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1859-1943 Adoniram Judson Leach Methodist Pastor/Life Saver              MA/MA When Adoniram Judson Leach was born on 4 May 1859, in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, his father, Dr William Leach, was 37 and his mother, Abby Alice Marshall, was 38. He was number 9 of 12 children born to this couple.  A. J. Leach graduated from Drew […]

1859-Present Judson Baptist Church Kokomo, Indiana            IN By request of Brothers and Sisters in Ervin Township, Howard County, Indiana, in Ecclesiastical Council convened at the Stetler schoolhouse May 21, 1859 for the purpose of consulting the propriety of recognizing them as a Regular Baptist Church…. The Articles of Faith were read and adopted. After due

1858-Present Judson Township Blue Earth County, Minnesota     MN Judson Township was organized in 1858, and named for Adoniram Judson, an American missionary.[1] Blue Earth County became the home for many different ethnic immigrants and Yankee settlers. The most concentrated were the Welsh in Judson and Cambria Townships, the Scots in Mapleton, Germans, and Norwegians in several

1858-1899 Judson College Hendersonville, North Carolina        NC Judson College in North Carolina is number three of the eight institutions of higher learning named for Ann and/or Adoniram Judson. Judson College was a nineteenth-century academy located in the mountain town of Hendersonville, North Carolina. The school was conceived by the Western Carolina Baptist Association in 1858

1857-1917 Adoniram Judson Morgan Three entries.                         Five states. We have discovered three people wearing the name of Adoniram Judson Morgan all living about the same time.  Their information is sketchy so I will list them together in this entry. FIRST. We know the dates of this Adoniram Judson Morgan (1857-1917) but do not

1856-1930 Adoniram Judson Hughes Baptist Pastor              Canada/PA Adoniram Judson Hughes was born in Canada on June 27, 1856.  Census records report that he immigrated to the United States in 1881 and that he claimed his calling as a Baptist Clergyman, the only person I have discovered to use such a moniker. In the 1910 census

1856-1934 Adoniram Judson Watkins Farmer/Rancher       Missouri     MO Sometimes the story of the Judson namesake pales in relationship to the story of their parents or off-spring. Let’s begin with the story of the parents of Adoniram Judson Watkins of Missouri before we review his place in the plot. Altus Watkins and Mary Ann Holloway were married on

1855-1930  Joseph Judson Taylor Baptist Pastor/Pacifist                 VA/GA Joseph Judson Taylor was born May 1, 1855, in Henry County, Virginia, to Daniel Gray Taylor and Martha King Taylor.[1] J. J. was named for his material grandfather and missionary Adoniram Judson who had died five years before J. J. was born. He attended Richmond College (now University

1854-????  Adoniram Judson Buchanan Musician/Composer MO/?? Adoniram Judson Buchanan was born in 1854 in Linn County, Missouri, the son of Joseph Buchanan and Sarah Elizabeth McComb, both natives of Kingston, TN.  In 1867, short­ly af­ter the Am­er­i­can ci­vil war, the Bu­chan­ans moved to a com­mu­ni­ty near Sher­man in Gray­son Coun­ty, Texas, pur­chas­ing se­ver­al acres of land and

1853-1902 Adoniram Judson Holmes Attorney/Public Servant                   OH/IA The Wikipedia account of the life of Adoniram Judson Holmes is both thorough and clear. Adoniram Judson Holmes was born in Wooster, Ohio, in 1853 and moved with his parents to Palmyra, Wisconsin. He attended the common schools, and entered Milton College of Milton, Wisconsin, but left in 1862 to enter