Meliton Trejo performed the first baptisms recorded by the LDS Church in that country. Pratt latter served as president of the Mexican Mission based in Mexico City for part of the 1880s. After his release he moved to Colonia Dublan in Galeana, state of Chihuahua, Mexico, where he died.
He married in Salt Lake City, Utah, 20 April 1874 German Anna Johanna Dorothy ("Dora") Wilcken (Dahme, Zarpin, Rheinfeld, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, 25 July 1854 – Colonia Dublán, Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico, 22 June 1929), daughter of Carl Heinrich Wilcken (Eckhorst, Holstein, Schleswig-Holstein, 5 October 1831 – Salt Lake City, Utah, 9 April 1914) and the first of at least four additional wives (m. Neustadt in Holstein, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, 10 August 1853) Eliza Christina Carolina Reiche (Neustadt in Holstein, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, 1 May 1830 – Salt Lake City, Utah, 13 August 1906), both of whom also became LDS Church members. He was also a polygamist.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.wargs.com/political/romney.html Ancestry of Mitt Romney
[edit] External links
- Bio at pratt-family.org
- Histories and records at pratt-family.org
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