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Portrait of Rev. John D. Waldron. This is a reproduction of an original undated photograph in the Buckland Historical Society collections. Rev. Waldron was the President of the Franklin Association of Congregation Churches and Ministers at the time of this event and served as the church’s settled pastor from 1904 to 1910 and again from 1933 to 1936. In her 1985 pamphlet ‘History of the First Congregational Church of Buckland,’ Beulah Mary (Scott) Cross, church member and author of The History of Buckland Volume II, 1935-1979, published by the town of Buckland 1979. Cross writes that Rev. John Waldron was called to Buckland in 1904 and received a salary of $700 annually. Rev. Waldron left Buckland after 6 years on August 3, 1910, to go to Needham, Mass.. Cross continues, ‘When Rev. John Waldron returned to Buckland in 1933, it was to be his last pastorate – a service to churches for 67 years. His career began at the age of 13 when he became a carpenter’s apprentice to help out the family as his father never recovered from sufferings at the prison in Andersonville in the Civil War. John graduated from Mount Hermon in 1897 as valedictorian having known D. L. Moody personally. After graduation he became a Sunday School worker in western Massachusetts, traveling 5000 miles a year with horse and buggy. After a brief pastorate at Lanesboro Congregational Church, he went to Honolulu with his young wife where he was ordained on June 2, 1902, at the Central Union Church of Hawaii. Returning to Massachusetts, he held a pastorate at Otis, then came to Buckland 1904 -1910. Then he ensued pastorates at Needham, Fall River, Matapoisett, and Franklin, Connecticut. Buckland claimed him again in 1933 – 1936. He retired to Matapoisett.’
Portrait of Rev. John D. Waldron. This is a reproduction of an original undated photograph in the Buckland Historical Society collections. Rev. Waldron was the President of the Franklin Association of Congregation Churches and Ministers at the time of this event and served as the church’s settled pastor from 1904 to 1910 and again from 1933 to 1936. In her 1985 pamphlet ‘History of the First Congregational Church of Buckland,’ Beulah Mary (Scott) Cross, church member and author of The History of Buckland Volume II, 1935-1979, published by the town of Buckland 1979. Cross writes that Rev. John Waldron was called to Buckland in 1904 and received a salary of $700 annually. Rev. Waldron left Buckland after 6 years on August 3, 1910, to go to Needham, Mass.. Cross continues, ‘When Rev. John Waldron returned to Buckland in 1933, it was to be his last pastorate – a service to churches for 67 years. His career began at the age of 13 when he became a carpenter’s apprentice to help out the family as his father never recovered from sufferings at the prison in Andersonville in the Civil War. John graduated from Mount Hermon in 1897 as valedictorian having known D. L. Moody personally. After graduation he became a Sunday School worker in western Massachusetts, traveling 5000 miles a year with horse and buggy. After a brief pastorate at Lanesboro Congregational Church, he went to Honolulu with his young wife where he was ordained on June 2, 1902, at the Central Union Church of Hawaii. Returning to Massachusetts, he held a pastorate at Otis, then came to Buckland 1904 -1910. Then he ensued pastorates at Needham, Fall River, Matapoisett, and Franklin, Connecticut. Buckland claimed him again in 1933 – 1936. He retired to Matapoisett.’
Buckland Old Home Day; Sunday, September 29, 1935; 10.20 Sunday School. A Rally of past and present pupils with introductions and remarks by past teachers and friends. Informal. Make this the best it can be.; 11.00 Old Home Day Sermon Rev. John D. Waldron; ‘Again the Lion Roars’ Setting from the Last Days of Pompeii; 7.30 Another Sacred Concert! The Shelburne Falls Congregational Church; Accommodations at the Wayside Inn, the Mary Lyon House and other places within a few minutes drive.
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Rev. John D. Waldron
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