Orson pratt biography
Orson Pratt Sr. (September 19, – October 3, ) was an American religious leader and mathematician who was an original member of the Quorum of the....
Lawrence R. Flake, Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 371–74.
Born: 19 September 1811, Hartford, New York
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:26 April 1835 (age 23)
Excommunicated:20 August 1842
Rebaptized and reordained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:20 January 1843
Died: 3 October 1881 (age 70), Salt Lake City, Utah
A young missionary, much weakened by his long journey and suffering from the effects of a fever, wandered the streets of Columbus, Ohio, hoping to find lodging for the night.
Parley Parker Pratt, One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry and Travels.
While standing bewildered on the town’s main thoroughfare, he felt impressed to speak to a certain man. The man turned out to be the only member of the Church in Columbus. While lodged at this brother’s home, the missionary was browsing through the Church newspaper, The Messenger and Advocate, and came across an announcement stating that he had been chosen as a member of the Quoru