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 190 DUNHAM. DURYEA. facturers, of North Adams, and then en- tered the office of Mr. Jonathan E. Field, at Stockbridge, to study law. He was subsequently taken into partnership by Mr. Field in the law practice and gen- eral insurance business. Mr. Dunham was admitted to the bar in i860, and upon the death of Mr. Field, in 1868, he came into the full practice alone, which he now carries on as attorney- at-law and real estate agent at Stock- bridge. He is president of the Stockbridge Li- brary Association and chairman of the board of control. He was United States assistant internal revenue assessor for sev- eral years ; chairman of the board of select- men of Stockbridge seventeen years ; mem- ber of the House of Representatives for 187 1, '81 and '84. He was largely interested in the incor- poration of the Stockbridge Water Com- HENRY J DUNHAM pany in 1862, and had the management of the company for twenty-five years, resign- ing in 1S87. He was for some years treasurer of the Stockbridge Savings Hank ; has been its trustee since its organization, and is now its attorney. He is also carrying on the woolen mill at Glendale, as trustee of F. W. Adams. Mr. Dunham was married at New Leb- anon, N. Y., March 25, 1854, to Malvina, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Gates, who died January 25, 1S65. His second marriage at New Lebanon, N. Y., February 15, 1866, was with Sarah F., daughter of John C. and Mary Bostwick. He has five surviving children : Arthur H., a graduate of Williams ; Etta F., William W., Hattie E., and Carrie L. Dunham. His eldest daughter, Delsie M., died October 30, 1880, aged twenty-one years. He is president of the " South Berkshire Sportsmen Club," organized for the pro- tection of fish and game. In 1858, when the law was enacted authorizing the designation of certain jus- tices of the peace to try criminal cases, Mr. Dunham was designated and appointed to the office, which he still holds under the title of trial justice. DURYEA, JOSEPH TUTHILL, the son of Abraham and Elizabeth Duryea, was born in Jamaica, Queens county, Long Island, N. V., December 9, 1832. His ancestry was English and French (Hugue- not). His father's family came to New York with the Dutch, settling what now is the city of Brooklyn ; his mother's came to Saybrook, Conn., about i65o-'6o, re- moving subsequently to the Hamptons, Long Island. He prepared for college at Union Hall Academy. He entered Princeton College 111 1 S 5 2, and graduated in 1856. The same year he became a student at the theolog- ical seminary at Princeton, and the year following was appointed tutor in Greek, and afterwards in rhetoric. During the whole period of his course of education he had studied music, in theory and har- mony, used the violin, 'cello, and organ, and during his college life was the musical director and organist of the chapel. He was also the leader of a chorus and orches- tra in the town. While preparing for college, he decided to fit himself to enter upon the business of literary and musical publication, and accordingly acquired a practical knowl- edge of printing in all its departments. Three eminent men, friends of the family, each without knowing the intentions of the others, advised him to prepare for the ser- vice of a Christian minister. He was licensed to preach, in the autumn of 1858, by the presbytery of Nassau, L. I. In 1859 he was ordained by the presbytery of Troy, and installed as pastor of the Sec- ond Presbyterian church, Troy. Here he remained three years. During this period