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European Mission

Christiansen, Frederick

Alternate Name: Christensen, Frederik Chistiansen

1837 October 27 – 1880 July 21

Cleghorn, Robert

1841 January 2 – 1899 May 2

Ferguson, James S

1846 March 4 – 1905 February 14

Hemsley, Job

1847 January 6 – 1936 December 15

McClellan, William Carroll

1828 May 12 – 1916 April 28

Miller, Frederick Andrus

1838 March 24 – 1922 September 24

Montgomery, James

1831 April 1 – 1920 April 12

Riggs, Obadiah Higbee

Alternate Name: Riggs, Obediah Hezikiah

1843 July 6 – 1907 September 11