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Eastern States Mission

Bishop, Francis Gladden

1809 June 19 – 1864 November 30

Brown, Albert

1807 November 13 – 1902 January 28

Holmes, Milton

1811 January 16 – 1881 April 30

Martin, Moses, III

1812 June 1 – 1899 May 5

Pratt, Orson

Birth Name: Pratt, Orson, Sr.

1811 September 19 – 1881 October 3

Richards, Phineas

Alternate Name: Richards, Phineas Howe

1788 November 15 – 1874 November 25

Snow, Erastus

1818 November 9 – 1888 May 27

Winchester, Benjamin

1817 August 6 – 1901 January 25

Young, Brigham

1801 June 1 – 1877 August 29