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Eastern States Mission

Eldredge, Alanson

1780 November 16 – 1857 December 14

Heywood, Joseph Leland

1815 August 1 – 1910 October 16

Johnson, Aaron

1806 June 22 – 1877 May 10

Lewis, Philip Bessom, Sr.

1804 January 16 – 1877 November 13

Molen, Jesse

Alternate Name: Molin, Jesse

1805 July 25 – 1851 March 16

Roundy, Shadrach

1789 January 1 – 1872 July 4

Woodruff, Wilford

1807 March 1 – 1898 September 2

Woolley, Edwin Dilworth

1807 June 28 – 1881 October 14