Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland in Alameda County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
William Taylor
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Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, June 14, 2023
1. William Taylor Marker
Headstone:
Bishop of Africa
The people who sat in darkness saw great light
Isabella A. Taylor
Her children shall rise up and call her blessed
Erected by United Methodist Commission on Archives and History.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the United Methodist Church Historic Sites series list.
Location. 37° 50.047′ N, 122° 14.294′ W. Marker is in Oakland, California, in Alameda County. It is in Mountain View Cemetery. It can be reached from Piedmont Avenue north of Ramona Avenue when traveling north. The plaque is mounted to the black granite headstone in plot 33, lot 4. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5000 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland CA 94611, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area and on the Coast Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Samuel Merritt, M.D. (within shouting distance of this marker); Rev. Laurentine Hamilton (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); In Memory of Col. John Coffee Hays (approx. 0.2 miles away); Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado (approx. 0.4 miles away); Antonio Bras Columns (approx. half a mile away); World War I Memorial (approx. Ύ mile away); Faux Bois Benches (approx. Ύ mile away); Piedmont Park History Trail (approx. Ύ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oakland.
Also see . . .
1. Official Registration of Methodist Historical Site.
Taylor began his ministry in the fall of 1849 among those whom William Roberts had formed into a class in 1847, which had become the first Methodist Church in California. He finished building First Church, then set about to anchor a moving(Submitted on August 18, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)constituency by building, with Isaac Owen, a house for the first book store on the coast. He and Owen with their own hands, dug ditches for the foundation of the Book Concern building and, for lack of drayage costs, carried from the beach 2000 books to become the book depository of the west.Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, June 14, 20232. William Taylor Marker and Headstone
The Gold Rush days moved so rapidly and people with them that things developed before they settled down into organization. Days of gambling and carousing; days of murder! His preaching from saloon rooms, in the out-of-doors or in the church grew famous. His eloquence and his singing were electric.
2. Taylor, William (1821-1902). Boston University
"Seeking to raise funds, Taylor visited Australia and New Zealand (1863-1866) and then South Africa (March to October 1866) where his evangelistic campaigns among the black population were revolutionary. In South India from 1870 to 1875, he ignored mission comity agreements, establishing self-supporting, self-propagating, and self-governing Methodist Episcopal churches, and arguing that these be recognized as the(Submitted on August 18, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)ecclesiastical equals of churches in North America."Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, June 14, 20233. William Taylor Marker and Headstone
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4. William Taylor
Credits. This page was last revised on August 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 232 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 18, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.
