Samoan Mission

Date Formed
1888 June 17
Location Formed
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Organization Type
Ecclesiastical
Organization Area
Pacific
Organization Participants in Database
432

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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Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1888 June 17

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Occurred On 1888 June 17
Formed

William Orme Lee Called as Mission President

1890 August 13 – 1892 February 4

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Ended On 1892 February 4
Departed from the Field

George Emmett Browning, Sr. Called as Mission President

1892 February 4 – 1893 November 5

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Ended On 1893 November 5
Released

Thomas Heddock Hilton Set Apart as Mission President

1892 March 25 – 1895 March 27

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Ended On 1895 March 27
Departed from the Field

Olonzo David Merrill Set Apart as Mission President

1892 April 13 – 1895 August 15

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1895 August 15
Departed from the Field

Orrin Orlando Barrus Set Apart as Mission President

1893 August 11 – 1896 December 30

John Waldemar Beck Called as Mission President

1895 March 27 – 1896 April 23

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Ended On 1896 April 23
Departed from the Field

William Lorenzo Worsencroft Set Apart as Mission President

1896 December 5 – 1900 February 11

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Ended On 1900 February 11
Released

Joseph Harris Merrill Set Apart as Mission President

1901 November 30 – 1903 January 27

William Alfred Moody Set Apart as Mission President

1908 February 21 – 1910 September 25

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1910 September 25
Arrived at Home

John Alexander Nelson, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President

1913 – 1916 April 25

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1916 April 25
Released

Willard Augustus Keith Set Apart as Mission President

1916 November 1 – 1920

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1920
Released

John Quincy Adams Set Apart as Mission President

1919 December 10 – 1923 November 6

Ernest Leroy Butler Called as Mission President

1923 – 1927 February 11

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Ended On 1927 February 11
Departed from the Field

Willard Lisbon Smith Set Apart as Mission President

1926 December 9 – 1934 March 13

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Set Apart

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Ended On 1934 March 13
Departed from the Field

Gilbert Randall Tingey Set Apart as Mission President

1937 May 19 – 1940 September 15

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Ended On 1940 September 15
Arrived at Home

Wilford Woodruff Emery Departed from Home as Mission President

1940 July 15 – 1943 June 14

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Departed from Home
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Ended On 1943 June 14
Departed from the Field

John Quincy Adams Departed from Home as Mission President

1943 April 14 – 1948 May

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Departed from Home
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Ended On 1948 May
Released

Earl Stanley Paul Arrived in the Field as Mission President

1951 April 4 – 1953 January 3

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Arrived in the Field
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Ended On 1953 January 3
Released

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Samoan (1888 - ?) Profile
Samoan (1888 - ?) Profile
Samoan (1888 - ?)
Samoan (1888 - ?)
Missionaries in Samoa
Missionaries in Samoa
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