Orson Pratt
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Orson Pratt Sr. was an American religious leader and mathematician who was an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Christ. After the succession crisis Pratt continued
Orson Pratt
A dimensionally accurate replica of the 1847 roadometer
Second issue of The Seer February, 1853.
Headstone of Orson Pratt, Sr., located at Plot I_2_13_1E in the Salt Lake City Cemetery, inscribed, in part, "His own epitaph was:~ My body sleeps for a mo-ment, but my testimony lives and shall endure forever.".
Mormonism and polygamy
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Polygamy was practiced by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for more than half of the 19th century, and practiced publicly from 1852 to 1890 by between 20 and 30 percent of La
Orson Pratt
…the church membership in contention over several issues. Rumors and gossip were rife in Nauvoo, Illinois, and Pratt found the religious principle of plural marriage difficult to accept. He rebelled against Joseph Smith when a report by disaffected Mormon John C. Bennett accused Smith of proposing marriage to Pratt's…
A caricature of Brigham Young's wives, published in Puck following his death in 1877.
Polygamists, including George Q. Cannon, imprisoned under the Edmunds–Tucker Act, at the Utah Penitentiary in 1889.
Teens from polygamous families along with over 200 supporters demonstrate at a pro-polygamy rally in Salt Lake City in 2006