1874-1964
Adoniram Judson Archibald
Baptist Pastor Nova Scotia/MA
Adoniram Judson Archibald was born July 10, 1874, in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Eliakin Archibald and Cynthia Anne Bradshaw. Judson attended Clementsport High School and Horton Academy in Nova Scotia through 1891. In 1896 he received a BA from Acadia University followed four years later with an MA. Between the BA and MA, Archibald graduated from Newton Theological Institute in Massachusetts. He earned a BD in 1915 from Rochester Theological Seminary. The People’s National University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1924.
He married Clara Blanche Oxner on August 8, 1899, and together they had a daughter name Kathleen on April 12, 1901. His wife, Clara, died in Florida on July 6, 1949. Judson Archibald, age 76, married a second time on August 29, 1950, to his first cousin Dorothy Bradshaw.
Judson Archibald was ordained in Shirley, MA, in 1899 and became pastor in Glace Bay, NS. His ministry career then followed this path:
- 1903-1910 Pastor of the Baptist Church in Digby, NS;
- 1910-1915 Pastor at the Charlotte Street United Baptist Church in Saint John, New Brunswick;
- 1915-1920 Pastor in New Glasgow;
- 1920-1928 (or 1935) Pastor at the Baptist Church in Brookline, Massachusetts;
- Secretary of the Maritime Baptist Convention for 9 years.
In 1944 Adoniram Judson Archibald retired to Penney Farms, Florida, where he served as interim pastor for 13 Baptist churches. He created this addendum to hIn 1944 Adoniram Judson Archibald retired to Penney Farms, Florida, where he served as interim pastor in 13 Baptist churches. He created this addendum to his 20 years of retirement in Florida:
In the Memorial Home Community, I have been preacher on 35 occasions. As Chairman of the Literary Committee, I staged about 40 shows, writing the plays as well as staging them. For 5 years I continually sold sermon illustrations and sermons to Preacher’s Publications. In Penney Farms, have served as President of the following organization: The Memorial Home Community Association, the Berean Bible Class and the Symposium Club.[1]
He died at age 89 on June 28, 1964, in Clay County, Florida. His body is buried in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
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[1] Adoniram Judson Archibald, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Archibald-1049#Ancestors.