| 240 name from a small town of the same name near Ipswich in England, from which it is supposed some of our first settlers originated. An old writer says, that "Wenham was originally that part of Salem, called Enon, and was among the earliest settlements of Massachusetts. As early as 1639 a few persons took up their residence here, and it was not long after this that the celebrated Hugh Peters, who was settled in Salem in 1639 and left the colony in 1641, preached, probably the first sermon ever preached in this place, choosing for his pulpit the same conical hill at the northeast end of the pond; with that beautiful sheet of water before him and his audience, he selected for his text John iii: 23-"and John also was baptising [baptizing] in Enon, near to Salem, because there was much water there."
SPECIAL CONFERENCE.
At a special Conference of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, held at the grove, near the Temple on the 3rd and 5th of July, 1843, it was decided that the following elders go on a special mission to the following counties in the State of Illinois.
Elijah Reed and Jesse Hitchcock, Adams and Pike counties.
Salmon Warner and Jeremiah Curtis, Calhoun and Jersey counties.
Erastus H. Derby, Orson Hyde and J. G. Adams, Lee county.
Charles C. Rich and Harvey Green, La Salle and De Calb.
L. Richards, Luther A. Jones and E. Robinson, Joe Davies.
John Murdock, Vermillion.
Daniel Avery, Schuyler.
Zebedee Coltrin, McDonough.
Truman Gillet, Benjamin Brown and J. W. Crosby, Cook.
Graham Coltrin, Fulton.
John L. Butler, Hamilton.
David Lewis, Wayne.
James Twist, Bureau.
G. P. Dykes and Samuel Brown, St. Clair.
Pardon Webb, Will.
E. M. Webb, Grundy.
Simeon Dunn, Warren,
H. S. Eldridge, Mason.
Thomas Dobson, Tazwell.
Cyrus Canfield, Menard.
Jared Carter, Morgan.
Samuel James and J. C. Wright, Scott.
Luman H. Corkins, White.
J. M. King, Mercer.
Daniel Allen, Rock Island.
U. C. Nickerson, Henry.
Alfred Brown, Putnam.
P. Meeks, McCoupin.
Abel Butterfield and J. H. Vanatta, Winnebago.
Wm. Nelson, Iroquois.
Samuel Russel, Boone.
Levi Steward, Franklin.
Wm. Meeks, Green.
W. B. Brink and Geo. Chamberlin, Sangamon.
Jacob Wile, Edwards.
Wm. S. Covert, Stark.
M. F. Bartlett and Melvin Wilbur, Bond.
John Outhouse, Alexander,
Cheney G. VanBuren, Brown.
James Carroll, Carroll.
David Jones, Fayette.
John Lowry, Monroe.
Urban V. Stewart, Williamson.
James McFate, Montgomery.
L. O. Littlefield, Clinton.
Elisha H. Groves, Madison.
Theodore Curtis, Cass.
Samuel Keele, Jefferson.
James Hale, Washington.
Geo. W. Thatcher and A. Forgeus, Hancock.
Jacob H. Butterfield, Henderson.
Geo. Middagh, Clay.
James Monroe, Crawford.
Ezra Chase, Coles.
Jesse Chase, Edgar.
Amos Lowel, Clark.
John Miller, Whitesides.
Wm. Martin, Christian.
Reuben Parkhurst, DeWitt.
John Keele, Perry.
Geo. Langley, Johnson.
James M. Henderson, Gallatin.
James W. Cummings, Randolph.
John Workman, Shelby.
Elijah Fordham, Knox.
Geo W. Pitkin and John Wakefield, Peoria.
BRIGHAM YOUNG, President.
W. Richards, Clerk.
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