1.1
KEY: _5_ _Obadiah Pratt_____ _3__| ___Jared Pratt_____________| 1742-1797 _1_| |_6_ | b.25Nov1769 Canaan NY | | | | m. 7Jul1799 Detroit MI |_Jemima Tolls_____ |_2 | _7_ ___Parley P. Pratt_________| d. 5Nov1839 Detroit MI 1754-1812 |_4__| | b.12Apr1807 Burlington NY | |_8_ | m.20Nov1844 Nauvoo IL | _Samuel Dickinson_ | d.13May1857 Van Buren AR |___Charity Dickinson_______| 1750-1810 <--back | b.24Feb1776 Canaan NY | | d.20May1849 St Joseph MO |_Hulda Griffith___ ___Nephi Pratt__________| 1755-1782 | b. 1Jan1846 Nauvoo IL | | m.20Feb1871 SLC UT | _James Marden_____ | d.29Apr1910 Spokane WA | ___John Marden_____________| 1746-1812 | | | b.6Sep1772 Epsom NH | |___Hannah Phillips___ | | m.4Jan1792 Chichester NH |_Sarah Worth______ |___Belinda Marden__________| d.25Sep1833 Chichester NH 1748-1833 b.24Dec1820 Chichester NH | d.19Feb1894 SLC UT | _Hillard Shaw_____ |___Rachel Shaw_____________| 1732-1817 b.30Mar1775 Hampton NH | d.17Jan1858 Chichester NH |_Jerminia Nancy Green 1737-1793
Life Sketches
(Person numbers refer to pedigree chart position; see KEY in upper left.)
1. Nephi was born in Nauvoo IL just before the Mormons were driven out. In 1867 at 21, he began a mission to England which he started by walking to Colorado to catch a train. On the way they were attacked by Indians who stole their horses. Afterward he married Hannah Phillips and they had 9 children. He worked in the business department of the Improvement Era LDS magazine. In his latter years he was president of the Northwestern States Mission from 1902 to 1909, passing away the following year.
2. Hannah was born on 7 Apr 1846 in Dowlais, Wales. There she met the missionary Nephi Pratt, whom she later married, becoming his second wife (polygamy) in 1871. They had ten children. They lived for many years in Fillmore UT, which had been the capital city of Utah (1851-1856). Hannah had a beautiful singing voice, performing solos in Church. They lived in Portland OR during his stay as Northwestern Mission President where she passed away at 62 on 21 Apr 1908.
3. Parley
4. Belinda
5. Jared
6. Charity
7. John
8. Rachel
Research Notes