1875-1928
Adoniram Judson Hanna
Journalist NY/PA
This is a good place to pause and do a review on the life and chapters of Adoniram Judson, Jr., the focus of this collection. Judson had 13 total children but only 6 lived to adulthood. His third wife was Emily Chubbuck, also known as popular writer Fanny Forester. They met on his one trip back to America in 1845 and married in June 1846. Emily Frances Judson was born to this marriage in 1847 and lived until 1911. When Adoniram died in 1850, mother Emily and little Emily Frances returned to America where the child grew to adulthood.
Emily Frances eventually married Irish immigrant, Thomas H. T. Hanna in 1870, and produced 8 grandchildren that Adoniram would have adored. Though grandfathers love all their grandchildren equally, three get special attention.
- The first grandchild, Emily Margaret (1871-1911), was a missionary to Burma following her grandfather’s legacy.
- The eighth grandchild from this daughter, was named Alexander Carson (A.C.) Hannah (1888-1942) was also a missionary to Burma where he was involved in education and publishing work.
- The third grandchild was named fully in honor of his grandfather and proudly carried the name of Adoniram Judson Hannah (1875-1928). This lad was born on July 16, 1875, in Brooklyn and eventually had one sister and one brother who became missionaries to Burma. In the 1910 census, Judson is 34 years old, living with his parents in Bucks, PA, and employed as a journalist. Ten years later his mother has died and Judson is still living in Bucks, PA, with his father and working as a waiter. He died on April 10, 1928, and is buried in Bucks County, PA.