Benjamin Franklin Dudley (1873 - 1955)

Born 2 Oct 1873 in Dennysville, Washington, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ada L (Seeley) Dudley — married 22 Feb 1894 in Edmunds Township, Washington, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1955 at age 81 in Calais, Washington, Maine, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Franklin Dudley was born at Dennysville, Maine, 2 Oct 1873, ^{[1] [2] [3]} the son of William R. Dudley and Nancy J. Reynolds; ^[4] died at Calais, Maine, 13 Mar 1955, aged 81y, and is buried in the Dennysville Cemetery. ^{[1] [5]}

He married at Edmunds, Maine, 22 Feb 1894, Ada Lillian Seeley. ^[6]

Day laborer, ^[2] laborer (odd jobs), ^[7] woodsman for Higgins Bros., ^[3] and laborer (woodsman) ^[8] at Dennysville and carpenter ^{[9] [10]} at Baileyville.

Obituary: ^[1]

BENJAMIN F. DUDLEY, SR.

CALAIS, March 13 — Benjamin F. Dudley, Sr., 81, died at a Calais Hospital Sunday after a brief illness. He waa born in Dennysville, October 2, 1873, the son of William and Nancy (Reynolds) Dudley.

Mr. Dudley is survived by three sons, Carroll W., of North Lubec, Ralph L. and Benjamin F. of Woodland; two daughters, Mrs. Laura S. Wood of Machias, and Mrs. Lillian E. Lawless of Orange, Mass.; three brothers, Henry S. Dudley of Lubec, Edward Dudley of Machias and George Dudley of Dennysville; a sister, Mrs. Deborah McAllister of Solon; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the Scott Funeral Home in Calais Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. Walter Lyons of the First Baptist Church in Milltown officiating.

Interment will be in the Dennnysville cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Obituary, The Bangor Daily News, Monday, March 14, 1955, p. 19. Cit. Date: 24 Aug 2022.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMG3-G2V : accessed 25 August 2022), Benj Dudley, Dennysville, Edmunds & Marion towns, Plantation 14 & 10, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 204, sheet 4B, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,601.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFB-PPT : 23 December 2021), Benjamin Franklin Dudley, 1917-1918.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQ4-W23 : 15 August 2017), Benjamin F Dudley in household of William R Dudley, Dennysville, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 181, sheet 279C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,490.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 24 August 2022), memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Dudley Sr. (2 Oct 1873–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #151263636, citing Woodland Cemetery, Baileyville, Washington County, Maine, USA; Maintained by D (Huntley) Carter (contributor 47177961).
6. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQM-M14 : 2 March 2021), Benjamin F Dudley and Ada L Seley, 22 Feb 1894; citing Edmunds, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3K-QF2 : accessed 25 August 2022), Benjamin F Dudley, Edmunds, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 283, sheet 10B, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 547; FHL microfilm 1,374,560.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF87-JXG : 1 February 2021), Benjamin F Dudley, 1920.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMDD-WSJ : accessed 25 August 2022), Benjamin H Dudley, Baileyville, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 9A, line 29, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 840; FHL microfilm 2,340,575.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-R81J?cc=2000219&wc=QZFM-WJ5%3A790102801%2C791016301%2C795089601%2C951878401 : accessed 25 August 2022), Maine > Washington > Baileyville Town > 15-5 Baileyville Town S and W of a line beginning where U.S. Highway 1 Crosses western town line, then Southerly along center of U.S. Highway 1 to 3rd Av in Woodland, then along center of 3rd Av to Main St, then along center of Main St to U.S. Highway 1, and then along center of U.S. Highway 1 to southern town line; Woodland (part) > image 15 of 23; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.