 1866 - 1942 (76 years) Has no ancestors but 21 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Mary Owens |
| Birth |
7 Mar 1866 |
Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
19 Jun 1889 |
LOGAN |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWZ9-PGC |
| Death |
19 Aug 1942 |
Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
| Burial |
24 Aug 1942 |
Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I166639 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Family 1 |
Thomas William Thompson, b. 26 Feb 1858, Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States d. 12 May 1890, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 32 years) |
| Marriage |
19 Jun 1889 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F42144 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
| Family 2 |
Moroni Walker Pratt, b. 28 Aug 1852, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 28 Jun 1911, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Nov 1894 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Esther Pratt, b. 8 Aug 1895, Fairview, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 8 Aug 1929, Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States (Age 34 years) |
| | 2. Laura Aletha Pratt, b. 29 Jan 1897, Fairview, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 12 Jan 1976, Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States (Age 78 years) |
| + | 3. Viola Pratt, b. 26 Jan 1899, Fairview, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 15 Sep 1984, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 85 years) |
| | 4. Veda Pratt, b. 22 Feb 1901, Fairview, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 12 Jun 1983, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 82 years) |
| | 5. Parley Owens Pratt, b. 14 Dec 1902, Fairview, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 23 Feb 1903 (Age 0 years) |
| | 6. Athleen Pratt, b. 21 Feb 1904, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 5 Jan 1997, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California, United States (Age 92 years) |
| | 7. Ruth Pratt, b. 30 Mar 1906, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 19 Aug 1970, Layton, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 64 years) |
| | 8. Milton Owens Pratt, b. 5 Nov 1908, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 11 Dec 1977, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States (Age 69 years) |
| | 9. Harold Owens Pratt, b. 13 Dec 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 30 Apr 1993, Anderson, Shasta, California, United States (Age 82 years) |
| | 10. Mildred Thompson, b. 17 Jul 1890, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States d. 15 Feb 1966, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 75 years) |
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| Family ID |
F15013 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 7 Mar 1866 - Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 19 Jun 1889 - LOGAN |
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 | Marriage - 19 Jun 1889 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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| Marriage - 7 Nov 1894 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 19 Aug 1942 - Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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| Burial - 24 Aug 1942 - Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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| Notes |
- Obituary:
Preston, ID. - Mrs. Mary Owens Thompson Pratt of Preston died Wednesda y a t 2:15 p.m., at her home, 35 East Second South Street.
Seventy-six years old, she was born March 7, 1866, in Henefer, Utah, dau g hter of William and Elizabeth Roberta Owens.
She spent her girlhood in Smithfield, attending the existing schools. S h e and her brother John went to the Brigham Young College at Logan for a lm ost six months.
She married Thomas William Thompson of Smithfield, June 19, 1888, in t h e Logan Temple. The ceremony was performed by Merriner W. Merrill. He r hu sband died May 12, 1890. About two months after his death, her eldes t chi ld was born. A year later she, her brother Will, and her mother, mo ved t o Preston.
She was the first teacher in Glendale, ID., where she taught for three m o nths for $60. Then she spent a few years with her sister Jeanette in So ld ier Canyon, between Price and Vernal, Utah.
Later she returned to her mother’s home in Fairview, ID., where she work e d in the Fairview store owned by Moroni W. Pratt. Mr. Pratt and Mrs. Th om pson were married Nov. 7, 1894 in the Logan Temple. Mr. Pratt is th e s o n of Parley P. Pratt, well-known pioneer, She took care of his eigh t ch ildren by another marriage and became the mother of nine of her own.
In 1903 they moved to Preston, where Mr. Pratt ran a dairy herd. They mo v ed to Treasureton in 1904 and lived on a farm. Mr. Pratt died June 28 , 19 11, in a Salt Lake hospital. She is mother of 10 children, eight o f who m are living.
During her life she has been very active in Church affairs. While livi n g at Fairview she was first counselor in the Relief Society; in the Pre st on Second and First Wards she was Relief Society teacher. For 16 year s sh e was assistant secretary-treasurer and librarian and magazine agen t in t he Relief Society of the First Ward. Since that time, she has bee n visiti ng teacher and special trainer for visiting sick and aged.
She is survived by eight children: Mrs. Laura P. Gamble, Mrs. Veda Bake r , and Milton Pratt of Preston; Mrs. Viola P. Dunkley of Whitney; Mrs. A th leen P. Walton of Cleveland and Harold Pratt of Portland; the followin g s tep-children: Mrs. Eva P. Griffeth of Dayton; Frank Pratt of Clearfie ld ; Mrs. Mabel P. Van Orden of Bancroft; Mrs. Hazel P. Christensen of La s V egas and Mrs. Florence Fackenhall of Portland; 30 grandchildren and t hre e great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m., in the Preston Fir s t Ward chapel. Burial will take place in the Smithfield Cemetery. Frien d s may call Saturday afternoon and Sunday at the Hendricks Mortuary an d af ter 10 a.m. Monday at her home in Preston.
[Deseret News, Aug. 21, 1942, 10]
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