Lester Moroni Pratt (1882 - 1963)

Born 20 Oct 1882 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States

Husband of Sarah Wilmouth (Massey) Pratt — married 28 Nov 1906 in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States

Died 9 Jan 1963 at age 80 in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

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Biography

When Lester Moroni Pratt was born on October 20, 1882, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, his father, Moroni, was 37 and his mother, Caroline, was 30. He married Sarah Wilmoth (Sadie) Massey on November 28, 1906, in Paris, Idaho. They had seven children in 12 years. He died on January 9, 1963, in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the age of 80, and was buried in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRT-CXS : 13 January 2022), Lester M. Pratt in entry for Moroni L. Pratt, 1900.

• "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1962," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZK-5T8N : 22 July 2021), M Lester Pratt and Wilmouth Sadie Massey, 29 Nov 1906; citing Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, various county courthouses, Idaho; FHL microfilm.

• "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MB-BDPH : 1 February 2016), Lester Moroni Pratt in entry for Elcaney Llewllyn Pratt, 10 Jun 1907, Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States; citing certificate #319470, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Boise.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJN-MQQ : accessed 22 April 2023), Lester Pratt, Frontier, Uinta, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 129, sheet 3A, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1747; FHL microfilm 1,375,760.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K687-54T : 24 December 2021), Lester Moroni Pratt, 1917-1918.

• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:VT4T-9F9 : Wed Apr 05 02:43:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Lester M Pratt and Sarah W Pratt, 1940.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5HG-M2R : 11 January 2021), Lester Pratt, Jan 1963; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44212363/lester-moroni-pratt: accessed 22 April 2023), memorial page for Lester Moroni Pratt (20 Oct 1882–9 Jan 1963), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44212363, citing Kemmerer City Cemetery, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyoming, USA