United Methodist Church of Fairy
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N 31° 50.944 W 097° 59.038
14R E 596129 N 3524155
This subject marker is mounted on a stone wall that stands near the old building, now the Baptist Church Annex.
Waymark Code: WMPRJC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2015
Views: 4
Marker erected by: Texas Historical Survey Committee
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry United Methodist Church of Fairy
City Fairy
County Hamilton
Subject Codes Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; churches
Year Marker Erected 1970
Marker Location from Hico so. city limits, take FM 1602 south 9.8 mi.; church is of 1602 on west side up the hill (behind Baptist Church)
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 9411
Marker Text:
First church organized in Fairy. Chartered as "Martin's Gap Methodist Mission" on July 3, 1886, under the Rev. J. S. Moore. Charter members were Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Steward, Lee Anderson, and Mesdames Hattie Chenault, G. W. Goyne, Lou Harvey, and J. S. Moore.
Church building was erected first year, land for it and a parsonage being given by Capt. Battle Fort, local settler. In 1888 membership was 122. In 1920 original building was replaced by present structure. Continuous services have been held here since the church's founding. (1970)
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