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 DUBUQUE. DUDLEY. l8 7 practice, and has associated with him Edward Higginson, the present city solici- tor, under the firm name of Dubuque & 1 1 igginson. Mr. iHibuque was married in Fall River, May 15, 1SS1, to Annie M., daughter of HUGO A. DUBUQUE. William and Abbie (Maley) Coughlin. Of this union are twin daughters: Pauline and Helene Dubuque. Mr. Dubuque is honorary president of a literary society called Cercle Salaberry, and a benevolent society called the Ligite des Patriotes ; has lectured on the subjects of naturalization and education before French Canadians in New England for several years. He has spoken during political campaigns throughout the Eastern States since 1884. In politics Mr. Dubuque is a staunch Republican. He was elected member of the Fall River school board in 1S83 ; served for three years, and was re- elected for a three years' term in 1886. He was a member of the Legislature of 1889, serving on the judiciary committee, and taking a leading part in every debate of importance. He is a ready speaker in French or English. He is secretary of the Fall River Hospital ; was recommended for consul-general at Montreal by the full congressional delegation of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. He has written considerably on histori- cal, political and social questions ; is the author of " Historical Sketch of French Canadians" in the "History of Bristol County," and of the sketch on the same subject in French, contained in the " Guide Canadieii-Francaise" of Fall River (1888). He has contributed many articles to French Canadian papers of the United States. Mr. Dubuque is the leading representa- tive of the French Canadian population in New England ; their generally acknowl- edged counselor and authority, honored and respected by them as well as by his associates in the country of his adoption. The founder of the city of Dubuque, Iowa, was his grand-uncle. His father, Moise Dubuque, was among the early ex- plorers and pioneers of the great West, having settled in California and Montana from 1S40 to 1850. His father died at St. Louis, Mo., on his return from a trip to Montana, about 1865. DUDLEY, LEVI EDWIN, son of John Gilman and Mary Clark (Townsend) Dud- ley, was born in North Troy, Orleans county, Vt., October 18, 1842. He was educated in the public schools of his native place, was quick and studi- ous, making good use of the limited ad- vantages in his reach. He worked with his father on the farm till 1857, when he went to reside with his maternal grand- father, Samuel Simonds Townsend, in Lynn, where he attended the grammar school for some months. He was then placed in a drug store to learn the business, and re- mained until i860, when he accepted a similar position in Boston, remaining until the breaking out of the war in 1861. He then enlisted in the 13th regiment, Massa- chusetts volunteers, and served until the close of the war in the army of the Potomac. He gained the rank of hospital- steward in the regular army. His further promotion was prevented by ill health, resulting from typhoid fever, contracted in the service. During the last year of the war he was the commissary-steward of Lincoln General Hospital, Washington, D. C. At the close of the war Mr. Dudley was honorably discharged from the army, and appointed a clerk in the internal revenue bureau of the treasury department. About this time he was also chosen president of an organization of ex-union soldiers and sailors. In 1866, when the contest between President Johnson and Congress became