Third Generation

23. Olivia Thankful Pratt was born on 1 June 1841 in Manchester, England. She was born on 1 June 1841 in Manchester, England. She was born on 2 June 1841 in Manchester, Lancaster, England. Olivia died Asthma on 12 June 1906 at the age of 65 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, USA. She was buried on 15 June 1906 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, USA. She has Ancestral File Number 18QM-Q8. Letter from Parley P. Pratt - January 21, 1843
Chester, State of Illinois, Jan. 21, 1843.
Dear Brother Ward,–I take this opportunity of communicating a few item s of news which may be of use to your readers. I arrived here two week s since with my family. We are all well, except Olivia, who has the whoo ping cough. We are living here a few weeks, waiting for the river to ope n for Nauvoo. We are comfortably situated, a few yards from the landing , in a stone house in a small village eighty miles below St. Louis, and t hree hundred from Nauvoo. Provisions are cheaper than ever; Indian cor n is 20 cents per bushel; wheat 40 cents, flour, 3 1/4 dollars per barrel ; oats 15 cents per bushel; pork and beef from 2 to 3 cents per lb.; butt er, 10 cents; sugar, 5 cents; chickens 8 cents each etc. Cows from 8 t o 10 and 12 dollars per head; good horses, from 25 to 50 dollars; land, f rom 11/4 to 4 dollars per acre.
We were ten weeks on the Emerald and one in coming up the river. The we ather was very fine until the day before we landed, when it became extrem ely cold and snowy; but after a week of sever weather, it became suddenl y warm and pleasant, and it remains so yet–all ice and snow have disappea red, and the weather is like May. . . . [p.206]
BIB: Pratt, Parley P. [Letter], Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 3:12 ( April 1843) p.206. (HDL) (Mormon Immigration Index)

Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt
Between the middle of September and my own embarkation in October, I cha rtered three vessels for New Orleans, and filled them with the emigratin g Saints, viz:
The “Sidney,” with one hundred and eighty souls; the “Medford,” with tw o hundred and fourteen souls; and the “Henry,” with one hundred and fifty -seven.
I next chartered the Emerald, on which I placed about two hundred and fi fty passengers, including myself and family.
Having finished my present mission in England and taken an affectionat e leave of the Saints and friends there, I embarked on the Emerald, and s ailed on the 29th of October. We had a tedious passage of ten weeks, an d some difficulties, murmurings and rebellions; but the Saints on board w ere called together, and chastened and reproved sharply, which brought th em to repentance. We then humbled ourselves and called on the Lord, an d he sent a fair wind, and brought us into port in time to save us from s tarvation.
We landed in New Orleans early in January, 1843. Here I chartered a ste amer called the “Goddess of Liberty,” and took passage with the company f or St. Louis. Running up the river for about a week, I landed with my fa mily in Chester, Illinois--eighty miles below St. Louis. The company con tinued on to St. Louis. My reason for landing here was, that I would no t venture into Missouri after the abuses I had experienced there in forme r times. [p.285]
. . . A small steamer arrived, [near St. Louis] commanded by Captain Da n Jones, and was finally chartered for Nauvoo, and filled with Saints, in cluding my family. I passed by land to Alton, and there went on board.
Captain Jones was a good and kind hearted Welshman, and was much interes ted in the fullness of the gospel. He soon joined the Church, and was fi nally ordained and appointed a mission to Wales, where he preached the fu lness of the gospel and gathered thousands into the Church.
April 12th we landed in Nauvoo, and were kindly welcomed by President Sm ith and scores of others, who came down to the wharf to meet us. . . . [p .289]
BIB: Pratt, Parley P. Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, ed. by Parley P . Pratt, Jr., (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985), pp.285, 289. (HDL)

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Olivia

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Olivia

Olivia Thankful Pratt and Benjamin Woodbury Driggs Sr. were married on 16 February 1857 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, USA. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 25 Sep 1857, EHOUS.

~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 25 Sep 1857, EHOUS.
Benjamin Woodbury Driggs Sr. was born on 13 May 1837 in Fredonia, Licken, Ohio, USA. He died Brights disease on 1 October 1913 at the age of 76 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA. He was buried on 3 October 1913 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, USA. Benjamin held the title of Sr.. He has Ancestral File Number 18QM-P3. He was a Merchant.⁵ 1870 Census: Real Estate value: $300; Personal Property value: $300.
1860 Census: Real Estate value: $200; Personal Property value: $300.
also on 1860 Census: Real Estate value: $250; Personal Property value : $300.
According to the 1860 Agriculatural Census (FHL #1550328) Benjamin owne d 10 acres of farm, valued at $100 and $35 worth of farm implements. H e also owned 1 milk cow, 2 working oxen, 5 other cattle, 2 swine, all val ued at $150. He had 70 bushels of wheat, 15 bushels of Indian corn, 15 b ushels of Irish potatoes, 30 lbs of butter, and 10 tons of hay.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Fredonia, Licking, Ohio.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Fredonia, Licking, Ohio.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah.

Olivia Thankful Pratt and Benjamin Woodbury Driggs Sr. had the following children: