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1846-1859  Judson College Mount Palatine, Putnam County, Illinois     IL Baptist businessman Christopher Winters donated the land in north-central Illinois that would become the second Judson College. After participating in the Black Hawk War, Winters settled in the area now called Putnam County in 1839 where his house was known as The Baptist Tavern because of his […]

1845-1919  Adoniram Judson Titsworth Congregational Pastor               NJ/WI Adoniram Judson Titsworth was born the year that Adoniram Judson, Jr., came to the States for his only time away from Burma. Young Titsworth was the son of Dunham Titsworth and Hannah A. Sheppard and was born on October 23, 1845, in Shiloh, Cumberland County, New Jersey, where

1845-1899 Adoniram Judson Stone Farmer/Public Servant         NH/VT I am grateful the research of Andy Osterdahl at the blogspot “Political Strange Names” for thus summary on Mr. Stone and the image he graciously shared. Adoniram J. Stone was born in the town of Cornish, New Hampshire on October 13, 1845, the son of Erastus and Lucy

1845-1926 Adoniram Judson Chandler Baptist Pastor       NY/VT/CT Adoniram Judson Chandler was born in Chester, VT, on 12 March 1845, the son of William and Louisa Ellison Chandler, being one of five children. He received his boyhood education in the school of Springfield, VT. In 1863, at the age of nineteen, he enlisted in the ninth Vermont

1845-1917 Adoniram Judson Banker Physician Ohio/Indiana OH/IN The 1860 census records of Washington Township in Shelby County, Indiana note a citizen named John Banker, age 42, as the head of household, a farmer with real estate valued at $4,600 and a personal estate of $975. In his household is his wife, Elizabeth, age 40, and

1844-1927  Adoniram Judson Mathis Realtor/Mayor   Des Moines, Iowa       IA Andy Osterdahl has information on 13 people named for Adoniram Judson at his blogspot, “The Strangest Names in American Political History.” He has granted permission to republish his work and the image he provided for this entry. Adoniram Judson Mathis was born on November 26, 1844,

1844-Present  Adoniram Baptist Church Abbeville, Henry County       Alabama AL The Adoniram Baptist Church was one of 9 congregations that met in 1850 to form the Judson Missionary Baptist Association in Henry County, Alabama. The pastor of the church, W. B. Lacey, also served as pastor of the Abbeville Baptist Church. The Adoniram Church congregation with 120

1843-1918  Adoniram Judson Johnson Baptist Pastor/Colporteur OH/IN Adoniram Judson, Jr., was working on the Burmese-English dictionary, which is still in use today, when Adoniram Judson Johnson was born on 15 November 1843 in Muskingum, Ohio. Various census takers have spelled his name Adaniron or Adamison but these public servants spelled phonetically when necessary. We know

1842-1924 Adoniram Boardman Dunaway Baptist Pastor           VA/NC Rev. Adoniram Boardman Dunaway carries the name of two great missionaries to Burma, Adoniram Judson and George Dana Boardman. He was born in Lancaster County, Virginia, 5 October 1842, and died 3 October 1924. He was buried on the date of his birth, October 5, in which would

1841-1915  Adoniram Judson Smith Soldier     NY/CT Adoniram Judson Smith was born 25 August 1841, in Whitestown, NY, to Henry Smith and Emily Watson. Historical Record Lists reports that Adoniram Judson Smith was a participant in the Battle of Gaines’ Mill, VA. He married Ophelia (Vessie) Pyott and had 10 children.  He passed away on 22