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1821-1891  Adoniram Judson Bigelow Entrepreneur VT/CA Rod Bigelow of the Bigelow Society shared this biography of his great-grandfather, Adoniram Judson Bigelow: Adoniram Judson Bigelow was the son of Barna and Elizabeth (Boynton) Bigelow and was born at Hubbardston, VT, on 20 April 1821. His marriage was on 27 October 1857 to Martha Jane Munroe who was […]

1820-1893 Adoniram Judson Buell Baptist Pastor   New York/Ohio    NY/OH Adoniram Judson Buell was born in the village of Delphi, NY, 30 October 1820. His mother was Phebe Freeman Buell whose four brothers were all Baptist preachers. Her first son, Rev. Rufus Freeman Buell was the first American missionary to Greece where he labored 15

1820-1907 Adoniram Judson Adams (3 entries)      NH/ME/MA [Compiler’s Note: I accumulated many people named Adoniram Judson Adams but all their stories were incomplete. I winnowed them down to three and lumped them together under the first name that had a date of birth and a date of death.] First. The first version of Adoniram Judson Adams

1820-1868 Adoniram Judson Bingham Baptist Pastor/Missionary     MI/MA Adoniram Judson Bingham was born 5 April 1820, to Abel Bingham and Hannah Brown, American Baptist missionaries to the Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indians in Sault Ste. Marie, MI.  Abel Bingham was nationally known for his work with the Indians because of his regularly published letters from the field about

1819-1868 Adoniram Judson Joslyn Baptist Pastor/Abolitionist   NY/IL In 1819, after six years on the field, Adoniram Judson built the first Christian zayat and preached his first sermon in Burmese. On 5 October 1819, Mary Polly Waite Joslyn gave birth to a son and named him Adoniram Judson Joslyn. Her husband, Rev. Lindsey Joslyn, was

1819-1850 Nancy Judson McCoy Special Daughter IN/MO To get a glimpse of Nancy Judson McCoy it is necessary to know her parents, Isaac and Christiana McCoy. Biographer Walter N. Wyeth describes Isaac McCoy as, “the pioneer, the Judson of the West, who enjoys the honor of arousing the people of God, and of the land

1818-1864  Adoniram Judson Rowell Businessman/Public Servant.  Vermont Adoniram Judson Rowell was born on 4 November 1818, in Waterville, VT. He died 46 years later on 24 December 1864, in New Troy, VT.  He married Lucy Ann Richardson in 1841 and six children were born into this family. Rowell’s obituary reads in part: Died, at his

1818-1893  Adoniram Judson Greeley Physician/Philanthropist NH/RI The Greeley Public Library in Hudson, New Hampshire, reports the story of Adoniram Judson “A.J.” Greeley, MD, and we are grateful for their permission to recount his story through this edited version of “Remember Hudson NH When.” A native of Hudson, Adoniram Judson Greeley, was the oldest son of

1818-1908 Adoniram Judson Walker Tinsmith/Pastor/Inventor     VT/MA The story of Rev. Adoniram Judson Walker is sketchy though we know he pastored in Massachusetts at Ervings Grant and Warwick Baptist Churches 1880-1883 then took on the Savoy congregation 1884-1887. His life can best be summarized through this obituary, one of the few sources about this faithful pastor.

1818-1907 Adoniram Judson Roundy Grocer/Philanthropist    ME/WI he last of John Roundy’s and Polly Trussell’s nine children was born on March 17, 1818, in Blue Hill, Maine and they named him Adoniram Judson Roundy. The lad later married Mary Amelia Dexter and moved to Rhode Island where he succeeded in the grocery business. Heeding the call