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Carson Valley Mission

Dustin, Seth

1825 October 21 – 1903 December 2

Hancock, George Washington

1826 March 8 – 1901 November 15

Hutchings, Shepherd Pierce

1818 November 29 – 1895 July 23

Hyde, Orson

1805 January 8 – 1878 November 28

Loveland, Chester

1817 December 30 – 1886 March 5

Merkley, Christopher

1808 December 18 – 1893 May 2

Perkins, Jesse Nelson

1819 February 19 – 1883 March 2

Perkins, Reuben Winchester

1828 July 15 – 1877 August 10

Reese, Enoch

1813 May 25 – 1876 July 20