Details for William Edmunds Bates
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5121005826
Data
| Marker Number | 5826 |
| Atlas Number | 5121005826 |
| Marker Title | William Edmunds Bates |
| Index Entry | Bates, William Edmunds |
| Address | |
| City | Aubrey |
| County | Denton |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 688360 |
| UTM Northing | 3677086 |
| Subject Codes | Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; religious leaders; Presbyterian denomination |
| Marker Year | 1973 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Oak Grove Cemetery on FM 720, just south of SH 380, 10 miles east of Denton |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | (October 12, 1812 - April 25, 1883) Born in Amherst County, VA.; licensed in Kentucky (1843) as a Methodist minister. Came to Texas 1851; settled in Denton County. He was appointed (1853) to 300-square-mile Dallas circuit, and traveled it once a month. Admitted 1854 to East Texas Conference, he founded churches at Montague, Pilot Point, Denton, Jacksboro, Gainesville. He was very influential in planting Methodism in North Texas. He married Susan Wright. They had ten children. Recorded - 1973 |