160 years ago today - May 15, 1856

[Wilford Woodruff] I was called upon to administer to Sister Orson Pratt at 1 oclok in the morning. I promised her that she & her Child should do well And in about 15 minutes she had a daughter born that weighed 12 lbs. Both Mother & Daughter doing well.

[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousMay 15, 2016

    Herma Ethna Pratt (mother was Sarah Pratt, Orson's legal/lawful 1st wife).
    (May 16, 1856 - December 26, 1877).

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