South Tom's Prairie

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Northeast of Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois

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Attempt to Reorganize the Tom's Prairie Cumberland Presbyterian Church Under the name South Tom's Prairie

1951
Name of Church: S. Toms Prairie (Inactive)
Ewing-McLin Presbytery - Illinois Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1951, page 192]

1952
Name of Church: S. Toms Prairie (inac.)
Ewing-McLin Presbytery - Illinois Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1952, page 174]

1953
Name of Church: S. Toms Prairie (inac.)
Ewing-McLin Presbytery - Illinois Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1953, page 202]

1954
Name of Church: S. Toms Prairie (inac.)
Ewing-McLin Presbytery - Illinois Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1954, page 214]

1955
Name of Church: S. Toms Prairie (inac.)
Ewing-McLin Presbytery - Illinois Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1955, page 194]

1956
Name of Church: S. Toms Prairie
Minister In Charge: J. G. Whiteside
Clerk of Session and Post Office: Henry B. Borah, 509 S. E. Third, Fairfield
Total No. of Members on Church Roll: 9
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1956, page 210]

1957
Name of Church: S. Toms Prairie
Minister In Charge: none listed
Clerk of Session and Address: Henry B. Borah, 509 S. E. 3rd, Fairfield, Ill.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1957, page 178]

1958
Name of Church: S. Toms Prairie
Minister In Charge: none listed
Clerk of Session and Address: Henry B. Borah, 509 S. E. 3rd, Fairfield, Ill.
Active Membership: 9
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1958, pages 20-21]

1959
We, your Board of Missions and Evangelism, report that we are in process of making definite efforts toward Revival and re-organization of Tom's Prairie Church, northeast of Fairfield.
They now use the names interchangeably: Toms Prairie and South Toms Prairie.
[Source: Minutes of the Ewing-McLin Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 17, 1959, page 5]

1959
Name of Church: S. Toms Prairie
Minister In Charge: none listed
Clerk of Session and Address: Henry B. Borah, 509 S. E. 3rd, Fairfield, Ill.
Active Membership: 9
Information used from the 1957 report.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1959, pages 20-21]

1960
Committee on Board of Missions and Evangelism
We have had before us Reverend Frank Sanders, who has served as director of mission work at Tom's Prairie Church. He reports that the work there was going forward nicely, and with increasing interest by the people there was James Frueh, a Licentiate of Lincoln-Decatur Presbytery. However, the Church building there was destroyed by fire recently. Fortunately all the furniture was saved, and is stored in a school building near-by.

Reverend Sanders reports that there was no insurance, but that the congregation has something over $500.00 in cash, and with this nucleus, is desirous of replacing their church building; either through purchase and removal of the school house, or erection of a small building. Many people have expressed a desire to contribute toward replacing this historical old church.

Therefore; we recommend that this Presbytery express its approval of plans to restore this church, and that, in event program of rehabilitation in untaken, the $100.00 be given them from Mission Funds of the Presbytery. Further; we recommend that each church of the Presbytery support this effort with special offering when progress of plans become definite.
[Source: Minutes of the Ewing-McLin Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 23, 1960, page 8]

1960
Name of Church: S. Toms Prairie
Minister In Charge: James Frueh
Clerk of Session and Address: Perry Gillison, Fairfield, Ill.
Active Membership: 2
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1960, pages 22-23]

1961
Name of Church: S. Toms Prairie
Minister In Charge: none listed
Clerk of Session and Address: none listed
Inactive Church
This is the last year this congregation is listed the General Assembly Yearbook.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1961, pages 22-23]


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