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 DUDLEY. DUNHAM. 189 He was sent to the state Senate in 1864, and made a member of the state valuation committee of the same year ; was a mem- ber of the House of Representatives in 1S65, '66, '67, and '73. In the Legislature of 1 867 he was active in procuring a charter for the Clarke Institution for Deaf Mutes in Northampton, and has ever since been largely interested in the management of its affairs under the corporation. He is president of the institution, and chairman of the school committee. He devoted much time and outlay in se- curing direct railroad communication be- tween Northampton and Boston by means of the Massachusetts Central Railroad, of which he was for thirteen years a director. He married, May 7, 1851, Theresa Hunt Bates of Northampton, third daughter of the late Hon. Isaac C. Bates — colleague with Daniel Webster in the United States Senate. They have had two children : Theresa Bates, born in 1852, who died in 1S53, and Etta Theresa Bates, born March 20, 1S54. The latter is the first case in the country of a person congenitally deaf, achieving articulation and lip-reading so successfully as to mingle freely in society, and to experience little difficulty in com- municating with the hearing and speaking world. DUDLEY, SAMUEL F., son of Aaron and Sophia (Frail) Dudley, was born in Leverett, Franklin county, October 31, 1812. His educational advantages were very meagre. He attended school but two months during the year, and that in the winter season. He had also to walk a distance of two and a half miles to the school-house, but nevertheless attended in that manner until he was seventeen years old. He then began to work for a farmer by the month, and continued in that em- ployment until he reached his majority, when he commenced business upon his own account. He purchased a small farm in Leverett, and also engaged to some extent in lum- bering. In early days he ran his lumber down the Connecticut River in rafts. He subsequently sold his farm and purchased one in Shutesbury, adjoining Leverett, where he has since resided, engaged in the same business. He has been largely identified with the best interests of the town and county. In 1844 he served in the Legislature and was re-elected in 1852. He was a member of the board of selectmen nine years in suc- cession, and has also served in that capac- ity at various other times. He has been special county commissioner one term, and starting as a corporal in the volunteer militia, he worked his way up through all the intermediate grades ; he served as lieu- tenant-colonel seven years, and held a commission as colonel for three years. He is a Republican in politics, and takes an active interest in the political movements of the day, and also in educational subjects. Mr Dudley married on the 8th of March, 1838, Jemima, daughter of Richard Prouty, of Shutesbury, who died April 7, 1880. They have had eight children : George S., Richard A., Sophia J., Angie M., Muriel ., (deceased July g, 1849), Rosella V., Alfred P., and Arthur B. Dudley. DUNBAR, James Robert, son of Henry W. and Elizabeth (Richards) Dun- bar, was born in Pittsfield, Berkshire county, December 23, 1847. Fitting for college in the excellent pub- lic schools of Pittsfield, he entered Wil- liams College, and was graduated therefrom in the class of 187 1. In 1874 he formed a partnership with Hon. M. B. Whitney, of Westfield, in the practice of law, having previously studied with him and having spent six months at the Harvard law school. In 1888 he was appointed by Governor Ames judge of the superior court. Judge Dunbar was married in Westfield, May 15, 1875, to Harriet P., daughter of George A. and Electa N. (Lincoln) Walton. Of this union were four children : Ralph W., Philip R., Ruth, and Helen L. Dunbar. Judge Dunbar served in the state Sen- ate, 1885 and '86. His residence is West Newton. He has not been upon the bench long enough to enable an absolute esti- mate to be made of his judicial qualities, but his record thus far for clear judgment and conscientious courage is most gratify- ing. It was this last quality which drew special public attention to him, when, as chairman of the committee on resolutions in the Republican convention of 1887, after reading the resolutions prepared by the committee, he boldly stated to the unsym- pathetic gathering that he dissented from the plank in the platform recommending constitutional prohibition. DUNHAM, HENRY J., son of Bradish and Candace (Cornell) Dunham, was born in Savoy, Berkshire county, June 26, 1832, and received his early education in the common schools of his native town. Upon leaving school he spent four years with Ingalls, Tyler & Co., woolen manu-