Phoebe Judson
| Phoebe Goodell Judson | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born |
Phoebe Newton Goodell October 25, 1831 Ancaster, Ontario. |
| Died | January 16, 1926 (aged 94) Lynden, Washington |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Known for | Named and established Lynden, Washington |
| Political party | Republican Party |
| Spouse(s) | Holden Allen Judson |
| Children | Anna Judson Charles La Bonta Judson George Holden Judson Mary Judson Carrie Judson (died in infancy) Skoqualamooch "Jack" Judson (adopted) foster children: John Marshall McClanahan Horace Greeley McClanahan Nora McClanahan Daniel Abbott Jr. McClanahan |
| Relatives | Isaac N. Ebey (son-in-law's father) |
Phoebe Goodell Judson (October 25, 1831 – January 16, 1926; sometimes called Phoebe Newton Judson) was an American pioneer and author. Along with her husband, Holden Judson, she founded the city of Lynden, Washington. In 1886 she started the Northwest Normal School, which would become Western Washington University.
Judson kept a diary of her experiences following March 1, 1853 (the day she and her family left for Washington Territory), which she later abridged and rewrote into A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home: A Personal Memoir, published shortly before her death.
Because of the large role she played during the 1870s through 1890s in the development of the Nooksack Valley (including giving Lynden its name), she is often referred to as the "Mother of Lynden".
Born Phoebe Newton Goodell on October 25, 1831, Judson was born in Ancaster, Canada, the second eldest of eleven children with her twin sister Mary Weeks Goodell, and named after her father's sister, Phebe Goodell. Her parents were Jotham Weeks "J. W." Goodell, a Presbyterian minister descended from British colonists, and Anna Glenning "Annie" Bacheler. In 1837 her family emigrated to Vermilion, Ohio, where she and her siblings were raised.
On June 20, 1849, at the age of 17, Judson married Holden Allen Judson (born mid-1827), with whom she had grown up. (Holden's only sibling, Lucretia "Trecia" Judson, had been a close friend of Phoebe's in Vermilion.) The Judsons lived in Holden's parents' home in Vermilion. Their first child, Anna "Annie" Judson, was born the following year.
Following the Donation Land Claim Act, the Goodells traveled to the Oregon Territory in 1851, leaving Phoebe and her elder brother William behind. Judson's twin sister Mary and her fiancé Nathan W. Meloy settled in Willamette, Oregon (today part of West Linn) and J. W. Goodell named and established the town of Grand Mound, Washington with his wife and younger children, where he took up a job as postmaster and part-time minister alongside George F. Whitworth (who would later found Whitworth University).
...
Wikipedia