Eastern States Mission

Date Formed
1839 May 6
Date Ended
Unknown
Location Formed
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Organization Type
Ecclesiastical
Organization Area
North-america
Organization Participants in Database
4427

The Eastern States Mission was organized on 6 May 1839 when John P. Greene was sent to New York City to preside over the Saints in that area. The mission was not officially discontinued, but work in the area was temporarily suspended in 1850, 1858, and 1869.

The mission was formally reorganized in January 1893 from the Northern States and Southern States Missions with its headquarters in Brooklyn, New York.

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Formed in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

1839 May 6

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Occurred On 1839 May 6
Formed

William Smith Called as Mission President

1841 April 9 – 1844 April 22

Parley P Pratt Departed from Home as Mission President

1844 December 2 – 1845 August

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Departed from Home

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Ended On 1845 August
Arrived at Home

Orson Pratt Called as Mission President

1845 August – November

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Called
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Ended On 1845 November
Arrived at Home

Samuel Brannan Called as Mission President

1845 November – 1846 February 4

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Called
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Ended On 1846 February 4
Released

Jesse C. Little Called as Mission President

1846 April – 1847 February

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Ended On 1847 February
Departed from the Field

William Ivins Appleby Called as Mission President

1847 March – October 30

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Called
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Ended On 1847 October 30
Released

Jesse C. Little Called as Mission President

1847 November 5 – 1848 August 12

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Ended On 1848 August 12
Arrived at Home

Wilford Woodruff Called as Mission President

1848 April 22 – 1850 April

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Called
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Ended On 1850 April
Departed from the Field

John Taylor Departed from Home as Mission President

1854 September 4 – 1857 May

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Departed from Home

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Ended On 1857 May
Departed from the Field

William Ivins Appleby Called as Mission President

1856 October – 1858 October 17

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Called
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Ended On 1858 October 17
Arrived at Home

Jesse Easters Murphy Set Apart as Mission President

1867 October 11

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Start Date Not Found
Released

Samuel Whitney Richards Set Apart as Mission President

1895 January 4 – 1897 March 11

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1897 March 11
Released

William Henry Smart Called as Mission President

1899 March 11 – 1900 August 31

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Called
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Ended On 1900 August 31
Released

Benjamin Erastus Rich Arrived in the Field as Mission President

1908 August 8 – 1913 September 13

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Arrived in the Field
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Ended On 1913 September 13
Released

Walter Peter Monson Set Apart as Mission President

1913 October 11 – 1919 June 1

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1919 June 1
Released

George William McCune, Sr. Set Apart as Mission President

1919 April 24 – 1922 May 24

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1922 May 24
Released

B. H. Roberts Set Apart as Mission President

1922 May 29 – 1927 April 6

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1927 April 6
Released

Henry Herman Rolapp Set Apart as Mission President

1927 May 2 – 1929 January 1

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Ended On 1929 January 1
Released

James Henry Moyle Set Apart as Mission President

1929 January 4 – 1933 July 24

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Ended On 1933 July 24
Released

Don Byron Colton Set Apart as Mission President

1933 July 20 – 1937 August 2

Israel Franklin Evans Set Apart as Mission President

1937 July 8 – 1940 September 17

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1940 September 17
Departed from the Field

Gustave Arnt Iverson Departed from Home as Mission President

1940 August 31 – 1944 April 8

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Departed from Home
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Ended On 1944 April 8
Departed from the Field

Roy Watkins Doxey Departed from Home as Mission President

1944 April 13 – 1948 September

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Departed from Home

End Date Details

Ended On 1948 September
Released

Ended

No dates given

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Start Date Not Found
Ended

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Media
Eastern States Mission Map
Eastern States Mission Map
Brooklyn Conference, June 1922
Brooklyn Conference, June 1922
Eastern States Mission Home
Eastern States Mission Home
United States Mission Presidents
United States Mission Presidents
Rochester Conference, June 1922
Rochester Conference, June 1922
The First Mission School
The First Mission School
Conference Presidents and Office Force
Conference Presidents and Office Force
Missionaries at Joseph Smith's Birthplace
Missionaries at Joseph Smith's Birthplace
South West Virginia Conference, 1921
South West Virginia Conference, 1921
South West Virginia Conference, May 1921
South West Virginia Conference, May 1921
First Lady Missionaries in Eastern States
First Lady Missionaries in Eastern States
Sacred Grove - Eastern States Missionaries,  1935 July 24
Sacred Grove - Eastern States Missionaries, 1935 July 24