He was a devoted Christian and was ruling elder of the Kingsboro Presbyterian church for twoscore years.

He held fraternal affiliation with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His business was the manufacture of gloves from 1851 until the time of his death and during one period he was the largest glove manufacturer in the United States. Tilden for president, that carried New York state for the democracy. In 1876 he was presidential elector on the ticket headed by Samuel J. He was a democrat, and his party's nominee for congress in 1872. He was a fluent, forcible speaker, and often called forward on important occasions at home and abroad. He occupied prominent positions was vice president of the Fulton County National Bank many years and recognized as a man of learning and wisdom. Professor Sprague of the Kingsboro Academy, in his 'Gloversville History' (1859) said of him: 'He had less to learn and less to unlearn than commonly befalls when he came to grapple with the duties of active life'. Daniel Bingham Judson, the father of the subject of our sketch, was one of Fulton county's leading citizens during his lifetime, as a business and public man. Judson, a native daughter of Northampton, New York, who was born January 9, 1831. Daniel Bingham Judson, born in Kingsborough, New York, December 30, 1828, became the father of John Brown Judson, one of the leading citizens of Gloversville of the present day. From him the line descended through his son Elisha, born in 1765, and his grandson, Elisha (II), born January 28, 1796. He was then a mere boy, his birth having occurred in 1729. The line was established in this vicinity nearly two centuries ago, when Deacon Daniel Judson came to this section from Connecticut in 1740. The Judson family, which today has a distinguished representative in the person of John Brown Judson of Gloversville, is one of the old Colonial families of English origin that contributed greatly to the settlement and development of New England and later of New York state. Jewett | next biography: Isabel Stewart JudsonĬontents | Portraits | Illustrations | Maps Index to All Biographies | Index to Biographies by County: Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Schenectady, Schoharie | Search by keyword You are here: Home » Resources » MVGW Home » Biographies » John Brown Judson History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch).NYS DOH Genealogical Research Death Index (1957 - 1970).ReferenceUSA (SCPL, MVLS or SALS card required outside the library).America's News (SCPL card required outside the library).Historical New York Times 1851-2017 (Central Library only).Schenectady County Property Assessments and Land Records.Schenectady / Capital District Obituary Index.Union College / Schaffer Library / Archives.Museum of Innovation and Science Archives.

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