The second Church enterprise was commenced in 1867, tinder the labors of Rev. George Fellows, and was completed during the Pastorate of Rev. Wm. R. Jones in 1868.  It was dedicated by Bishop Thomson.  Oconomowoc has grown to be one of the strongest and most desirable appointments in the Conference.

At the time of my visit in 1850 the charge had been divided, giving to Rev. A. C. Pennock the Oconomowoc portion, and Rev. Job B. Mills the northern appointments.

Brother Pennock entered the Conference in 1848, and was appointed to West Bend.  The following year, as above stated, he was sent to Oconomowoc, but here his health failed, and he was compelled to rest a year.  In 1852 he was re-admitted and again appointed to Oconomowoc, with Rev. T.O.  Hollister as Assistant.  During this year he was greatly afflicted in the loss of his wife, and before the expiration of the year he was sent to Waukesha to supply the place of Brother Lattin, whose health had failed.  In 1853 Brother Pennock was stationed at Asbury, Milwaukee, but, his health again failing, he decided to go to Minnesota at the end of the year.  He remained in Minnesota, doing effective work until 1864, when, becoming satisfied his health was unequal to the Itinerancy, he located.  At the present writing he is residing in Madison.  He has a clear head and a warm heart.

Brother Mills came to Wisconsin from Washington, D.C., in the Spring of 1848.  After stopping in Milwaukee a few months, and receiving license to exhort from Spring Street Station, he removed to Oconomowoc, where he was granted a Local Preacher’s license.  Being employed, as before stated, on the north part of Oconomowoc charge, he found ten appointments and seven classes committed to his care, which gave him abundance of labor.  He was admitted into the Conference at its next session, and returned to his former field.  His subsequent appointments in Wisconsin were Bark River, Palmyra, and Root River.  In 1854 he was sent to Minneapolis Mission in Minnesota, having Rev. David Brooks as his Presiding Elder.

In this place, now so flourishing a city, he was compelled to hold his meetings in a loft over the Post Office.  But, notwithstanding these disadvantages, he formed a class, and his good wife organized a Sabbath School.  In 1856 Brother Mills took a transfer to the Peoria Conference, now Central Illinois, and in 1864, on account of blindness, was compelled to take a superannuation.  At this writing he is residing at Oconomowoc, but, on invitation, often goes abroad to assist the brethren in their work.  He is a grand, good man, and his labors are always appreciated.

The next charge visited was Hart Prairie.  This Circuit had once formed a part of the old Troy charge of the early times, but, after undergoing various changes, it was now a charge by itself.  It had a small Church and a most interesting congregation.  Here I was the guest of Rev. Richard Fairchilds, a Local Preacher of large intelligence and extensive influence.