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 WILLIAM B. BLOYS, D.D. - Fort Davis, TX Posted by:  WalksfarTX
N 30° 35.594 W 103° 53.718
13R E 605909 N 3385043
Marker is on a one story church built of adobe stucco with square "Norman" tower on northeast corner.
Waymark Code: WM1CG8C
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/18/2025
Views: 1
Briscoe Center for American History"William Benjamin Bloys (1847-1917) was a Presbyterian minister from Tennessee and founder of the Bloys Camp Meeting Association. From 1879 to 1888, he set up churches around Coleman, Texas, before moving to Fort Davis, Texas. There he continued preaching and also set up the Cowboy Camp meeting, which became the Bloys Camp Meeting Association after his death.
Marker Text: FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
A LIVING MONUMENT TO THE FOUNDER
WILLIAM B. BLOYS, D.D.
1847-1917
WHO ORGANIZED THIS CHURCH IN 1888, ERECTED
THIS BUILDING IN 1904, AND WAS PASTOR OF THIS
CONGREGATION FOR THIRTY YEARS.
A MAN OF WISDOM AND FAITH, WHOSE MEMORY
WE ALL HONOR.
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