1833-1910
Adoniram Judson Waterbury
Baptist Pastor New York/Michigan NY/MI
Rev. Adoniram Judson Waterbury was born in Nashua, NY, in August, 1833. He was licensed to preach 20 years later by Second Baptist Church of that city and ordained 4 years later while pastoring in Petersburg, NY. His ecclesiastical career went from New York to Colorado to Michigan and always in a Baptist pulpit.
+1870-74. Lebanon Springs, Columbia Co., NY
+1874-80. Greenbush, Schoharie Co., NY
+1880-81. Westerloo, Albany Co., NY
+1881-88. Rensselaerville, Albany Co., NY
+1888-90. Franklin, Delaware Co., NY
+1890-92. Golden, Denver and La Junta, CO
+1892-99. Tawas City, Iosco Co., MI
+1894-98. East Tawas, Iosco Co., MI[1]
A unique touch with Adoniram Judson Waterbury can be experienced through this picture identifying him as the founder, pastor and builder of the Baptist Church and parsonage in Prescott, MI. Though the photo is undated, Rev. Adoniram Judson Waterbury was pastoring just a few miles to the east in Tawas, MI, while constructing the church in Prescott which would eventually be named Judson Baptist Church.
Rev. Adoniram Waterbury died December 24, at the home of Rev. J. Pearson, Onaway…. He was loved and revered by all who knew him. His life was a benediction. For years he was the self-appointed pastor-at-large in the southern part of the Alpena Association. His funeral was held in Tawas City at the Baptist church….[2]
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[1] Lasher, The Ministerial Directory of the Baptist Churches…, p. 766.
[2] Seventy-first Annual Meeting of the Baptist Convention of the State of Michigan, 1911, p. 56.