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Hawaiian Mission

Benson, Ezra Taft

1811 February 22 – 1869 September 3

Cluff, Benjamin

Alternate Name: Clough, Benjamin

1830 March 20 – 1909 November 19

Cluff, William Wallace

1832 March 8 – 1915 August 21

Gibson, John Lewis

1838 October 6 – 1877 August 10

Gibson, William Henry

1840 September 10 – 1904 December 31

Smith, Joseph F

Birth Name: Smith, Joseph Fielding, Sr.

1838 November 13 – 1918 November 19

Snow, Lorenzo

1814 April 3 – 1901 October 10

Young, John Ray

1837 April 30 – 1931 September 15