Sarah Melissa Callister

Brief Life History of Sarah Melissa

When Sarah Melissa Callister was born on 29 October 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Thomas Callister, was 33 and her mother, Helen Mar Clark, was 25. She married Nephi Pratt on 5 April 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Fairfield, Marion, Oregon, United States in 1920 and Linn, Oregon, United States in 1930. She died on 11 August 1933, in Vallejo, Solano, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Sunrise Memorial Cemetery, Vallejo, Solano, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nephi Pratt
1846–1910
Sarah Melissa Callister
1854–1933
Marriage: 5 April 1880
Helen Mar Pratt
1881–1921
Heber Clark Pratt
1883–1957
Sarah Melissa Pratt
1884–1933
Lehi Callister Pratt
1887–1950
Benjamin Marden Pratt
1890–1954
Olive Russell Pratt
1892–1944

Sources (37)

  • Sarah M Pratt in household of William C Morris, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Sarah Melissa Callister Pratt, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Sarah M Callister, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1857 · 7.9 Earthquake In Fort Tejon

The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.

1860

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Seth Perry BIRTH 21 Aug 1803 Massachusetts, USA DEATH 14 Dec 1860 (aged 57) Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri, USA BURIAL Sunrise Memorial Cemetery Vallejo, Solano County, California, USA PLOT C MEMORIAL ID 33392602 · View Source

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Manx: shortened form of Manx Mac Alister ‘son of Alexander’. See McAllister .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

Excerpt from "Davenport Ancestry in America" by Dorothy D. Hall, p 435.

Heber Clark Pratt, a grandson of Parley P. Pratt, was born in Fillmore, Utah, but lived in Salt Lake City until the family moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1905, when his father was called to preside ove …

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