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31 1930 on that date the central of the mission and remained in charge

park ward had 668 members including twelve years when he was succeeded

145 children by elder william T jack the missionhad by that time developed into one of

CENTRAL STATES MISSIONthe largest fields in america the states

the contains within its boundariesof kansas arkansas and texas having

the states of arkansas kansas louisi-ana

been added to its territory making anmissouri oklahoma and texas it head-

quartersmilesarea of 351000 square

is divided into twelve districts or con-

ferenceswere established at st john

feren ces namely arkansas east kan-sas

kansaseast texas independence mo on march 29 1898 the name indianlouisiana missouri north texas territory mission was changed tooklahoma south texas southwest southwestern states mission manymissouriwestMissouri West kansas and westtexasWest Texas new branches were established and

the history of the central states several chuocchurchchurcli libuildingsbuildings were erectedmission is a continuation of theindianthe indian in 1899 a monthly paper truth ref-

lexterritory mission which dates back to promoted and edited by pres1855 when at a general conference jack was commenced at st john kan-

sasof the church in salt lake city five it was devoted entirely to religiouselders were called to the indian terri-tory

mattersto labor among the cherokee and in may 1900 elder james G duffin

creek indians they worked diligently became president and in october of theand successfully baptizing a number same year the states of missouri andof people and organizing several small louisiana were added to the missionbranches of the church they also met during his administration pres duddduffduffinina number of brethren and sisters for-mer

established a L D S colony at kelseyadherents of lyman wight who upshur co texas which is still a

had drifted into oklahoma and before flourishing settlement and an impor-tantthe end of the year 1855 a company branch in the mission colonies

of sixty five of these emigrated to the of saints were also founded near poy-nerwest henderson co and near spurger

in the spring of 1859 all the elders tuler co texas the colonists are

but one returned to utah being ex-

pelledmostly engaged in farming stock rais

from the indian territory by ing dairying or poultry busibuslbusinessness A

indian agents on account of the john-ston

church school located at kelsey hasstonarmysto nArmyarmy trouble in utah from this one of the finest gymnasium buildings

time until 1883 only a little work was in the state of texasdone excepting the labilabors of two mis-

sionariesin 1904 pres james G duddduffduffinin pur-

chasedsion aries elders matthew dalton and for the church 25 acres of land

john hubbard in 18771877 in 1883 in independence jackson co missouri

apostle george teasdale and elder about ten or twelve acres of this prop-ertymatthew dalton arrived in the indian was included in the 63 acres of

territory as missionaries to the chero-kee

land purchased for the church by

nation to show them the records bishop edward partridge in 1831 and

of their forefathers and make them known as the church propertyproperly on

acquainted with the promises of the which a temple in jackson county will

lord to them in the latter days while be erected inthein the dueduo time of the lordthere elder teasdale wrote and pub-lished

in 11904904 the name of the mission was

lishedseveralseveral gospel tracts for circu-lation

changed to the central states mis-sionamong the indians being assist-

ed

and in 1906 samuel 0 bennionin the work by an indian interpreter who 1930 presided over the mission

by the name of eubanks succeeded pres duffin shortly after-wardselder andrew kimball followed eioeloel-

derthe mission headquarters wereeiderteasdale in 1885 in the presidency moved to independence missouri

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