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Who Were the Adventist Pioneers?
By Birth Year

William Miller*

Joseph Bates

George Storrs

John Byington

Hiram Edson

Charles Fitch*

Rachel Oakes Preston*

Thomas M. Preble*

Roswell F. Cottrell

Joseph Birchard Frisbie

Joseph Harvey Waggoner

Owen Russell Loomis Crosier

James White

Merritt E. Cornell

Ellen Gould White

John N. Andrews

Uriah Smith

George Washington Amadon

John Norton Loughborough

Stephen Nelson Haskell

Wolcott Hackely Littlejohn

George I. Butler

Martha D. (Byington) Amadon

John Gottlieb Matteson

Sarepta Myrenda Henry

William Claggett Gage

James Edson White (son)

Alonzo Trevor Jones

Hampton W. Cottrell (son)

Milton C. Wilcox

William Clarence White (son)

Ellet J. Waggoner (son)

A. J. Morton

Judson S. Washburn

1782-1849

1792-1872

1796-1879

1798-1887

1802-1882

1805-1844

1809-1868

1810-1907

1814-1892

1816-1882

1820-1889

1820-1913

1821-1881

1827-1893

1827-1915

1829-1883

1832-1903

1832-1913

1832-1924

1833-1922

1834-1916

1834-1918

1834-1937

1835-1896

1839-1900

1842-1907

1849-1928

1850-1923

1852-1940

1853-1935

1854-1937

1855-1916

1862-1927

1863-1955

By Death Year

Charles Fitch*

William Miller*

Rachel Oakes Preston*

Joseph Bates

George Storrs

James White

Hiram Edson

Joseph Birchard Frisbie

John N. Andrews

John Byington

Joseph Harvey Waggoner

Roswell F. Cottrell

Merritt E. Cornell

John Gottlieb Matteson

Sarepta Myrenda Henry

Uriah Smith

Thomas M. Preble*

William Claggett Gage

Owen Russell Loomis Crosier

George Washington Amadon

Ellen Gould White

Ellet J. Waggoner (son)

Wolcott Hackely Littlejohn

George Ide Butler

Stephen Nelson Haskell

Alonzo Trevor Jones

John Norton Loughborough

A. J. Morton

James Edson White (son)

Milton C. Wilcox

William Clarence White (son)

Martha D. (Byington) Amadon

Hampton W. Cottrell (son)

Judson S. Washburn

1805-1844

1782-1849

1809-1868

1792-1872

1796-1879

1821-1881

1802-1882

1816-1882

1829-1883

1798-1887

1820-1889

1814-1892

1827-1893

1835-1896

1839-1900

1832-1903

1810-1907

1842-1907

1820-1913

1832-1913

1827-1915

1855-1916

1834-1916

1834-1918

1833-1922

1850-1923

1832-1924

1862-1927

1849-1928

1853-1935

1854-1937

1834-1937

1852-1940

1863-1955

*part of the early Advent movement, never a Seventh-day Adventist member.

(son) = would have been a 2nd Generation SDA.

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