Brief Life History of Helaman
When Helaman Pratt was born on 31 May 1846, in Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States, his father, Parley Parker Pratt, was 39 and his mother, Mary Wood, was 27. He married Emeline Victoria Billingsley on 25 July 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Rio Virgin, Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 26 November 1909, in Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico, at the age of 63, and was buried in Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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- Hellen Pratt in household of Mary Pratt, "United States Census, 1860"
- Heleman Pratt, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941" entry for Amy Wilcken Pratt
- Helaman Pratt, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951" entry for Irena Pratt Cardon
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1847 · The Great Seal of the State of Iowa is made
The Great Seal of the State of Iowa was created in 1847 and depicts a soldier standing in a wheat field surrounded by symbols including farming, mining, and transportation with the Mississippi River in the background. An eagle overhead bears the state motto.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a clever trickster, from Middle English prat(te), pret ‘cunning, wily, astute’ (a derivative of Old English præt, pret ‘trickery, deception’, which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Ranching in Old Mexico
Ranching in Old Mexico By Amy Pratt Romney About two years after my father, Helaman Pratt, and his families had moved to Old Mexico, he purchased a ranch about thirty miles up the Pierdas Verdes Riv …
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