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Eastern States Mission

Dana, Charles Root

1802 November 8 – 1868 August 7

Dudley, Oliver Hunt

1809 February 22 – 1897 May 27

Hyde, Orson

1805 January 8 – 1878 November 28

Lewis, Philip Bessom, Sr.

1804 January 16 – 1877 November 13

Little, Jesse Carter

1815 September 26 – 1893 December 26

Malin, Elijah

1808 March 11 – 1849 May 5

Woodruff, Wilford

1807 March 1 – 1898 September 2