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 James Wilson
N 30° 54.504 W 096° 17.003
14R E 759638 N 3422613
Texas Historical Marker at the final resting place of James Wilson in New Church Cemetery in the vicinity of the Edge community, noting his lengthy career as a minister and mover and shaker among the Presbyterians.
Waymark Code: WM1A9A9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/10/2024
Views: 2
Marker Number: 8703
Marker Text:
(1821-1904)
Ireland native James Wilson immigrated to the United States in 1842. He graduated in 1847 from Lafayette College in Boston, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1850, the year he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. Wilson was sent to Texas in 1856 as a missionary in Brazos County. During his 53 year ministry, he served as a circuit preacher and organizer of many Brazos Valley Presbyterian congregations, including those at Wheelock, Bryan and Centerville. He married Laura Barnes, a published poet, in 1866. They are buried near the site of a church he founded. (1997)
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