Church History Biographical Database
Organized as the Society Islands Mission May 1844. Missionary work ceased by 1852 when Addison Pratt departed the islands.
In January 1892 missionaries from the Samoan Mission, Joseph W. Damron and William A. Seegmiller, arrived in Tahiti. The Society Islands Mission was reorganized later that year. In 1907 it was renamed the Tahitian Mission.
By 1930 the mission consisted of four districts: Tahiti, Tubuai, Upper Tuamotu, and Lower Tuamotu.
Noah Rogers Set Apart as Mission President
1843 May 23 – 1845 July 8
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1845 July 8
Departed from the Field
Formed in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
1844 April 30
Date Details
Occurred On 1844 April 30
Formed
Addison Pratt Called as Mission President
1845 July 8 – 1847 March 28
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1847 March 28
Departed from the Field
Benjamin Franklin Grouard Called as Mission President
1847 March 28 – 1850 July 7
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1850 July 7
Released
Addison Pratt Departed from Home as Mission President
1849 October 9 – 1852 May 16
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended On 1852 May 16
Departed from the Field
James Stephens Brown Set Apart as Mission President
1892 April 8 – 1893 July 8
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1893 July 8
Departed from the Field
Joseph Warren Damron, Jr. Called as Mission President
1893 July 8 – 1895 May 11
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1895 May 11
Departed from the Field
Frank Atkinson Cutler Called as Mission President
1895 April 4 – 1896 September 14
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1896 September 14
Departed from the Field
Daniel Thomas Miller Set Apart as Mission President
1896 June 18 – 1899 July 12
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1899 July 12
Released
William Henry Chamberlin, Jr. Called as Mission President
1899 July 8 – 1900 March 1
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1900 March 1
Released
Joseph Young Haight Called as Mission President
1900 March 1 – 1902 July 31
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1902 July 31
Departed from the Field
Edward Spackman Hall Called as Mission President
1903 February 28 – 1907 August 21
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1907 August 21
Released
Frank Atkinson Cutler Set Apart as Mission President
1907 July 30 – 1908 September 27
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1908 September 27
Departed from the Field
William Adam Seegmiller Set Apart as Mission President
1909 March 4 – 1911 September 4
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1911 September 4
Released
Franklin Junius Fullmer Set Apart as Mission President
1911 September 6 – 1914 June 27
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1914 June 27
Released
Ira Hyer Called as Mission President
1914 June 27 – 1915 April 9
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1915 April 9
Released
Ernest Crabtree Rossiter Set Apart as Mission President
1915 February 16 – 1919 July 17
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1919 July 17
Released
Leonidas Hamlin Kennard, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President
1920 January 9 – 1922 August 22
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1922 August 22
Departed from the Field
Ole Bertrand Peterson Set Apart as Mission President
1922 June 30 – 1925 May 5
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1925 May 5
Released
Herbert Brown Foulger Called as Mission President
1925 May 5 – 1926 April 7
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1926 April 7
Released
Alma Gardner Burton Set Apart as Mission President
1926 May 12 – 1929 May 28
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1929 May 28
Departed from the Field
George William Burbidge Set Apart as Mission President
1929 April 8 – 1933 July 19
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1933 July 19
Released
Le Roy Mallory Set Apart as Mission President
1933 June 28 – 1937 February 25
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1937 February 25
Released
Thomas Lambert Woodbury Set Apart as Mission President
1936 December 10 – 1938 January 26
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1938 January 26
Departed from the Field
Kenneth Richards Stevens, Sr. Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1938 July 24 – 1940 August 7
Start Date Details
Arrived in the Field
End Date Details
Ended On 1940 August 7
Departed from the Field
Eugene Mousley Cannon Departed from Home as Mission President
1940 July 17 – December 16
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended On 1940 December 16
Departed from the Field
Ernest Crabtree Rossiter Set Apart as Mission President
1941 May 15 – 1945 January 3
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1945 January 3
Released
Edgar Bentley Mitchell, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President
1945 January 3 – 1949
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1949
Released
Franklin Junius Fullmer Called as Mission President
1949 – 1950 February 23
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1950 February 23
Departed from the Field
Le Roy Mallory Set Apart as Mission President
1949 December 12 – 1952 March 21
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1952 March 21
Released
Media
Tahitian (1844 - ?) Profile
Missionaries to Tahiti
Mission Conference, December 1939
.jpg)
Tahitian Mission Home
Missionaries to Tahiti
Tahiti missionaries, March 1906