Helaman Pratt was an early leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico

Mexico

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Family

He was the son of Parley P. Pratt

Parley P. Pratt

Parley Parker Pratt, Sr. was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1835 until his murder in 1857. He served in the Quorum with his younger brother, Orson Pratt...

 and wife Mary Wood, the father of Rey Pratt

Rey Pratt

Rey Lucero Pratt served The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 23 years as president of its Mexican Mission and for six years as a general authority. Pratt helped establish the church in Mexico and among Spanish-speaking populations in the United States and Argentina...

, the grandfather of Michigan

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 governor George W. Romney

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, and the great-grandfather of Massachusetts

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 governor Mitt Romney

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. He was born in a covered wagon

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 during a one-hour stopover on the Mormon Trail

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 near Mount Pisgah, Iowa

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Life account

Pratt was one of the first missionaries to Mexico, and in 1876 at Hermosillo

Hermosillo

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, Sonora

Sonora

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, Pratt and Meliton Trejo performed the first baptisms recorded by the LDS Church in that country. Pratt latter served as president

Mission president

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 of the Mexican Mission

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 based in Mexico City

Mexico City

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 for part of the 1880s. After his release he moved to Colonia Dublan

Colonia Dublan

Colonia Dublán began as a Mormon colony, located in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. It is now a part of Nuevo Casas Grandes. It is one of the few surviving Mormon colonies in Mexico .-History:...

 in Galeana

Galeana, Chihuahua

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, state of Chihuahua, Mexico

Mexico

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, where he died.

He married in Salt Lake City, Utah

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, 20 April 1874 German Anna Johanna Dorothy ("Dora") Wilcken (Dahme

Dahme, Schleswig-Holstein

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, Zarpin, Rheinfeld, Ostholstein

Ostholstein

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, Schleswig-Holstein

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, 25 July 1854 – Colonia Dublán

Colonia Dublan

Colonia Dublán began as a Mormon colony, located in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. It is now a part of Nuevo Casas Grandes. It is one of the few surviving Mormon colonies in Mexico .-History:...

, Galeana

Galeana, Chihuahua

Galeana is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Hermenegildo Galeana. The municipality covers an area of 1,529 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,774....

, Chihuahua, Mexico

Mexico

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, 22 June 1929), daughter of Carl Heinrich Wilcken (Eckhorst, Holstein

Holstein

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, Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

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, 5 October 1831 – Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

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, 9 April 1914) and the first of at least four wives (m. Neustadt in Holstein

Neustadt in Holstein

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, Ostholstein

Ostholstein

Ostholstein is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Stormarn, Segeberg and Plön, the Baltic Sea and the city of Lübeck.-History:...

, Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

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, 10 August 1853) Eliza Christina Carolina Reiche (Neustadt in Holstein

Neustadt in Holstein

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, Ostholstein

Ostholstein

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, Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

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, 1 May 1830 – Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

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, 13 August 1906), both of whom also became LDS Church members. He was also a polygamist.

External links

• Bio at pratt-family.org
• Histories and records at pratt-family.org