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EUGENE E. DUDLEY was born in Chenango county, New York, September 6, 1850, and is a son of John and Maria (Hotchkiss) Dudley, both natives of the county mentioned. The paternal grandfather, Lyman Dudley, came from Berkshire county, Massachusetts, and settled as a farmer in Chenango county in 1786. He died there about 1858, aged seventy-two years. John Dudley was born in Chenango county in 1814, and was reared on his father’s farm, which he assisted in running until 1843, when he came to Brocton and located. He still resides there a retired farmer. Farming and dairying was his life-long occupation, and by them a competence was amassed. John Dudley is now seventy-seven years old, — a universalist and a democrat. He married Maria Hotchkiss, of Chenango county, in 1843, and by her had six children. She died in 1861.

Eugene E. Dudley spent his early life on his father’s farm, and received such education as the district schools could furnish. When seventeen years of age, he received a position as brakeman on the L. S. and M. S. R. R., running between Cleveland and Erie, and followed that occupation for four years.

On November 19, 1873, he married Ellen S. Derby, a daughter of Blanchard Derby, of Cassadaga, this county, and moved on his farm, which consists of forty-five acres, located three-quarters of a mile out of Portland village. He has a fine grape orchard, and gives much attention to growing that fruit. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley have three children, two sons and one daughter: Walter E., Frank H. and Clara F. Mrs. Dudley was a pleasant and Christian lady, devoted to her husband and family, and numbering a large circle of friends. She died May 19, 1888, aged thirty-five years.

E. E. Dudley is a member of Summit Lodge, No. 219, Free and Accepted Masons, which meets at Westfield; is a democrat, a genial gentleman, and one of the most enterprising and substantial residents of the town.