Willis, Edward J.

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Willis, an attorney from Virginia, settled in Sacramento and in 1850 was elected county judge. In 1854 he was ordained and became the first pastor of the First Baptist Church of Oakland.

From the description of Diary of Edward J. Willis. Giving account of travel from Independence Missouri to California in 1849, Across the Plains, /by Edward J. Willis, 1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126460

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associatedWith American Baptist Home Mission Society. corporateBody
correspondedWith Broadus, John Albert, 1827-1895 person
associatedWith North American Mission Board corporateBody
associatedWith Petty family. family
associatedWith Pine Street Baptist Church (San Francisco, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Sanford, E. H. (Eliza H.) person
associatedWith Taylor, James Barnett, 1804-1871. person
associatedWith Wheeler, Osgood C. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
California
California
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Sacramento (Calif.)
Sacramento (Calif.)
Rahway (N.J.)
California National Historic Trail
West (U.S.)
Subject
Baptists
Navigation
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Spherical trigonometry
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Activity

Person

Active 1841

Active 1849

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