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1850-Present Judson Baptist Church Abbeville, Alabama       AL There were baptisms in the creek near the site of Judson Baptist Church back in 1848 before the congregation was formally established in 1850, the year that Adoniram Judson, Jr., died off the coast of Burma. This congregation would be the host church for the founding of Judson […]

1849-1910 Adoniram Judson Gridley Farmer/Father                     IL/MI Selah Gridley and Catherine Skinner Gridley birthed a son on 18 December 1849 in Newark, Kendall County, Illinois, and named the lad Adoniram Judson Gridley. He had one brother and 3 sisters.  In the 1870 census he was living with his parents in Big Grove township, Illinois. On 20

1849-1900  Adoniram Judson Rue Attorney/Public Servant     NJ/PA Matthew and Mary Rue of Dutch Neck, NJ, had a son on November 20, 1849, and named him Adoniram Judson Rue. In 1875 he graduated from Madison University (now Colgate University) and was listed as an attorney in Trenton, NJ, 1878-1900. The Trenton Times reported in 1883, “They

1849-1916 Adoniram Judson Cushing Attorney/Public Servant             MA/RI Adoniram Judson Cushing was noted at his passing in 1916 as “one of the most prominent attorneys in Providence, Rhode Island.”[1] He was born in 1849 (the year the Adoniram Judson’s health began to fail), in North Attleboro, MA, to Alpheus Nelson Cushing and Charlotte Everett Foster. He

1849-1928 Judson Hinkle Browning Farmer/Carpenter              KY/AR Robert Covington Browning (1820-1906) and his wife Mary Eliza welcomed their first son to their old Kentucky home on 1849. This solid Baptist couple were so enamored with the work of Adoniram Judson, they named this new baby boy Judson Hinkle Browning. In fact, Robert and Mary Browning

1848-Present Judson Association of Baptist Churches           North Central Indiana IN The Judson Association of Baptist churches in northwestern Indiana was organized in 1848 at the Camden Baptist Church and comprised about 454 Baptist Christians at its founding. Franklin College President William Taylor Scott describes the scene as a struggle between missionary and anti-missionary churches: At a

1848-1908 Adoniram Judson Burt Railroad Auditor     Michigan     MI The page 3 headline of the Detroit Times for 12 June 1908, announced that “Judson Burt is Called Suddenly by Death.” After describing his demise of the previous day, the newspaper reviewed his career and importance to the community: Mr. Burt had been associated with the

1848-1880 Adoniram Judson Stevens Baptist Pastor     Canada          NS/NB When James Stevens was 44 and his wife Grace was 42, they had a son in South Rawdon, Nova Scotia, Canada, and named him Adoniram Judson Stevens. This lad graduated in 1875 from Acadia College, NS, and became the pastor of the Baptist Church in Kentville, Kings County,

1847-1933 Adoniram Judson Holt Baptist Minister                       KY/FL It was at the suggestion of my Grandfather Buckner that I received the name of that distinguished missionary to Burmah, Adoniram Judson. This great man was living and in the meridian of his fame and usefulness. I recall how difficult it was for me to learn

1847-Present  Judson Baptist Association  VA when founded, but now WV. Before there was ever a West Virginia, the Judson Baptist Association was organized in Virginia at Barracksville in Marion County on 26 November 1847. It consisted of ten churches as follows: Hopewell, Harmony, St. Paul, Union, Bethesda, Lebanon, Bethany, West Fork, Morgantown, and Goshen. Rev.