Rev William Benjamin Bloys

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Rev William Benjamin Bloys

Birth
Carroll County, Tennessee, USA
Death
22 Mar 1917 (aged 70)
Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, Texas, USA
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Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Rev W.B. Bloys, the "cowboy preacher" built the first church building in Coleman, Texas. He preached the first sermon ever preached in the frontier town. The building was erected as a Presbyterian Church in 1881. It stood at the corner of San Saba and Pecan Streets. D.A. Paddleford went to Longview and bought the lumber for the church building on 25 December 1879. Rev. Bloys officiated the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Paddleford. Mr. Bloys was a greatly loved man by all the oldtimers of Coleman who preached there during the last of the 1870s and the early 1880s.

Coleman Democrat Voice
April 6, 1917

Bio contributed by: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
Rev W.B. Bloys, the "cowboy preacher" built the first church building in Coleman, Texas. He preached the first sermon ever preached in the frontier town. The building was erected as a Presbyterian Church in 1881. It stood at the corner of San Saba and Pecan Streets. D.A. Paddleford went to Longview and bought the lumber for the church building on 25 December 1879. Rev. Bloys officiated the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Paddleford. Mr. Bloys was a greatly loved man by all the oldtimers of Coleman who preached there during the last of the 1870s and the early 1880s.

Coleman Democrat Voice
April 6, 1917

Bio contributed by: Searchers of our Past (47220553)

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