Parley P. Pratt Gravesite Alma, Arkansas, United States of America

Parley P. Pratt, one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of this dis- pensation, was converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after reading the Book of Mormon. He served several missions including a mission to Canada where he taught John Taylor who was eventually converted and later served as President of the Church. In 1857, while serving a mission to the east- ern states, Parley became aware that a man named Hector McLean was following him throughout his journey. McLean was the former husband of one of Parley’s wives, Elenor, and blamed Elder Pratt for his estrangement from his former wife. Even- tually, McLean found Parley and murdered him him near what is now Alma, Arkansas. Concerning his death, Brigham Young, a long-time friend of Parley P. Pratt stated that Inscriprtion on the “nothing has happened so hard to reconcile my Parley P. Pratt Gravesite Memorial Photo courtesy of Alexander L. Baugh mind to since the death of Joseph.”1 Elder Par- ley P. Pratt, like Joseph and Hyrum before him, sealed his testimony of the restored gospel of Je- Admission: sus Christ with his death. Free A monument has been erected at the gravesite of Parley P. Pratt and can be visited to- day. Further Reading Resources SOURCES

1 Parley P. Pratt, Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, edited by his son, Steven F. Pratt, “Elenor McLean and the Murder Parley P. Pratt (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1985), xxvii of Parley P. Pratt,” BYU Studies, 1975. - xxviii.

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Address: I 540 & Highway 282 Alma, Arkansas 72921