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China Mission

Canfield, Cyrus Culver

1817 December 20 – 1889 December 25

Duncan, Chapman

1812 July 1 – 1900 December 22

Lewis, James

1814 January 12 – 1898 May 29

Stout, Hosea

1810 September 18 – 1889 March 2

Thompson, Walter

Alternate Name: Thomson, Walter

1825 August 10 – 1877 June 12

Wade, Edward Davis

1825 May 11 – 1880 January 2