180 years ago today - Nov 20, 1844

Parley P. Pratt is secretly sealed to Belinda Marden by Brigham Young. On 1 January 1846, she gave birth to a son, Nephi. Though Belinda was living in the Pratt home, Parley's legal wife Mary Ann did not know of the sealing.

[Richard S. Van Wagoner, "Sarah M. Pratt: The Shaping of An Apostate," Dialogue, Vol.19, No.2, p.85]

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