Sara Boardman Judson Dies After Twenty Years of Mission Work

Sept 2, 1845.  Sarah Boardman Judson, second wife of Adoniram Judson, passed away after twenty years of missionary service in Burma.  Sarah and her first husband, George, worked among the Karen tribes of Burma. Sara’s Burmese translation of The Pilgrim’s Progress is still in use today. She also translated the New Testament into Peguan.   Judson asked Emily Chubbuck to write Boardman’s biography.  ABHS has a copy of Sara’s Catechism and collections of correspondence of both George Boardman and Adoniram Judson.