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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 […]

1875-Present Judson Baptist Church Atmore, Alabama         AL Historian and Pastor Brett Chancery has reviewed an undated and unpublished history of this Alabama congregation in this summary. In a history of Judson Baptist Church compiled by Mrs. Florence A. Crane (undated) the congregation was organized in 1875. It was originally called Baptist Church but later the

1875-1943 Adoniram Judson Tuttle Baptist Missionary               Ohio/India Adoniram Judson Tuttle was born May 18, 1875 near Springfield, Ohio, and was baptized twelve years later at Sinking Creek Baptist Church. He graduated from Denison University 1896, attended the University of Chicago the next year, and finished his professional degree at Crozer Seminary in 1900. Later that

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

1872-1965  Judson College[1] Rangoon, Burma            Yangon, Myanmar Responding to the requests of Karens in Burma, American missionaries stepped forward in 1869 to suggest the creation of an institution of higher learning especially for the Karens. The proposal was discussed at the meeting of the Baptist Union in Chicago in 1870 and approved thus paving the

1872-Present Village of Judson Parke County, Indiana          IN Little Raccoon Creek runs through Judson, Indiana, which was platted by Alexander Buchanan on May 4, 1872. In recognition of her founder, the village of Judson was occasionally called Buchanan or Buchanan’s Springs. Judson is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Parke County, Indiana, northeast of Rockville. It

1871-1883 (1888-89) Judson University Judsonia, Arkansas           AR The history of Judsonia, Arkansas, and the first Judson University are inextricably intertwined. Dr. Martin Forey brought the Baptist College Colony of some 40 persons to Arkansas to begin the fourth effort at a Baptist school using the Judson legacy. The Baptist College Colony in Prairie county,

1872-Present  Town of Judsonia White County, Arkansas      AR Judsonia, Arkansas, is the only incorporated town in America named for our missionary champion, Adoniram Judson, and it may be the only town in America named for any missionary. The community was founded by Martin R. Forey (also spelled Fory) and incorporated in 1872. Forey was

1872-1956 Adoniram Judson Weeks Missionary                   Michigan/Burma Adoniram Judson Weeks was a native of Leslie, Michigan, born January 18, 1872 to Stephen Weeks and Laura Edwina Reynolds. He received a B.A. in 1902 from Kalamazoo College and then attended Newton Theological Institute 1902-1905. Weeks later studied at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). Four

1866-1908 Adoniram Judson Kempton Baptist Pastor          Nova Scotia/Iowa Adoniram Judson Kempton was born December 11, 1866, in North East Margaree, Nova Scotia.  He graduated from Arcadia College in Nova Scotia in 1889 and became pastor of Stony Creek Baptist Church in NY the next year. He finished Rochester Theological Seminary in 1892 and then spent