The mission was originally organized as the Northwestern States Mission on 6 May 1878 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The mission name changed to the Northern States Mission on 20 July 1889.
The Northern States Mission was renamed as the Illinois Mission on 17 June 1973, at that time it consisted of the state of Illinois, except the Illinois portion of the St. Louis, Missouri Stake. It contained a small strip of eastern Iowa, which included Keosauqua, Fort Madison, and Burlington; plus a small portion of western Indiana around LaPorte, Hammond, and Gary.
John Edge Booth Set Apart as Mission President
1889 July 11 – 1890
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Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1889 July 20
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Predecessor
Charles William Stayner Set Apart as Mission President
1890 April 14 – 1895
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Joshua Reuben Clark Set Apart as Mission President
1894 September 18 – 1896
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Samuel George Spencer Set Apart as Mission President
1895 January 4 – 1896 December 3
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Louis A Kelsch Set Apart as Mission President
1896 July 31 – 1901 May 4
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Walter Clisbee Lyman Set Apart as Mission President
1901 April 9 – 1902
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Asahel Hart Woodruff Set Apart as Mission President
1902 January 10 – 1904 August 31
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German Edgar Ellsworth Called as Mission President
1904 August 31 – 1919 August 7
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Winslow Farr Smith Set Apart as Mission President
1919 June 18 – 1923 February 1
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John H. Taylor Set Apart as Mission President
1922 December 30 – 1928 May 29
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Noah Seander Pond Set Apart as Mission President
1928 April 9 – 1931 July 1
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George Samuel Romney Set Apart as Mission President
1931 June 28 – 1935 December 19
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Bryant Stringham Hinckley Set Apart as Mission President
1936 January 5 – 1939 July 7
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Leo Joseph Muir Called as Mission President
1939 June 21 – 1943
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David Izatt Stoddard Set Apart as Mission President
1943 October 4 – 1945 December 26
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Walter Creed Haymond Set Apart as Mission President
1945 December 26 – 1950 January 30
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Wilford Wayne Kimball Set Apart as Mission President
1969 June 23 – 1972
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Media
Northern States (1878 - ?) Profile
Conference Presidents
Northern States Missionaries
Missionaries of the Michigan Conference
North Ohio District Missionaries
Northern States Mission Home in Chicago
Northern States Missionaries
Lady Missionaries of the Northern States Mission
United States Mission Presidents
Publications Office Staff
North Ohio Conference
Navuoo Centennial Event 1939
Tirza Amelia Hansen (1878-1966) Missionary, Circa 1913
Northern States Mission - Bryant Hinckley Mission President, Circa 1936