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1851-ca.1940 Adoniram Judson Alden Photographer Rhode Island RI This is the first and maybe the only photographer we have discovered named for Adoniram Judson the missionary. As early as 1865 Adoniram Judson Alden was working as a photographer in the studio of his brother, Augustus Ephriam Alden in Providence, Rhode Island. With the expansion of […]

1886-1944 Village of Judson Swain County, North Carolina NC There are about eight people, places or things in North Carolina named for Ann and/or Adoniram Judson but this notation in Swain County is the only Judson designation underwater. Judson was a small unincorporated community in Swain County, North Carolina, located along the Little Tennessee River

1871-Present Judson Baptist Church Fayetteville, North Carolina NC Cumberland County, North Carolina, has had a spreading Judson presence since the trying years after the US Civil War. The website of the Judson Baptist Church tells the story of this significant congregation. The years following the Civil War were difficult for everyone in the South. The

1914-2008 Judson Lee Palmer (5 generations) Attorney Oklahoma/Missouri OK/MO The formal obituary identifies him as Judson L. Palmer, Sr.,[i] though his father was also named Judson L. Palmer.  This first Judson L. Palmer and his wife, Katherine “Kitty” Hutcherson, lived in Tulsa and welcomed their son on December 26, 1914.[ii]  This son would become known

1854-Unknown Adoniram Judson Denton Career Unknown Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada Several historical records identify Adoniram Judson Denton with the simple “1854-Deceased.” We can find nothing about his life or his death but let’s extrapolate some information from his family and his progeny. His father was Jacob Denton (1809-1908) and his mother was Frances Jane Cornwall

1843-1876 Adoniram Judson Davidson Baptist Pastor Nova Scotia/Canada Adoniram Judson Davidson was a Baptist minister who was baptized in 1858; licensed to preach in 1873; matriculated at Acadia College: in 1872; preached for a while in 1873 at Isaacs Harbor, and in 1874 undertook a mission to Eatonville, Nova Scotia. He died at his home

1850-1929 Adoniram Judson Eaton Indologist and Classics Scholar Nova Scotia/ Canada Adoniram Judson Eaton (1850–1929) was a prominent Canadian educator, Indologist, and classical scholar. He is often distinguished from the famous missionary Adoniram Judson (1788–1850), for whom he was named.  Professional Background Eaton spent much of his career at McGill University, where he was appointed Associate Professor of

1853-1935 Adoniram Judson Davison Merchant Missouri MO/MO The 1920 census reports on 69-year-old Adoniram (also spelled Adoniran and Adaniron) Judson Davison as a literate white male who owned a store and was a merchant in Cliquot, Polk County, Missouri. His parents, Alpheus and Bithia Wheeler Davison, immigrated from England and moved to Canton, Fulton County,

1852-1924 Adoniram Judson Drake Teamster New Jersey/Illinois NJ/IL When Adoniram Judson Drake was born in August 1852, in Warren Township, Somerset, New Jersey, his father, Edward Drake, was 41 and his mother, Mary Coon Waldron, was 35. He was number 9 of 15 children in that family. He is listed in the 1870 census as

1852-1936 Adoniram Judson Ellzey Physician Mississippi/Texas MS/TX The story of Dr. Adoniram Judson Ellzey is a story of spellings and misspellings and confusing calculations. As an exercise in phonetical spelling I will try to list all the variations found in census records from which I drew this material. Dr. Ellzey was born 12 July 1852