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Eastern States Mission

Brown, Moroni

1840 September 25 – 1916 August 14

Call, Homer

1834 January 9 – 1908 July 12

Fish, Joseph

1840 June 27 – 1926 December 10

Goodwin, Isaac Richards

1810 June 18 – 1879 April 25

Poole, John Rawlston

1829 May 13 – 1894 September 16

Porter, Nathan Tanner

1820 July 10 – 1897 April 9

Standifird, John Henry

1831 June 21 – 1924 November 24

Stevenson, Edward

1820 May 1 – 1897 January 27

Thayne, John Johnson

1825 November 11 – 1910 May 21