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Southern States Mission

Date Formed

1876 April 8

Location Formed

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Organization Type

Ecclesiastical

Organization Area

North-america

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Missionary work had been conducted in the region during the early Church period, but the Southern States mission wasn't officially organized until the April Conference of 1876 when John Brown and several others were called to open the southern states of the U.S. to missionary work.

The mission would shrink between 1893 and 1902 losing: Maryland (1893), Arkansas (1895), Texas (1897), West Virginia (1902), North Carolina (1902), Kentucky (1902), and Tennessee (1902). Although it would gain a few of these states back when the Middle States Mission closed in 1903.

Parent Organization(s)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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

1876 April 8

Date Details

Occurred On 1876 April 8

Formed

Henry Green Boyle Set Apart as Mission President

1876 October 9 – 1877 November 13

Start Date Details

Set Apart

End Date Details

Ended On 1877 November 13

Arrived at Home

John Morgan Set Apart as Mission President

1878 January 25 – 1888 January 4

Start Date Details

Set Apart

End Date Details

Ended On 1888 January 4

Released

William Spry Called as Mission President

1888 January 4 – 1891 August 13

Start Date Details

Called

End Date Details

Ended On 1891 August 13

Released

J. Golden Kimball Set Apart as Mission President

1891 July 31 – 1894 May 23

Start Date Details

Set Apart

End Date Details

Ended On 1894 May 23

Released

Elias Smith Kimball Set Apart as Mission President

1894 May 11 – 1898 June 27

Start Date Details

Set Apart

End Date Details

Ended On 1898 June 27

Departed from the Field

Benjamin Erastus Rich Set Apart as Mission President

1898 June 10 – 1902 July 3

Start Date Details

Set Apart

End Date Details

Ended On 1902 July 3

Arrived at Home

Ephraim Hesmer Nye Called as Mission President

1902 May 22 – 1903 May 15

Start Date Details

Called

End Date Details

Ended On 1903 May 15

Died in Position

Nathan John Harris Called as Mission President

1903 June 1 – August 7

Start Date Details

Called

End Date Details

Ended On 1903 August 7

Released

Benjamin Erastus Rich Called as Mission President

1903 August 7 – 1908 August 8

Start Date Details

Called

End Date Details

Ended On 1908 August 8

Released

Charles A. Callis Set Apart as Mission President

1908 April 14 – 1934 February 3

Start Date Details

Set Apart

End Date Details

Ended On 1934 February 3

Released

LeGrand Richards Set Apart as Mission President

1933 December 29 – 1937 June 19

Start Date Details

Set Apart

End Date Details

Ended On 1937 June 19

Released

Merrill Daniel Clayson Set Apart as Mission President

1937 June 8 – 1940 August 4

Start Date Details

Set Apart

End Date Details

Ended On 1940 August 4

Arrived at Home

William Porter Whitaker Set Apart as Mission President

1940 July 17 – 1943 September 10

Start Date Details

Set Apart

End Date Details

Ended On 1943 September 10

Departed from the Field

Heber Meeks Set Apart as Mission President

1943 August 25 – 1948 April 22

Start Date Details

Set Apart

End Date Details

Ended On 1948 April 22

Released

Media

Southern States (1876 - ?) Profile

Missionaries in an Airplane

Missionaries in an Airplane

Southern States Missionaries

Southern States Missionaries

Missionaries of the Southern States Mission

Missionaries of the Southern States Mission

United States Mission Presidents

United States Mission Presidents

Publications Office Staff

Publications Office Staff

Mississippi Conference

Mississippi Conference

First Annual Conference of the Presidents in the Southern States Mission

First Annual Conference of the Presidents in the Southern States Mission

Arriving Elders

Arriving Elders

East Tennessee Conference, 1895

East Tennessee Conference, 1895

South Carolina District Conference, November 1928

South Carolina District Conference, November 1928

Arriving Elders

Arriving Elders

Southern States Mission Photograph, circa 1910

Southern States Mission Photograph, circa 1910

Florida Conference

Florida Conference

Southern States Mission Headquarters

Southern States Mission Headquarters

Missionaries in North Carolina

Missionaries in North Carolina

New Arrivals

New Arrivals

Missionaries at Lookout Mountain

Missionaries at Lookout Mountain

Conference Presidents of the Southern States Mission

Conference Presidents of the Southern States Mission

Arriving Elders

Arriving Elders

1902/11: South Carolina Conference - Southern States Mission, 1902 November 15

1902/11: South Carolina Conference - Southern States Mission, 1902 November 15

Southern States Mission Caricature 1907, Circa 1907

Southern States Mission Caricature 1907, Circa 1907

Missionaries from the Southern States Mission about 1926, Between 1925 October – 1927 November

Missionaries from the Southern States Mission about 1926, Between 1925 October – 1927 November

Southern States Mission, about 1926, Between 1925 November – 1927 November

Southern States Mission, about 1926, Between 1925 November – 1927 November

First Southern States Mission Home, Circa 1867

First Southern States Mission Home, Circa 1867

Jacksonville, Florida Chapel, Circa 1926

Jacksonville, Florida Chapel, Circa 1926

Southern States Mission Companions with John Henry Gibbs and William Shanks Berry, 1884

Southern States Mission Companions with John Henry Gibbs and William Shanks Berry, 1884

Tribute to Elders William Shanks Berry and John Henry Gibbs, Circa 1884

Tribute to Elders William Shanks Berry and John Henry Gibbs, Circa 1884

Southern States Mission Home in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Southern States Mission Home in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Sources

"Le Grand Richards," Mormon Migration

"Le Grand Richards," Mormon Migration.

Charles A. Callis collection, circa 1908-1938, Church History Library

Charles A. Callis collection, circa 1908-1938, Church History Library.

COLORADO Denver South Mission manuscript history and historical reports 1896-1977

COLORADO Denver South Mission manuscript history and historical reports 1896-1977.

Deseret News

"Minutes of Special Conference", Deseret News, July 2, 1856, Page 6.

Eastern States Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1830-1977

Eastern States Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1830-1977.

Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1941)

First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918

FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918

FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, August 8, 1881.
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, January 29, 1878.
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, March 23, 1882.
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, November 1, 1901.

Go Ye into All the World: The Growth & Development of Mormon Missionary Work. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2012.

Seferovich, Heather M., "Hospitality and Hostility: Missionary Work in the American South, 1875-98", Go Ye into All the World: The Growth & Development of Mormon Missionary Work. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2012., Page 317-40.

Heather M. Seferovich, "History of the LDS Southern States Mission, 1875-1898," Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1996

Heather M. Seferovich, "History of the LDS Southern States Mission, 1875-1898," Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1996.

John Morgan scrapbooks and correspondence, 1863-1881

John Morgan scrapbooks and correspondence, 1863-1881.

Kathleen Callis Larsen, A biography of Charles Albert Callis and Grace Elizabeth Pack Callis (N.p.: published by the author, 1974

Kathleen Callis Larsen, A biography of Charles Albert Callis and Grace Elizabeth Pack Callis (N.p.: published by the author, 1974.

Kenneth L. Alford, "Ben E. Rich: Sharing the Gospel Creatively," in Go Ye into All the World: The Growth & Development of Mormon Missionary Work, ed. Reid L. Nielson and Fred E. Woods (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2012), 341-63

Kenneth L. Alford, "Ben E. Rich: Sharing the Gospel Creatively," in Go Ye into All the World: The Growth & Development of Mormon Missionary Work, ed. Reid L. Nielson and Fred E. Woods (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2012), 341-63.

LaMar C. Berrett, "History of the Southern States Mission, 1831-1861," Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1960

LaMar C. Berrett, "History of the Southern States Mission, 1831-1861," Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1960.

Latter Day Saints Southern Star; 1899-1900

Latter Day Saints Southern Star; 1899-1900.

Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901)

"Callis, Charles A.", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901), 4, Page 380-381.
"Rich, Benjamin Erastus", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901), 3, Page 206-207.
"Spry, William", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901), 4, Page 381-382.

Liahona, The Elders' journal

Liahona, The Elders' journal.

MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959

Mormon Missionary Diaries, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University

Netherlands Amsterdam Mission manuscript history and historical reports 1841-1977

Netherlands Amsterdam Mission manuscript history and historical reports 1841-1977. Index, A-B.

Salt Lake Herald-Republican

Salt Lake Telegram

"Ben E. Rich Dies in New York after a Month's Illness", Salt Lake Telegram, September 15, 1913, Page 3.

Salt Lake Tribune

"Apoplexy Fatal to Ben E. Rich; Wife at Side", Salt Lake Tribune, September 14, 1913, Page 1.

Southern States Mission manuscript history and historical reports 1832-1978

Southern States Mission manuscript history and historical reports 1832-1978.
Southern States Mission manuscript history and historical reports 1832-1978.

Southern States Mission record of missionaries, 1900-1916

Southern States Mission record of missionaries, 1900-1916.

Ted S. Anderson, "The Southern States Mission and the Administration of Ben E. Rich, 1898-1908: Including a Statistical Study of Church Growth in the Southeastern United States During the Twentieth Century," Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1976

Ted S. Anderson, "The Southern States Mission and the Administration of Ben E. Rich, 1898-1908: Including a Statistical Study of Church Growth in the Southeastern United States During the Twentieth Century," Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1976.

The Elders' Journal of the Southern States Mission

The Elders' Journal of the Southern States Mission.

Vernal Express

"Rich Dies in New York City", Vernal Express, September 19, 1913, Page 1.

William L. Roper and Leonard J. Arrington, William Spry: Man of Firmness, Governor of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1971

William L. Roper and Leonard J. Arrington, William Spry: Man of Firmness, Governor of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1971.

William P. Whitaker papers, Correspondence, certificates, and newspaper clippings, 1910-1913

William P. Whitaker papers, Correspondence, certificates, and newspaper clippings, 1910-1913, Vol. 7, Page 84, Line 669.

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