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Early Church Mission: North America Mission

Ballantyne, Richard

1817 August 26 – 1898 November 8

Bigler, Andrew

1836 March 24 – 1893 January 8

Bigler, Mark

1832 July 27 – 1889 October 10

Blair, Seth Millington

1819 March 14 – 1875 March 17

Case, James

1794 May 5 – 1860 July 2

Church, Haden Wells

1817 August 29 – 1875 September 27

Cunningham, Andrew

1816 October 21 – 1868 March 2

Diamond, George W

1813 December 13 – 1884 August 17

McGaw, James

1824 August 27 – 1872 January 15

Moody, William Cresfield

1819 March 23 – 1906 September 27

Spencer, Orson

1802 March 14 – 1855 October 15

Thomas, Preston

1814 February 15 – 1877 July 11

Waugh, George Peden

1789 February 11 – 1856 November 29