Samuela Manoa and Kimo Pelio were the first missionaries sent to Samoa from Hawaii by Walter Murray Gibson. They served for almost fifteen years, until Pelio's death, when Manoa wrote to Hawaii for help. Joseph and Flora Dean were sent to assist them and in 1888 and the Samoan Mission was officially organized.
Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1888 June 17
Joseph Henry Dean Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1888 June 17 – 1890 July 14
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William Orme Lee Called as Mission President
1890 August 13 – 1892 February 4
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George Emmett Browning, Sr. Called as Mission President
1892 February 4 – 1893 November 5
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Ransom Marion Stevens Set Apart as Mission President
1892 March 25 – 1894 April 28
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Thomas Heddock Hilton Set Apart as Mission President
1892 March 25 – 1895 March 27
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Olonzo David Merrill Set Apart as Mission President
1892 April 13 – 1895 August 15
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Alfred Morton Durham Set Apart as Mission President
1893 February 27 – 1897
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Orrin Orlando Barrus Set Apart as Mission President
1893 August 11 – 1896 December 30
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John Waldemar Beck Called as Mission President
1895 March 27 – 1896 April 23
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Ernest Wright Set Apart as Mission President
1896 March 27 – 1899 May 8
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Edward James Wood Set Apart as Mission President
1896 December 5 – 1899 April 6
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William Lorenzo Worsencroft Set Apart as Mission President
1896 December 5 – 1900 February 11
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Martin Franklin Sanders Set Apart as Mission President
1899 January 18 – 1904 December 19
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William Gailey Sears Set Apart as Mission President
1899 April 14 – 1902 January 15
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Joseph Harris Merrill Set Apart as Mission President
1901 November 30 – 1903 January 27
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Thomas Samuel Court Set Apart as Mission President
1904 September 2 – 1908 June 11
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William Alfred Moody Set Apart as Mission President
1908 February 21 – 1910 September 25
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Don Carlos McBride Set Apart as Mission President
1909 June 11 – 1912 February 10
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Christian Jensen, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President
1911 November 21 – 1913
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John Alexander Nelson, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President
1913 – 1916 April 25
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Ernest Wright Set Apart as Mission President
1916 February 2 – 1918 April 3
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Willard Augustus Keith Set Apart as Mission President
1916 November 1 – 1920
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John Quincy Adams Set Apart as Mission President
1919 December 10 – 1923 November 6
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Ernest Leroy Butler Called as Mission President
1923 – 1927 February 11
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Willard Lisbon Smith Set Apart as Mission President
1926 December 9 – 1934 March 13
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William Gailey Sears Set Apart as Mission President
1934 February 26 – 1936 July 19
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Gilbert Randall Tingey Set Apart as Mission President
1937 May 19 – 1940 September 15
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Wilford Woodruff Emery Departed from Home as Mission President
1940 July 15 – 1943 June 14
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John Quincy Adams Departed from Home as Mission President
1943 April 14 – 1948 May
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Earl Stanley Paul Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1951 April 4 – 1953 January 3
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Media
Samoa Mission Map 1888
Samoan (1888 - ?)
Missionaries in Samoa
Dedication of the Chapel at Sauniatu
Missionaries at Sauniatu
Missionaries in Samoa
Samoa Apia Mission Conference, 1902 October 4