Show DEATH OF M N A PRATT the death of sister mary ann pratt occurred at pleasant grove utah county on august at a m the deceased was the daughter of aaron and susan frost and at the time of her decease was aged 82 years 7 months and 10 days she was born at groton vermont jan 1809 at the age of three years ehe be with her fathers family moved to the state of maine embraced the gospel of jesus christ of latter day saints in the year 1835 being baptized by david W patten she narried married nathan stearns steams in may 1831 and by him she had one daughter her husband died one year and a half after marriage she subsequently moved to kirtland ohio when she became acquainted with apostle parley P pratt he being a widower and on may ath 1837 they were married she and her husband moved with the saints to missouri and here endured many sufferings their first son northan Nc than was born in caldwell county three months later mr pratt was arrested by an armed mob and taken to prison his wife meanwhile lying sick ot of a fever and not i able to leave her bed after her recovery she visited him in prison remaining with her children six weeks in a dreary dungeon during this time her daughter mary ann had hy her arm broken by trap door and at this supreme moment sister bister pratt at her husbands husband bugg HU tion took from the jail a manus manue which contat contained ned much church h tory and delivered it to a friend ahw guards had threatened to search aay one going out as they knew boothr br pratt was writing etc and thus ma t import important aDt items were saved for r church the deceased was ban from the state with her ren while her husband was compelled compel to te remain in the dungeon she set tied at quincy illinois on the ath of july of the next her husband made his escape from h enemies and after a perilous jour courim joined his wife and children at qui after A fter resting a while they ma moved ed nauvoo hancock county an and tot up their abode with the saints la n tb fall of 1840 sister pratt with her i ter olive their three children childre mary ann ADD parley P aud and N ar tb started for england with elder P pi 1 they being the first women am among on g ier latter day saints to go to a fo dorete land as missionaries they mo manchester their headquarters W ahk brother pratt established the nw star on june lat 1841 their d olivia was born england two years anil and on their retura home another laughter was ben or board the maid of lowa iowa N just oo 00 week before they landed at N they rhey named the infant susan after arriving home brother sister pratt set about building a dw ing the first home they had ever even joyed of their own sorrow borrow n visited their household J nathan 4 susan both died in a short time tl next issue was a boy whom they 0 moroni L sister pratt was ex expel from the state in the fall of nf u after the battle of nauvoo th they 1 I tied at winter quarters Qu artere now PM ence nebraska sister pratt atti her children returned from hl to the state of maine sl visit her relatives she retraced her steps westward ai at salt lake city overland in tir the A of 1852 she took up her abode at t Q lake city for the winter amov pleasant grove the next spring alj she has mostly resided since end elid ing herself to every one in the 1 her acquaintance sister pratt has been a zealous 11 faithful member in the list Lat work and has gone to reap the r of the just she leaves three C mrs oscar winters mra W B driggs and moroni ij pratt host boat of relatives and friends to her death B W draear PLEASANT GROVE august 1891 |