Organized 19 April 1853. Closed 12 April 1865. Reorganized 25 July 1903.
Jesse Haven Called as President
1852 September 15 – 1855 December 15 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1852 September 15
Departed from Home
Ended On 1855 December 15
Departed from Field
Mission Founded
1853 April 19
Ebenezer Clawson Richardson Called as President
1857 April 22 – 1858 April 27 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1857 April 22
Set Apart
Ended On 1858 April 27
Departed from Field
William Fotheringham Called as President
1861 April 21 – 1864 March 20 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1861 April 21
Set Apart
Ended On 1864 March 20
Released
Miner Grant Atwood Called as President
1864 March 20 – 1865 November 8 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1864 March 20
Called
Ended On 1865 November 8
Arrived at Home
Warren Harvey Lyon Called as President
1903 June 2 – 1906 February 27 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1903 June 2
Set Apart
Ended On 1906 February 27
Released
Henry Lee Steed Called as President
1908 January 30 – 1909 October See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1908 January 30
Set Apart
Ended On 1909 October
Released
Brigham Andrus Hendricks Called as President
1909 September 23 – 1911 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1909 September 23
Set Apart
Ended On 1911
Released
Franklin Joseph West Hewlett Called as President
1911 July 26 – 1913 November 1 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1911 July 26
Set Apart
Ended On 1913 November 1
Departed from Field
Nicholas Groesbeck Smith Called as President
1913 September 9 – 1921 March 11 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1913 September 9
Set Apart
Ended On 1921 March 11
Departed from Field
Headquarters move
1918
The mission home moved from 7 Bridge Street, Woodstock, Cape Colony to Cumorah, Main Road, Mowbray, Cape Colony in 1918.
Date Details
Occurred On 1918
James Wyley Sessions Called as President
1921 January 31 – 1926 May 30 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1921 January 31
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1926 May 30
Departed from Field
Samuel Martin Called as President
1926 April – 1929 February 4 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1926 April
Set Apart
Ended On 1929 February 4
Departed from Field
Don McCarroll Dalton Called as President
1929 January 2 – 1935 July 14 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1929 January 2
Set Apart
Ended On 1935 July 14
Arrived at Home
LeGrand Pollard Backman Called as President
1935 January 15 – 1938 September 8 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1935 January 15
Set Apart
Ended On 1938 September 8
Arrived at Home
Richard Earl Folland Called as President
1938 March 26 – 1944 August See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1938 March 26
Set Apart
Ended On 1944 August
Departed from Field
June Bennion Sharp Called as President
1944 April 13 – 1948 October 8 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1944 April 13
Set Apart
Ended On 1948 October 8
Released
Evan Pettit Wright Called as President
1948 October 8 – 1952 November 7 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1948 October 8
Set Apart
Ended On 1952 November 7
Released
Media
Mission Conference, June 1911
Mission Conference, June 1912
Mission Conference, February 1913
South African Missionaries Collage
Mission Conference, Dec 1922 - Jan 1923
Mission Conference, February 1914
Cumorah Baseball Team
Mission Conference, Dec 1923 - Jan 1924
Letters from Across the Sea
Mission Conference, January 1909
Mission Conference, December 1914
Mission Conference, August 1913
Mission Conference, January 1917
Christmas Eve 1912
Gathered for a Meal
Missionaries and Locals at King Williamstown
Cumorah Quintette - Tour of South African Theatres
South African Mission Map