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The first branch in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) was founded on Maui in August 1851. By 1854, there were over 4,000 Hawaiian converts in 53 branches scattered throughout the islands, the Book of Mormon had been translated into Hawaiian, and converts gathered to a colony on Lanai. Missionaries left in 1857 at the time of the Utah War, but returned in 1864. In 1865 the Church purchased a sugar plantation in Laie, Oahu. The histories of the Laie plantation and the Hawaiian Mission intertwined as some mission presidents served simultaneously as plantation manager. In 1919 the plantation closed and the Laie Temple was dedicated on the same land.
Hiram Clark Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1851 February 22
Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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Occurred On 1850 December 12
Philip Bessom Lewis, Sr. Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1855
Silas Schellinger Smith Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1857 October 6
Henry William Bigler Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1858 October
Joseph F. Smith Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1864 October 2
Lorenzo Snow Departed from Home as Mission President
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Ended On 1864 June
Alma Lamoni Smith Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1868 June 15
George Nebeker Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1873 June
Frederick Augustus Herman Frank Mitchell Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1875 February 23
Alma Lamoni Smith Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1876 July 3
Simpson Montgomery Molen Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1879 July 21
Harvey Harris Cluff Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1882 August 16
Edward Partridge, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1885 March 27
Enoch Farr Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1887 May 30
William Rice King Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1890
Ward Eaton Pack Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1892 January 5
Matthew Noall Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1895 November 30
Samuel Edwin Woolley Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1919
Elias Wesley Smith Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1923 May 19
Eugene Jefferson Neff Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1926 June 8
William Mark Waddoups Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1930 October 26
Henry Castle Hadlock Murphy Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1936 May 3
Waldmar Francis Bailey Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1939 July 23
Roscoe Cleon Cox Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1942 July 4
Henry Castle Hadlock Murphy Departed from Home as Mission President
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Ended On 1947 May 6






