Wesley Coleman Dudley

Background

Dudley, Wesley Coleman was born on May 31, 1867 in Colden, Erie Company, New York, United States. Son of Reuben and Phoebe Jane (Coleman) Dudley.

Education

Graduate East Aurora (New York) Academy, 1888.

Career

Of 8 “south towns” of Erie Company until 1894. Admitted to New York bar, 1894. Clerk Erie Company Board of Supervisors, 1894-1897.

Delegate Republican National Convention, 1896. Assistant United States district attorney, Western District of New York, 1897-1908. District attorney Erie County, New York, 1909-1916.

Appointed justice Supreme Court of New York, 8th District, 1916. Nominated by all parties and elected same year for term which expires 1930, resigned, November 22, 1927.

Membership

Mason, Odd.

Connections

Married Floy Belle Slickney, of Buffalo, New York, April. Children: Donald S., Doris M. Teacher, later commissioner of 8 “south towns” of Erie Company.

Father:

Reuben Dudley

Mother:

Phoebe Jane (Coleman) Dudley

Spouse:

Floy Belle Slickney

child:

Donald S. Dudley

child:

Doris M. Teacher Dudley

child:

later commissioner of 8 “south towns” of Erie Co Dudley