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	Orson Pratt - Slider
		Orson Pratt (September 19, 1811 – October 3, 1881) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles.
		Orson Pratt was the younger brother of Parley P. Pratt, who introduced him to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and baptized him on his nineteenth birthday, September 19, 1830 in Canaan, New York.
		Pratt was reinstated in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on January 20, 1843.
	enc.slider.com /Enc/Orson_Pratt (419 words)

	Orson Pratt - LoveToKnow 1911
		ORSON PRATT (1811-1881), Mormon apostle, was born of humble parents at Hartford, New York.
		Pratt was also a mathematician of some note.
		He was professor of mathematics in the university of Deseret and wrote several books on this subject, these including Cubic and Biquadratic Equations (1866).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Orson_Pratt (111 words)

	Orson Pratt Information
		Orson Pratt (September 19, 1811 – October 3, 1881) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles.
		Orson Pratt was a member of the original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles under Joseph Smith.
		Orson Pratt died of complications from diabetes on October 3, 1881, the last surviving member of the Original Council of the Twelve.
	www.bookrags.com /Orson_Pratt (1016 words)

	Orson Pratt, General Authority
		Pratt, it would have been easy for Orson Pratt to stand in his brother's shadow, but he was a giant in his own right and stood in no man's shadow save it be possibly in Joseph's and Brigham's.
		Orson Pratt was born September 19, 1811 in Hartford, Washington County, New York, the son of Jared Pratt and his wife Charity Dickinson Pratt.
		Thus it was that John Taylor and not Orson Hyde became the third President of the Church and Orson Pratt never served as President of the Quorum of the Twelve.
	personal.atl.bellsouth.net /w/o/wol3/pratto1.htm (1069 words)

	Parley P. Pratt - Definition, explanation
		Pratt then returned to Fayette, New York in the spring of 1831, where he met the LDS Prophet Joseph Smith and was asked to undertake a mission to the local Native American tribes.
		Parley P. Pratt was instrumental in introducing the Mormon faith to a number of future LDS leaders, including his brother, Orson Pratt, Sidney Rigdon, Frederick G. Williams, John Taylor and his wife Leonora, and Joseph Fielding and his sisters, Mary and Mercy Fielding.
		Pratt was involved in establishing the refugee settlements and fields at both Garden City and Mt. Pisguh, Nebraska and personally led a pioneer company along the Mormon Trail to the Salt Lake Valley.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/pa/parley_p__pratt.php (727 words)

	Green Gate Village Historic Inn \| Utah.com
		Orson Pratt was one of the most remarkable men in early LDS Church history.
		In 1861, Orson and Erastus Snow were called by Brigham Young to lead a group of 309 families to relocate to Southern Utah and establish the city of St. George.
		Orson Pratt is best remembered as a theologian who was often so enthusiastic that he expounded on groundbreaking doctrine that had not received the approval of President Young.
	www.utah.com /attractions/greengate_village.htm (2251 words)

	Obituaries of Orson Pratt
		Pratt was in England at the time, and he supposed he was doing the correct thing to preach the latest vagary of Young’s, but it did not suit, and he was summoned home.
		Pratt was naturally an honest and just man, and … his acceptance and promulgation of Mormonism and his polygamic relations in obedience to its requirements, his natural instincts were right and proper.
		Orson Pratt was born in Hartford, Washington County, New York, September 19th, 1811, and was the son of Jared and Charity (Dickinson) Pratt.
	jared.pratt-family.org /orson_histories/orson_death_obituary.html (1343 words)

	Utah History Encyclopedia
		Orson Pratt was born on 19 September 1811 in Hartford, New York.
		Pratt became depressed and on 14 July disappeared; however, he was found near the Mississippi River and was persuaded to return home.
		Throughout the period from the 1850s to the 1870s when he was in Utah Pratt was a delegate to constitutional conventions and served in the territorial legislature as a member and later speaker of the house of representatives.
	www.media.utah.edu /UHE/p/PRATT,ORSON.html (675 words)

	Analysis of Orson Pratt sermon - 1875
		Pratt's discourse on Sunday, July 11, 1875, in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, was an elaborate effort of two hours, in which he assumed to speak for the Latter-day Saints, and proposed to give (to the editorial excursion party, a small part of whom were present) the peculiar doctrines of the Latter-day Saints.
		Pratt was to establish polygamy, which he asserted grew out of the eternity of marriage, as follows: The object of marriage being children, and in case the wife of a man -- a man in the prime of life, says Mr.
		Pratt's quorum of Apostles) said in 1845, "For once let me say that Cain who went to Nod and taught the doctrine of a plurality of wives, and the giants who practiced the same iniquity, etc. -- are all co-workers on the same plane;" (T. and S., vol.
	www.truthandgrace.com /1875sermon.htm (1279 words)

	Orson Pratt Journals
		At a church meeting, held in Pennsylvania, Erie County, and Springfield township, by Orson Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson, high priests, some of the members of that church refused to partake of the sacrament because the elder administering it did not observe the Word of Wisdom to obey it.
		It was furthermore voted that Elder Orson Hyde, accompanied by Elder Orson Pratt, go east to obtain donations for Zion, and means to redeem the farm on which the house of the Lord stands.
		We were all assembled together with the exception of Brother Orson Pratt who had not yet been with us.--At this time while we were praying, and wishing for his arrival, while opening the meeting he entered the house, we rejoiced at his presence, and thanked the Lord for it.
	www.boap.org /LDS/Early-Saints/OPratt.html (18827 words)

	Signature Books -- The Essential Orson Pratt
		The author of several dozen seminal treatises on Mormon doctrine, Orson Pratt (1811-81) produced a library of spirited and thoughtful expositions and defenses of the LDS church that charted the course for all subsequent church theologians.
		Born in Henderson, New York, Pratt was a contemporary of Joseph Smith, who, like his successor Brigham Young, often depended on Pratt's rhetorical skills and scientific eclecticism in presenting the Mormon message to the outside world.
		Since Pratt was a member of the leading Quorum of Twelve Apostles, many of his works were published in pamphlet form for proselytizing purposes.
	www.signaturebooks.com /eop.htm (260 words)

	Orson Pratt - Encyclopedia.com
		After studying the figure and images of both Pratts, I believe the sculpture is of Orson Pratt.
		Orson was the mathematician and surveyor, not Parley...
		She was also a great-granddaughter of LDS Apostle Orson Pratt.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-E-Pratt-Or.html (953 words)

	Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy, Vision Articles -- Orson Pratt and the 1831 Revelation Rumor
		A knowledge of how Orson came to believe in the supposed 1831 revelation is necessary for an understanding of why he opposed Joseph in 1842 when the Sarah Pratt case became public knowledge, as will be discussed in the next chapter.
		Orson wrote, "The inhabitants of each world are required to reverence, adore, and worship their own personal father who dwells in the Heaven which they formerly inhabited" (Orson Pratt, Editor, The Seer 1 [Washington City, D. Orson Pratt, publisher, 1853]: 37).
		Orson and his fellow polygamists fabricated their entire theology of plural marriage, basing it on the Cochran-Bennett pattern, and have thereby done a great injustice to the cause of the great Latter Day Work, and to the Saints who have suffered from the scourge of polygamy from that day to this.
	restorationbookstore.org /articles/nopoligamy/jsfp-visionarticles/orsonpratt1831revelationrumor.htm (3719 words)

	Orson Hyde - Definition, explanation
		Orson Hyde (January 8, 1805 – November 28, 1878) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles.
		Orson Hyde left church activity, and thus the quorum, on October 19, 1838.
		By this ruling, in June of 1875, both Hyde and Apostle Orson Pratt were moved down in council seniority.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/o/or/orson_hyde.php (1055 words)

	Orson Pratt (1801–1881)
		February 20, 1834 Kirtland high council assigns Orson and go east with Orson Hyde "to obtain donations for Zion, and means to redeem the farm on which the house of the Lord Stands."
		February 24, 1834 called with Orson Pratt "to assist in gathering up the strength of the Lord's House, preparatory to the redemption of Zion." They leave for New York two days later.
		We were all assembled together with the exception of Brother Orson Pratt who had not yet been with us.—At this time while we were praying, and wishing for his arrival, while opening the meeting he entered the house, we rejoiced at his presence, and thanked the Lord for it.
	www.saintswithouthalos.com /b/pratt_o.phtml (2649 words)

	Book III Chap 8 - John Quine Captain of the Parish, 1897
		Orson Pratt was a big man, solid and full-bodied, cast in the same mould as Arrosey, with an immense head, prominent cheek-bones, mouth broad and decisive, beard long and straggling-a face of passions dominated by a mastering will.
		Orson Pratt, more precisely about her clean-cut perfectly-formed mouth, full, mobile, smiling, and showing large, even, and very white teeth.
		Orson Pratt and Milvartin had turned on the shore and were coming towards the town.
	www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/fulltext/cp1897/chap308.htm (1240 words)

	Orson Pratt Brown - Life, Times, Family
		Orson Pratt Brown and his twin, William Galbraith Brown, were born on Jan. 17, 1905 in Colonia Morelos, Chihuahua, Mexico.
		As Pratt Orson and Porfirio grew older, they were "farmed out" to farmers and their families, to live and help work the farm.
		Pratt Orson bloomed under their care, and grew to a height of 6 feet, with blue eyes, a handsome, bright, gregarious young man. Records indicate that he was still living with the farmer's family when he was 15.
	www.orsonprattbrown.com /jane-orson.html (1498 words)

	Parley P. Pratt at AllExperts
		Pratt was born in Burlington, New York, the son of Jared and Charity Dickenson Pratt.
		Pratt then returned to Fayette, New York in October 1830, where he met the Prophet Joseph Smith and was asked to join a missionary group assigned to preach to the Native American (Lamanite) tribes on the Missouri frontier.
		In addition to his brother, Orson Pratt and Sidney Rigdon, he was instrumental in introducing the Mormon faith to a number of future LDS leaders, including Frederick G. Williams, John Taylor and his wife Leonora, Isaac Morley and Joseph Fielding and his sisters, Mary and Mercy Fielding.
	en.allexperts.com /e/p/pa/parley_p._pratt.htm (866 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		Orson Pratt was the younger brother of Parley P. Pratt, who introduced him to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and baptized him on his nineteenth birthday, September 19, 1830 in Canaan, New York.
		Pratt was reinstated in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on January 20, 1843.
		Orson Pratt died of complications from diabetes on October 3, 1881, the last surviving member of the Original Council of the Twelve.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Orson_Pratt (963 words)

	Green Gate Village Historic Inn - St. George Utah - Pratt House
		Orson Pratt was one of the most remarkable men in LDS Church history.
		In 1861 Orson Pratt and Erastus Snow were called by Brigham Young to lead a group of 309 families to relocate to Southern Utah and establish the city of St. George.
		Orson Pratt is best remembered by some as a theologian with deep insight who was so enthusiastic about the restored gospel that he often expounded upon groundbreaking doctrine that had not yet received the approval of President Young.
	www.greengatevillageinn.com /pratthouse.html (662 words)

	SMA \| Lorus Bishop Pratt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pratt's first visit to Europe came in 1879 when he was called to serve an LDS mission to England with his father Orson Pratt.
		During this period, Pratt's subject matter changed to depictions of "Workers of the soil." This harvest genre continued to be Pratt's most significant subject matter into the twentieth century.
		Pratt's attention to light as the subject and the pastel color scheme is reminiscent of the impressionistic style.
	www.sma.shs.nebo.edu /pratt.html (294 words)

	Orson Pratt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Orson Pratt was a Mormon who was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
		Orson was introduced to the Church by his older brother, who baptized him on his nineteenth birthday, September 19, 1830 in Canaan, New York.
		Brigham Young ruled that seniority was based on the date of readmission, so Orson Hyde and Orson Pratt were moved down in seniority in June of 1875.
	www.mywiseowl.com /articles/Orson_Pratt (286 words)

	Mormon Pioneer Trail History \| Utah.com
		Orson Pratt, with twenty-three wagons and forty-two men, was sent ahead to locate the Donner-Reed Trail.
		Orson Pratt and Erastus Snow were the scouts for the first group.
		Then Pratt guided the wagons north from about 11th East and 17th South through present Liberty Park ending between 3rd and 4th South and between Main and State Street to an area on the east bank of the south branch of City Creek.
	www.utah.com /mormon/pioneer_trail_history.htm (901 words)

	Orson Pratt - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		Orson Pratt was a Mormon who was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
		Orson was introduced to the Church by his older brother, who baptized him on his nineteenth birthday, September 19, 1830 in Canaan, New York.
		Brigham Young ruled that seniority was based on the date of readmission, so Orson Hyde and Orson Pratt were moved down in seniority in June of 1875.
	www.music.us /education/O/Orson-Pratt.htm (475 words)

	Utah History Encyclopedia
		Pratt remained with Smith for a month and was then called on a proselyting mission.
		Several times Pratt was ordered to recant his beliefs, which he did, only to resume teaching them again.
		Young rationalized that because Pratt had been excommunicated in 1842, he had lost his original position in the quorum even though his excommunication had been declared void.
	www.media.utah.edu /UHE/p/PRATT%2CORSON.html (675 words)

	Excerpts - Conflict in the Quorum
		Pratt could not have failed to appreciate that Lyman's sin, like his own, was intellectual and doctrinal in nature, compounded by Lyman's stubbornness—an inability to admit error or to submit wholly, if not willingly, to authority.
		The details of their meeting were not specified, but Pratt either volunteered or was instructed to repeat his "further light and understanding" to church faithful less than four weeks later at that fall's general conference.
		Orson Pratt has with stood me as he did Joseph [Smith]—I asked Orson to look over the "New Translation" [of the Bible] and found him speaking in [favor of it in] the school[.
	www.signaturebooks.com /excerpts/conflict.html (4741 words)

	Adam God
		On the 26th of January, in the Tabernacle, Elder Orson Pratt, Sen., addressed the Saints; and, through an oversight, a portion of his remarks was printed in Vol.
		Pratt's preachings and teaching upon the first principles of the Gospel are excellent.
		Pratt in an article, in the Seer, entitled "Pre-Existence of man," and in his treatises entitled absurdities of immaterialism and "Great First Cause," are plausibly presented.
	www.xmission.com /~plporter/lds/aglong.htm (2420 words)

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