1890
Name of the
Congregation: Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and
Post-Office: Dudley Bourne, VanBuren, Ark.
Pastor:
none listed
Arkansas
Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1890, page 156]
1891
Name of the
Congregation: Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and
Post-Office: Dudley Bourne, Van Buren, Ark.
Pastor:
none listed
Arkansas
Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1891, page 170]
1892
Name of the
Congregation: Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and
Post-Office: Dudley Bourne, Van Buren, Ark.
Pastor:
J.
B. Gentry
Arkansas
Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1892, page 178]
1893
Name of the
Congregation: Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and
Post-Office: Dudley Bourn, Van Buren, Ark.
Pastor:
J.
B. Gentry
Arkansas
Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1893, page 180]
1894
Name of the
Congregation: Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and
Post-Office: Dudley Bourn, Van Buren, Ark.
Pastor:
F. T. Charlton
Arkansas
Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1894, page 194]
1895
Name of the
Congregation: Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and
Post-Office: Dudley Bourn, Van Buren, Ark.
Pastor:
none listed
Arkansas
Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1895, page 202]
1896
Name of Congregation:
Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office:
Dudley Bourn, Van Buren, Ark.
Pastor: G. N. Wall
Arkansas
Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1896, page 189]
1897
Name of Church:
Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office:
Bourn, Dudley, Van Buren, Ark.
Pastor: G. N. Wall
Arkansas
Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1897, page 155]
1898
Name of Church:
Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office:
B. M. Dechard, Vanburen, Ark.
Pastor: G. N. Wall
Ft. Smith Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1898, page 179]
1899
Name of Church:
Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office:
Ben Decherd, Vanburen, Ark.
Minister: G. N. Wall
Ft. Smith Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1899, page 73a]
1900
Name of Church:
Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office:
Ben Decherd, Vanburen, Ark.
Minister: G. N. Wall
Ft. Smith Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1900, page 93a]
1901
Name of Church:
Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and Post Office:
Ben Decherd, Van Buren, Ark.
Minister: G. N. Wall
Ft. Smith Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1901, page 119a]
1902
Name of Church:
Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and Post Office:
Ben Decherd, Vanburen, Ark.
Minister in Charge:
E. H. Liles
Arkansas Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1902, page 108a]
1903
Name of Church:
Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and Post Office:
none listed
Minister in Charge: C. S. Bass
Ft. Smith Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1903, page 95a]
1904
Name of Church:
Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and Post Office:
Jno. M. Weaver, Van Buren, Ark.
Minister in Charge:
C. S. Bass
Ft. Smith Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1904, page 79a]
1905
Name of Church:
Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and Post Office:
Jno. M. Weaver, Van Buren, Ark.
Minister Now in
Charge: C. S. Bass
Ft. Smith Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1905, page 60a]
1906
Name of Church:
Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and Post Office:
Jno. M. Weaver, Van Buren, Ark.
Minister Now in
Charge: none listed
Ft. Smith Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1906, page 52a]
1907
Name of Church:
Van Buren
Clerk of the Session and Post Office:
John. M. Weaver, Van Buren, Ark.
Minister Now in
Charge: none listed
Ft. Smith Presbytery - Synod
of Arkansas
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1907, page 10a]
1908
Churches
from here on are mainly in hands of U.S.A. Many seriously divided.
50 per cent are Cumberland Presbyterians.
Note
above refers to some of the congregations in Fort Smith Presbytery
including Van Buren.
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1908 page 11a]
1909
Churches
from here on are mainly in hands of U.S.A. Many seriously divided.
50 per cent are Cumberland Presbyterians.
Note
above refers to some of the congregations in Fort Smith Presbytery
including Van Buren.
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1909 page 20a]
1910
Not listed
in General Assembly Minutes.
Rev. M. A. Prather accepted a call to the church on April
18th, 1906. During his pastorate at a session meeting on August
3rd, 1906, the name of the church was changed by vote from the
Cumberland Presbyterian to Central Presbyterian, U. S. A. It was
also during his pastorate that the Presbyterian church, U. S.,
(Old School) and Central Presbyterian church U. S. A., became
one on the 12th day of November 1906.
[Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arcrawfo/History_of_Crawford_County/HOCC_Chapters/HOCC_09.pdf]