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1889-1945 Adoniram Judson Choplin Farmer            Missouri                  MO Adoniram Judson Choplin was born on 9 November 1889, in La Monte, Missouri, the eighth child with a total of 10 siblings. His father, William E. Choplin, was from North Carolina and 38 when this son was born. A native of Missouri, Judson’s mother, Eliza Gwen Ramey, was […]

1888-1958 Adoniram Judson Johnson Farmer/Postman                NY/CO The “Find-a-Grave” search feature on the web discovered Adoniram Judson Johnson who was born September 4, 1888, and died after 69 years on January 4, 1958. He is buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Sterling, Colorado.[1] His oldest son, Melvin, carried the middle name Judson. The Find-a-Grave site also

1888-1970  William Judson Holloway Educator/Governor      Oklahoma      OK Holloway was at home when informed that he had become governor of Oklahoma upon Gov. Henry S. Johnston’s removal from office on March 20, 1929. Calling for “an era of goodwill,” Holloway reassured Oklahomans who had lost faith in their government during weeks and months of the impeachment process.

1887-Present  Judson Baptist Church Omaha area  Nebraska  NE This story should begin in 1887 with the founding of Trinity Baptist Church in Omaha, Nebraska. The congregation met in two locations before merging with the McKinley Park Baptist Church to become Judson Baptist Church in 1967.  These first 80 years were marked by missions and ministry and

1884-1950 Adoniram Judson Morgan Baptist Pastor/Mayor/Judge Texas TX Adoniram Judson Morgan was born in Mississippi in 1884. Rev. Mr. Morgan moved with his family to Parker County, Texas in 1891. He and Mrs. Morgan (died 10/48) were married in 1902 in Weatherford, and he served as YMCA chaplain in France during World War I before

1883-Present  Village of Judson Gregg County, Texas 75660          TX Today Judson, Texas, is an unincorporated community in Gregg County just north of Longview and connected to Longview by Spur 502 or Judson Road. The Judson community has its own zip code (75660) and their children attend the Longview Independent School District. But historically the town developed around a Missionary

1879-1959 Adoniram Judson Warlow Engineer             Pennsylvania          PA Adoniram Judson Warlow was born June 28, 1879, in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, to William Warlow, a day laborer from Wales, and Margaret Price Warlow. Besides carrying the name of our missionary focus, Adoniram had brothers named William Carey Warlow and Frances Wayland Warlow. The 1910 census reveals that he

1879-1936 Judson Coleman King Physician/Missionary              MA/Congo Judson Coleman King was born to Sylvester Monroe and Marilda Coleman King on May 9, 1879 in Malden, Massachusetts. His father was City Missionary for Tremont Street Baptist Church before moving to Beacon Hill where young Judson started to school. When the boy was 10 years old the family

1879-1881 Eugene Judson Taylor Child               Kentucky              KY Little Eugene Judson Taylor lived a short life (August 24, 1879, to July 14, 1881) but his story is revelatory about the domestic conditions of the nineteenth century. Rev. Sam Frank Taylor was his father and the pastor of the Baptist Church in Paris, Kentucky, during the lad’s

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