Milando Merrill Pratt
Milando Merrill Pratt (1848-1930) was born 30 Sep. 1848 in Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. He was the son of Orson Pratt and Mary Ann Merrill. He married Elizabeth Rich on 16 May 1870 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory. He was baptized 6 Mar. 1857 in Great Salt Lake City. He was appointed by Wilford Woodruff and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on 4 May 1873 to be ordained to the High Council in Salt Lake City, and he corresponded with Wilford Woodruff several times in the 1880s. He died 7 Nov. 1930 in Salt Lake City.
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