Anna Judson was born in Woodford, Vermont August 8, 1840. and died in Wisconsin in 1916 at the age of 76. Anna was given the name Judson in honor of William Goldsmith’s brother Nathan’s mentor and friend Adonaram Judson who was a fellow missionary to India.
It was in Farmington that Anna Judson Brown and Frank Preston married in 1869.
Frank Preston, who came from England, had previously lived in Springfield, Mass and was at one time the acting captain of an eastern company during the civil war. He was a flute player in the White House band at the time of Lincoln’s assassination.
More about Frank Preston in the chapter on the Preston family.
- 1880