Willis, Edward J.
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
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Petty family. Papers, 1841-1849. | William & Mary Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Willis, Edward J. Trigonometry : sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant & cosecant / by Edward J. Willis. | The Mariners' Museum Library | |
| creatorOf | Willis, Edward J. Diary of Edward J. Willis. Giving account of travel from Independence Missouri to California in 1849, Across the Plains, /by Edward J. Willis, 1849. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Willis, Edward J. [Letter] 1854 Mar. 27, Sacramento City (Calif.) to "Bro. Broadus" [John Albert Broadus] / Edwd. Willis. | SBTS Library, James P. Boyce Centennial Library | |
| creatorOf | Willis, Edward J. [Letter] 1854 Mar. 15, Sacramento City, [Calif.] to J.A. Broadus / Edwd. J. Willis. | SBTS Library, James P. Boyce Centennial Library |
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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 |
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