Charles Henry Dudley - A Life in Pictures
A few years ago I was looking through a collection of family photographs and mementos. I was struck by the number of photos of my grand-uncle, Charles Henry Dudley and his family. Uncle Charlie was the eldest son of Jesse and Mary Shaper Dudley and brother of my grandmother Mary Dudley Donaldson. He was born October 18, 1878 in Clark Township, Clinton County, Ohio. Below is the earliest photo I have of Charlie. Charlie grew up in Clark Township with his brothers Lew, Frank, Ab, Tom, and Clarence. By the time my grandma was born in 1898, Charlie was already a young man. Just a little over a year later, Charlie married the pretty Anna Dora Meyer and they made their home in Clark Township near his aunt Marietta Dudley Himes and her family. Charlie worked as a day laborer. Charles & Anna Dudley On August 14, 1900, Anna gave birth to the couple’s first child, Walte...