Webster, Illinois

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country = United States
state = Illinois
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region = Hancock County
district_type = Township
district = Carthage
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Webster is an unincorporated community in Hancock County, Illinois. It was originally know as Ramus and was settled under the direction of Joel H. Johnson.

The settlement here was largely due to the presence of Ute and Sarah Perkins who had moved to the area in 1826. After they joined the LDS church their home became the center of the new community. In fact the Perkins were so central to the community that at times it was called Perkins Settlement. [ [http://www.mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org/projects/webster.htm Webster Mormon Monument ] ] All the original settlers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In about 1841 the Saints built a meetinghouse in Ramus, which may have been the first meetinghouse built by Latter-day Saints. [ [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=3688ef960417b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 LDS.org - Ensign Article - Spokes on the Wheel: Early Latter-day Saint Settlements in Hancock County, Illinois ] ] Another notable early resident of Ramus was Benjamin F. Johnson.

Doctrine and Covenants Sections 130 and 131 are gathered from talks and remarks given by Joseph Smith at Ramus.

Today the Webster Community Church, built in 1897, occupies the site of this early LDS meetinghouse.

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* [http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/citiescounty.cfm&countyid=17067 NACo]