(1) Name: Rev. Eldred Simkins DUDLEY
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Birth: January 28, 1811 Fayette County, Kentucky
Death: May 8, 1891 Age: 80
Father: Gen. James DUDLEY (1777-1870)
Mother: Polly FERGUSON (1782-1823)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 562

E. S. DUDLEY, minister; P. O. Hutchinson; was born Jan. 28, 1811, in Fayette County, Ky.; son of Gen. James Dudley, who was made a captain in the war of 1812, but peace was declared before he reached the front. He came front Virginia with his father when nine years of age, and settled near Bryant's Station. Tbe father of our subject was the third born of fourteen children, the date of which event was May 12, 1777; he died June, 16, 1870; the grandfather, about 1826. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Abraham Ferguson, of Fayette; she died May 22, 1823. Mr. Dudley received his education in the common schools of the county, farmed considerable, and was noted as a mule dealer; he at present owns about three hundred and fifty acres of land, his place being known as "Orchard Grove;" he is a member of the Regular Baptist Church, as was his rather and grandfather; he is a minister; was licensed 25 years ago, and is at present Pastor of Stony Point Church; he was married, first to Mary Ann Clay, daughter of Henry Clay, and one child was the result of the union--Mrs. Mary E. Cunningham. His wife dying, he married Mrs. Henrietta (Clay) Scott, sister of his first wife, by whom he had three children: Nancy, wife of J. B. McClintock, of Harrison; Rebecca; J. Ambrose, married and living in the neighborhood. The second wife dying, he married Hattie Bassett, of Nicholas County Ky. He is a Republican.
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Notes on Eldrid Simkins Dudley: [1]
E. S. Dudley and wife Henrietta Clay, son Henry Clay, dau-Laetitia L. are buried in Clay graveyard on Douglas Clay Farm 1 mile North of Escondida Station along right of way. Henrietta: married 1st Mr. Bedford, 2nd Mr. Scott, 3rd Eldred Dudley another resource states her death as 4 Nov. 1866.


Spouses
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1: Mary Ann CLAY
Birth: May 27, 1824
Death: February 14, 1901 Age: 76
Father: COL Henry CLAY IV (1779-1863)
Mother: Peggy HELM (-1863)
Marriage: November 19, 1835
Children: Mary E. “Polly” (1838-1917)

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2: Henrietta Povall CLAY
Birth: March 1, 1803 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Death: March 4, 1865 Age: 62
Burial: Clay Cemetery, Escondida Rd., Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: COL Henry CLAY IV (1779-1863)
Mother: Peggy HELM (-1863)
Marriage: February 20, 1840
Children: Henry Clay (1840-1862)
Nancy “Nannie” (1842-1922)
Laeticia (1843-1862)
Henrietta Rebecca (1844-1920)
James Ambrose (1847-1920)

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3: Hattie Clay BASSETT
Death: November 23, 1874
Marriage: August 26, 1869


Sources
1. “Dudley and Allied Families,” author unknown. Copied from DUDLEY file at John Fox, Jr. Library, Paris, Kentucky, June, 2000, by Robert E. Francis.