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"Dear Pratt Cousin,
I am writing on behalf of the Jared Pratt Family Association, one of the oldest family history organizations in the nation. Jared and his wife Charity fathered five sons—Anson, William, Parley, Orson, and Nelson, born between 1801 and 1815. The first four sons joined the early Mormon Church, and the middle three crossed the plains to Utah. The Pratt brothers were brilliant, accomplished, and colorful. They helped blaze the western trails, settle the Intermountain West, lead the Latter-day Saints, and wrote highly influential theological and scientific pamphlets and books. Nineteenth-century Renaissance men, they were farmers, legislators, theologians, Apostles, missionaries, explorers, and scientists…”
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Pratt Family Reunion Set for 2007
July 20-21, 2007
“This Is the Place” Heritage Park
Salt Lake City, Utah
Come and celebrate the lives and contributions of all our Pratt ancestors, in this bicentennial year of the birth of Parley P. Pratt. Activities will be Friday night and Saturday, including dinner and a show about Parley, historical presentations, reports and displays on family research projects, and children’s activities! To give suggestions or to volunteer, please contact:
Robin Parkinson
Chairman, 2007 Reunion Committee
1340 - 37th St.
Ogden, UT 84403
For more details, see the newsletter article.
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