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Title

Northern States Mission

Abbott, William Elias

1869 October 16 – 1949 February 19

Agren, Pehr Alfred

1877 January 31 – 1928 December 22

Allen, Albert J

1855 April 26 – 1932 April 14

Allen, Alvin

1872 March 7 – 1965 March 20

Allen, James Carson

1858 March 21 – 1935 February 8

Allred, John Franklin

1851 January 1 – 1918 July 1

Andersen, James Henry

1879 August 19 – 1966 January 9

Andersen, Niels Peter

1863 February 7 – 1941 April 3

Andersen, William

1873 June 13 – 1951 March 12

Anderson, Andrew Peter

1877 May 13 – 1935 April 5

Anderson, James Erastus

1872 June 26 – 1955 April 24

Anderson, James, Jr.

1866 October 22 – 1951 January 30

Anderson, Joseph Emmanuel

1859 November 11 – 1941 June 21

Andrew, William Rees

1877 April 12 – 1957 January 4

Arave, William Alma

1860 January 14 – 1947 August 1

Archibald, Allen Mark

1865 December 22 – 1943 October 7

Arnoldson, Hyrum Smith

1866 July 27 – 1943 March 19

Aylett, John Argent

1867 September 28 – 1947 November 23

Badger, George William

1850 October 26 – 1931 July 31

Ballard, Melvin Joseph

1873 February 9 – 1939 July 30

Balls, George David

1878 May 24 – 1958 June 14

Barlow, John Yates

1874 March 4 – 1949 December 29

Barton, George Ernest

1871 October 7 – 1955 May 23

Batchelor, Henry Webb

1871 February 13 – 1929 June 10

Beal, John Samuel

1857 June 29 – 1944 September 14