![<p xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Contributed by Joseph Trevor Antley to <a href="https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/28665502?p=10440065&returnLabel=Benjamin%20Erastus%20Rich%20(KWZR-BZX)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Ftree%2F%23view%3Dancestor%26person%3DKWZR-BZX%26section%3Dmemories">FamilySearch</a>.</p> <p xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Contributed by Joseph Trevor Antley to <a href="https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/28665502?p=10440065&returnLabel=Benjamin%20Erastus%20Rich%20(KWZR-BZX)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Ftree%2F%23view%3Dancestor%26person%3DKWZR-BZX%26section%3Dmemories">FamilySearch</a>.</p>](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/QR/390x520/benjamin-erastus-rich-1955-fs2.jpg)
Benjamin Erastus Rich
Media
![Benjamin Erastus Rich (1855 - 1913) Profile](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/QR/benjamin-erastus-rich-1955-fs2.jpg)
Benjamin Erastus Rich (1855 - 1913) Profile
![1899/1: New Elders - Southern States Mission (23 Jan 1899)](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/bert-hoopes-1877-fs-2.jpg)
1899/1: New Elders - Southern States Mission (23 Jan 1899)
![1899/4: South Carolina Conference - Southern States Mission (6 Apr 1899)](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/eli-carlos-openshaw-1872-1-fs.jpg)
1899/4: South Carolina Conference - Southern States Mission (6 Apr 1899)
![1898/7: Southern States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/eugene-beanharnais-lewis-1878-fs-1.jpg)
1898/7: Southern States Mission
![1899/4: New Elders - Southern States Mission (24 April 1899)](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/C/john-preston-creer-1875-fs-8.jpg)
1899/4: New Elders - Southern States Mission (24 April 1899)
![1899-5: North Alabama Conference - Southern States Mission (1 May 1899)](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/geraldus-adolphus-newell-1872-fs.jpg)
1899-5: North Alabama Conference - Southern States Mission (1 May 1899)
![1898/11: New Elders - Southern States Mission (21 Nov 98)](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/charles-crawford-toyn-1880-fs-2.jpg)
1898/11: New Elders - Southern States Mission (21 Nov 98)
![1899/5: New Elders - Southern States Mission (8 May 1899)](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/isaac-bowen-evans-1867-fs.jpg)
1899/5: New Elders - Southern States Mission (8 May 1899)
![Newly Arrived Elders 21 June 1898](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/A/john-seymour-allen-1870-fs-3.jpg)
Newly Arrived Elders 21 June 1898
![Southern States Mission, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 19 June 1899](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/james-apollos-thornton-1864-fs-3.jpg)
Southern States Mission, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 19 June 1899
![Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee - March 20, 1899](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/P/william-henry-petty-1874-fs-6.jpg)
Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee - March 20, 1899
![Southern States Missionaries](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/southern-states-missionaries-1900-CH55818.jpg)
Southern States Missionaries
![Southern States missionaries](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/elias-smith-kimball-1857-fs-4.jpg)
Southern States missionaries
![March 1899: Office Staff in Chattanooga - Southern States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/P/william-henry-petty-1874-fs-4.jpg)
March 1899: Office Staff in Chattanooga - Southern States Mission
![1899/4: New Elders Arriving - Southern States Mission - April 17, 1899](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/F/david-pile-felt-1860-fs-7.jpg)
1899/4: New Elders Arriving - Southern States Mission - April 17, 1899
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/C/francis-phillip-carlisle-1862-fs-6.jpg)
Mission Photo
![Southern States Mission 1906-1908](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/dennis-samuel-dorrity-1880-fs-mj.jpg)
Southern States Mission 1906-1908
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/QR/benjamin-erastus-rich-1855-fs-3.jpg)
Mission Photo
![New Elders - Southern States Mission - Feb 21, 1899](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/W/edwin-gordon-woolley-jr-1870-fs-8.jpg)
New Elders - Southern States Mission - Feb 21, 1899
![Southern States Mission Presidency, circa 1898](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/Southern States Mission presidency, 1898.jpg)
Southern States Mission Presidency, circa 1898
![Rich brothers all served in the Southern States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/QR/benjamin-erastus-rich-1855-fs-6.jpeg)
Rich brothers all served in the Southern States Mission
![First annual conference of presidents in Southern States Mission, Chattanooga, Tennessee, May 1899](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/john-henry-willis-1858-fs-3.jpg)
First annual conference of presidents in Southern States Mission, Chattanooga, Tennessee, May 1899
![New Elders-Southern States Mission, 1898 December 20](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/charles-john-howard-1869-fs-2.jpg)
New Elders-Southern States Mission, 1898 December 20
![1899/3: South Alabama Conference - Southern States Mission, 1899 March 31](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/ezra-peter-monson-1874-fs-1.jpg)
1899/3: South Alabama Conference - Southern States Mission, 1899 March 31
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Middle States Mission Conference Presidents
![Middle States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Middle States/Middle-States-Mission-conf-pres-PH2373_f0001_i0001_00001.jpg)
Middle States Mission
Mission President & Wife
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United States Mission Presidents
![Southern States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/southern-states-mission-1904-CH81546.jpg)
Southern States Mission
![Southern States Mission Presidency, 1904](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/joseph-hyrum-hardy-1871-fs-3.jpg)
Southern States Mission Presidency, 1904
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/XYZ/frederick-eugene-yeates-1888-fs-2.jpg)
Mission Photo
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Mission Presidents in the United States and Mexico
Mission Photo
![United States Mission Presidents](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/US Mission Presidents 1908.jpg)
United States Mission Presidents
![Rhode Island Conference, Circa 1912](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/eastern states/john-taylor-barrett-1879-chl.jpg)
Rhode Island Conference, Circa 1912