Research Project:
Enon Regular Baptist Church of Nauvoo, Illinois
Enon Church was organized in or near Nauvoo, probably in the year
1845. Records of Salem Association show that the membership of
Shiloh Church on St. Marys Prairie decreased from 15 in 1844 to 9
in 1845, and some of those members probably organized Enon Church.
Enon Church sent Elder John Harper and Bro. Wm. S. Wright as her
messengers to request admission to the Des Moines River Regular
Baptist Association in August 1849, at which time the church
reported a membership of 10. Elder Thomas H. Owen and his wife Mary
had moved to Nauvoo in 1846. Elder Thomas H. Owen served as
postmaster at Nauvoo for about two years; in 1849, he left for
California. In 1851, Elder John Harper moved to Marion County,
Iowa, and Enon Church dissolved by mutual consent. The names of
members which are known include Elder John Harper and his wife
Mary, Elder Thomas H. Owen and wife Mary, William S. Wright and
wife Sarah, and Johnson Wright. There were a few others whose names
are not known.
A notice appeared in the "Signs of the Times," August 1846 issue,
which said, "Elder Thomas H. Owen has removed from De Kalb, Hancock
County, Ill., to Nauvoo, same county and state, and wishes his
correspondents to address him at the latter place."
Questions:
1. Where did the church meet?
2. Where did the members live?
1849 Minutes of the Des Moines River Regular Baptist Association.
Front side (pages 1 and 4) above.
Back side (pages 2 and 3) above.
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