Samoan

Founded
1888 June 17

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.

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Mission Founded

1888 June 17

Joseph Henry Dean Called as President

1888 June 17 – 1890 July 14  See Missionaries

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Started On 1888 June 17
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1890 July 14
Released

Mission Organized

1888 June 17

Joseph H. and Flora R. Dean arrived in Samoa from the Hawaiian Mission and officially organized the Samoan Mission. 

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Occurred On 1888 June 17

Meetinghouse Built

1888 October 27

A new meetinghouse was completed on Aunuu.

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Occurred On 1888 October 27

William Orme Lee Called as President

1890 August 13 – 1892 February 4  See Missionaries

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Started On 1890 August 13
Called
Ended On 1892 February 4
Departed from Field

George Emmett Browning, Sr. Called as President

1892 February 4 – 1893 November 5  See Missionaries

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Started On 1892 February 4
Called
Ended On 1893 November 5
Released

Ransom Marion Stevens Called as President

1892 March 25 – 1894 April 28  See Missionaries

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Started On 1892 March 25
Set Apart
Ended On 1894 April 28
Released

Thomas Heddock Hilton Called as President

1892 March 25 – 1895 March 27  See Missionaries

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Started On 1892 March 25
Set Apart
Ended On 1895 March 27
Departed from Field

Olonzo David Merrill Called as President

1892 April 13 – 1895 August 15  See Missionaries

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Started On 1892 April 13
Set Apart
Ended On 1895 August 15
Departed from Field

Alfred Morton Durham Called as President

1893 February 27 – 1897  See Missionaries

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Started On 1893 February 27
Set Apart
Ended On 1897
Released

Orrin Orlando Barrus Called as President

1893 August 11 – 1896 December 30  See Missionaries

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Started On 1893 August 11
Set Apart
Ended On 1896 December 30
Departed from Field

John Waldemar Beck Called as President

1895 March 27 – 1896 April 23  See Missionaries

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Started On 1895 March 27
Called
Ended On 1896 April 23
Departed from Field

Ernest Wright Called as President

1896 March 27 – 1899 May 8  See Missionaries

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Started On 1896 March 27
Set Apart
Ended On 1899 May 8
Released

Edward James Wood Called as President

1896 December 5 – 1899 April 6  See Missionaries

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Started On 1896 December 5
Set Apart
Ended On 1899 April 6
Released

William Lorenzo Worsencroft Called as President

1896 December 5 – 1900 February 11  See Missionaries

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Started On 1896 December 5
Set Apart
Ended On 1900 February 11
Released

Martin Franklin Sanders Called as President

1899 January 18 – 1904 December 19  See Missionaries

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Started On 1899 January 18
Set Apart
Ended On 1904 December 19
Released

William Gailey Sears Called as President

1899 April 14 – 1902 January 15  See Missionaries

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Started On 1899 April 14
Set Apart
Ended On 1902 January 15
Departed from Field

Headquarters Move

1900

Mission home located at Pasega, Apia, Upolu, Samoa.

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Occurred On 1900

Joseph Harris Merrill Called as President

1901 November 30 – 1903 January 27  See Missionaries

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Started On 1901 November 30
Set Apart
Ended On 1903 January 27
Departed from Field

Thomas Samuel Court Called as President

1904 September 2 – 1908 June 11  See Missionaries

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Started On 1904 September 2
Set Apart
Ended On 1908 June 11
Released

William Alfred Moody Called as President

1908 February 21 – 1910 September 25  See Missionaries

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Started On 1908 February 21
Set Apart
Ended On 1910 September 25
Arrived at Home

Don Carlos McBride Called as President

1909 June 11 – 1912 February 10  See Missionaries

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Started On 1909 June 11
Set Apart
Ended On 1912 February 10
Arrived at Home

Christian Jensen, Jr. Called as President

1911 November 21 – 1913  See Missionaries

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Started On 1911 November 21
Set Apart
Ended On 1913
Released

John Alexander Nelson, Jr. Called as President

1913 – 1916 April 25  See Missionaries

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Started On 1913
Set Apart
Ended On 1916 April 25
Released

Ernest Wright Called as President

1916 February 2 – 1918 April 3  See Missionaries

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Started On 1916 February 2
Set Apart
Ended On 1918 April 3
Arrived at Home

Mission Split

1916 July

The Tongan Mission was officially organized from a division of the Samoan Mission. 

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Occurred On 1916 July

Willard Augustus Keith Called as President

1916 November 1 – 1920  See Missionaries

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Started On 1916 November 1
Set Apart
Ended On 1920
Released

John Quincy Adams Called as President

1919 December 10 – 1923 November 6  See Missionaries

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Started On 1919 December 10
Set Apart
Ended On 1923 November 6
Departed from Field

Ernest Leroy Butler Called as President

1923 – 1927 February 11  See Missionaries

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Started On 1923
Called
Ended On 1927 February 11
Departed from Field

Willard Lisbon Smith Called as President

1926 December 9 – 1934 March 13  See Missionaries

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Started On 1926 December 9
Set Apart
Ended On 1934 March 13
Departed from Field

William Gailey Sears Called as President

1934 February 26 – 1936 July 19  See Missionaries

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Started On 1934 February 26
Set Apart
Ended On 1936 July 19
Arrived at Home

Gilbert Randall Tingey Called as President

1937 May 19 – 1940 September 15  See Missionaries

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Started On 1937 May 19
Set Apart
Ended On 1940 September 15
Arrived at Home

Wilford Woodruff Emery Called as President

1940 July 15 – 1943 June 14  See Missionaries

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Started On 1940 July 15
Departed from Home
Ended On 1943 June 14
Departed from Field

John Quincy Adams Called as President

1943 April 14 – 1948 May  See Missionaries

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Started On 1943 April 14
Departed from Home
Ended On 1948 May
Released

Earl Stanley Paul Called as President

1951 April 4 – 1953 January 3  See Missionaries

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Started On 1951 April 4
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1953 January 3
Released
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Dedication of the Chapel at Sauniatu
Dedication of the Chapel at Sauniatu
Missionaries at Sauniatu
Missionaries at Sauniatu
Missionaries in Samoa
Missionaries in Samoa
Samoa Apia Mission Conference,  1902 October 4
Samoa Apia Mission Conference, 1902 October 4

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