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RALPH M. DUDEN, of Pottstown, was born May 7, 1882, in Wrightsville, York county, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Andrew J. and Amelia (Mann) Duden.

Andrew J. Duden (father) was also born in Wrightsville, and died there in 1889, his having died one year previously, in 1888. They are both buried in Wrightsville. They were members of the Presbyterian church. He was a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, Odd Fellows, American Machinists, and Free and Accepted Masons. He was a soldier in the rebellion, being a sharp shooter under Smith. He was also engaged in the planing mill business, the firm being known as Zabanch & Duden. He was a bank director, and although a prominent citizen never sought political distinction. The children of Andrew J. and Amelia (Mann) Duden: Sarah (deceased), died in 1885, and is buried at Wrightsville; C. Franklin, a cashier in the Citizens Bank, Pottstown, married Elizabeth Richard, they having two children, Richard and Francis; and Ralph Mann, the subject of this sketch.

John and Harriet (Jack) Duden (grandparents) also lived in York county, where he was a business man.

Ralph Mann Duden attended the public schools until he was fifteen years of age, and then spent four years at the noted Hill School, Pottstown. He went to California and was engaged in the lumber business for one year. He returned to Pottstown at the end of that time, and has since lived there. He is a director in different corporations, and is connected with several of the enterprises of Pottstown.