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==Places and awards== |
==Places and awards== |
Revision as of 19:38, 8 March 2012
Pratt family | |
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Current region | Predominantly U.S. Intermountain West |
Members | Parley P. Pratt, Orson Pratt, Sarah Pratt, Marion G. Romney, George Romney, Jon Huntsman, Sr. |
Connected families | Huntsmans, Romneys, Smiths |
The Pratt family, descended from either of the Mormon pioneer brothers, Parley Parker Pratt or his brother Orson Pratt,[5] whose father was Jared Pratt (1769–1839).[6] has members in Utah and other parts of the U.S. One branch of the Pratt family is the Huntsman family.[7][8] Another is the Romney family, descended from Parley Pratt's granddaughter Anna Pratt Romney and her husband Gaskell Romney.[9][10][11]
Pratts
Selected family members
- William Pratt (1609–1678) was an early colonial settler, a lieutenant in the Pequot War, and a representative to the General Court of Connecticut for 23 terms.[12][13]
- Anson Pratt (1801-1849), brother of Parley P. Pratt, married Sally Barber (1805-1841). He fought at the Battle of Nauvoo.[14][5]
- Parley P. Pratt (1807–1857) was an original Mormon Apostle and member of the Utah Territorial Legislature in 1854. He was the 3rd great-grandson of William Pratt. He married fourth wife Mary Ann Frost, sister of Olive Frost (who married Joseph Smith Jr.). His brother was Orson Pratt.[15]
- Orson Pratt (1811–1881) was an original Mormon Apostle and member of the Utah Territorial Legislature from 1869-1879. He was the brother of Parley P. Pratt.[15]
- Jane Elisabeth Pratt (October 27, 1837-November 23, 1912), daughter of Anson and Sally, married Frederick Kesler (1816-1899).[14] (Kesler was a bodyguard of Joseph Smith, served as a major in the militia corps of the Great Salt Lake Military District, was a justice of the peace, and director of the penitentiary.[16][17][18])
- Alonzo Pratt Kesler (January 29, 1868-February 1918), son of Jane Elizabeth and Frederick, married Donnette Smith (September 17, 1872-September 15, 1961), a daughter of Joseph F. Smith. He was President of the Eastern States Mission and she served on the General Board of Relief Society[19]
- A. (Alonzo) Pratt Kesler (1905-1984) was the great-grandson of Jared Pratt. His mother was Donette Smith, a daughter of Joseph F. Smith. He was a Republican, serving as Salt Lake City Prosecuting Attorney between 1935-40, Assistant Salt Lake City Attorney between 1940–53, appointed U.S. Attorney by U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower in Utah between 1953–1961, and Utah Attorney General from 1961–1965. He was only the second person in Utah history to serve as both U.S. Attorney and state attorney general. Kesler served as Republican State Chairman in Utah from 1950–1953, and was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah in 1952. He was a member of the Republican National Committee between 1952–53.[20]
Huntsmans
- Jon Huntsman, Jr. (born March 26, 1960 in Palo Alto, California) was the Governor of Utah between 2005–2009 and U.S. Ambassador to China from 2009–2011. He is the grandson of David B. Haight. (Huntsman is a descendant of Isabella Eleanor Marden Pratt, born September 1, 1854; died, April 23, 1912. Isabella married Franklin Alonzo Robison (July 29, 1851-October 17, 1936), a sheriff of Millard County, Utah and city councilman of Fillmore, Utah.[21])
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Places and awards
- Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
- Jon M. Huntsman Hall at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University
- Huntsman Awards
References
- ^ Givens, Terryl L.; Grow, Matthew J. (2011). Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism. Oxford University Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780195375732.
- ^ Givens, Terryl L.; Grow, Matthew J. (2011). Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism. Oxford University Press. p. 336. ISBN 9780195375732.
- ^ Powell, Allan Kent, ed. (1994), Utah History Encyclopedia (article "Orson Pratt"), University of Utah Press, ISBN 9780874804256
- ^ Orson Pratt House, Utah State Historical Society, Entered August 11, 1983 onto National Register of Historic Places, Marker No. N-584
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(help) - ^ a b Pratt, R. Steven (October 1979), The Five Sons of Jared and Charity Pratt, Ensign magazine
- ^ Givens, Terryl L.; Grow, Matthew J. (2011). Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism. Oxford University Press. p. 401. ISBN 9780195375732.
- ^ Barbaro, Michael; Parker, Ashley (January 4, 2012), On Stage, an Awkward Reminder of Personal Rifts in G.O.P., New York Times,
The Romney and Huntsman families — two intertwined clans that go back to the early days of Mormonism....
- ^ Krasny, Ros; Nichols, Michelle (January 2, 2012), Huntsman tries to turn up heat on Romney in N. Hampshire, Reuters,
'Both Romney and Huntsman descend from Parley P. Pratt, one of the most storied early Mormon leaders,' said Joanna Brooks, a Mormon scholar.... 'Both have family and personal connections to the institutional hierarchy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And both enjoy an unusual degree of access to high-ranking church leaders,' she said.
- ^ Bowman, Matthew (2012), The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith, Random House, p. xix,
One hundred and fifty years after the death of his ancestor, Parley Pratt's great-great-grandson Mitt Romney announced his bid for the Republican Party's nomination. ... He had served as governor of Massachusettes, and his father, George, as governor of Michigan.
- ^ Denton, Sally (January 29, 2012), Mitt and the White Horse Prophesy, Salon magazine,
...the youngest son of the most prominent Mormon in American politics — a seventh-generation direct descendant of one of the faith's founding 12 apostles—Mitt Romney....
- ^ Rich, Frank (January 29, 2012), Who in God’s Name Is Mitt Romney?, New York Magazine,
Romney is...the scion of a family dynasty integral to the progress of an American-born faith....
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at position 74 (help) - ^ Roberts, B. H., ed. (1902). History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Vol. 1. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News. p. 119. OCLC 4890306.
- ^ General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.): 'Annual Register of Officers and Members of the Society of colonial Wars; Constitution of the General Society', J. Pott & Company, 1895, p. 12
- ^ a b Pratt, Orson (Undated document), Brief Abstract of Genealogy and Ancestry of Jared Pratt, Unpublished manuscript, Orson Pratt Collection, Historical Department Archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, archived from the original on November 2009, retrieved February 9, 2012
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(help) - ^ a b McLellin, William Earl; Shipps, Jan; Welch, John Woodland (1994), Shipps, Jan; Welch, John Woodland (eds.), The journals of William E. McLellin, 1831-1836, University of Illinois Press, p. 455, ISBN 9780842523165
- ^ Hull, Thomas (1899), Events of the Month, vol. 2, The Improvement Era, p. 719, archived from the original on May 2006 by David Grow
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(help) - ^ "Re-organization of the Militia". Deseret News. April 29, 1857. Archived from the original on September 2006 by David Grow.
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(help) - ^ The Frederick Kesler Papers, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
- ^ Latter-Day Saint biographical encyclopedia: a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 4. Andrew Jenson. A. Jenson History Co., 1936. p. 189, 331
- ^ "U.S. Attorney's for the District of Utah", State of Utah. Retrieved December 5, 2011
- ^ Robison, Franklin Alonzo (1915), Autobiographical Sketch of Franklin Alonzo Robison, Unpublished manuscript, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah