Pratt, Parley Parker
b April 12, 1807 Burlington, Otsege Co, NY
m Sept 9, 1827  Thankful Halsey(d March 25,1837)
May 9, 1837 Mary Ann(Frost) Stearns(div 1853)
bap  Sept 1, 1830
d May 14, 1857

Sept 1, 1830 o elder
June 3,1831 o high priest
1834 member Zion's Camp
July 7, 1834 o to high council in Zion
Feb 1835 o apostle


authored Voice of Warning(1837)
Key to Theology
History of Missouri Persecutions
Autobiography
"When Earth in Bondage Long Had Lain"
"An Angel from on High"
"Come, O Thou King of Kings"
"Father in Heaven, We Believe"
"Hark! Ye Mortals, Hark, Be Still"
"The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee"
"Behold Thy Sons & Daughter"


edited  Millennial Star  1841-42

bibl HC1:657-59
TMD:61-71
BOM:217-23
RJS:45-47
LBE 1:83-85photo

Paul, E Robert
"Early Mormon Intellectuals: Parley P, and Orson Pratt, A Response"
Dialogue 15(3):42-48

Crawley, Peter
"Parley P Pratt: Father of Mormon Pamphleteering"
Dialogue 15(3):13-26

May, Deam L
"The Millennial Hymns of Parley P Pratt"
Dialogue 16(1):145-50

papers at LDS Historical Department

note RJS says d May 13