History of Kingfield, (Franklin County) Maine United States of America

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Dean Dudley, historian and antiquary, was born in Kingfield, Maine, May 23, 1823; son of Edmund and Rebecca (Bangs) Dudley; and a descendant on his father's side from Governor Thomas Dudley (1576-1652) and on his mother's side from Edward Bangs, Governor Thomas Prence, and Elder William Brewster who came over in the Mayflower in 1620. He attended Waterville liberal institute, taught school in Massachusetts for a brief period, then entered the classical school of Benjamin Greenleaf at Bradford, Mass., and finally studied law, gaining admittance to the bar in 1854. In that year he joined the New England historic, genealogical society, and gave much time to genealogical research. His genealogical collections comprise more than fifty volumes. Among his published works, which number more than one hundred, are: The Dudley Genealogies (1848); Pictures of Life in England and America (1851); History of the First General Council of Nice (1860); Illustrated Arch?ological and Genealogical Collections (1861); Historical Sketches of Towns in Plymouth and Barnstable Counties, Mass. (1861); Social and Political Aspects of England and the Continent (1862); Officers of Our Union Army and Navy (1862); History of the Dudley Family (1886); Memorial of the Reunion of the Descendants of Gov. Thomas Dudley (1892); History and Genealogy of the Bangs Family in America (1896).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Kingfield, (Franklin County) Maine

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