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Welsh Mission

Ajax, William

1832 March 13 – 1899 October 2

Davis, David Lazarus

Alternate Name: Davies, David Lazarus

1841 January 31 – 1926 April 20

Evans, Benjamin Pearce

1818 April 26 – 1893 December 26

Hughes, Francis David

1838 September 22 – 1914 November 22

Jeremy, Thomas Evans

1815 July 11 – 1891 April 17

Morgan, Joseph William

1838 October 13 – 1896 March 1

Palmer, Richard

1828 March 20 – 1916 September 16

Waylett, William Henry

1826 February 13 – 1879 October 17