Biography of Joseph Dudgeon, Clay Co, AR

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From: 
The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of N. E. Ark.
Biographical Information.

Joseph Dudgeon. There is nothing which adds so much to the prestige of a city in
the estimation of a stranger as first-class hotel accommodations, and the
Dudgeon House, of which our subject is proprietor, has an excellent reputation
both at home and abroad, although it has been in operation only a short time
(since February, 1888). His hotel, so recently completed, consists of twenty-
three commodious rooms, with a large bath-room, all of which are well furnished,
and supplied with modern conveniences, and he is ever courteous and
accommodating to his guests. He was born in the "Emerald Isle," County Monahan,
in March, 1833, and is a son of John and Margaret (Mills) Dudgeon, who were of
Scotch descent, but were born in Ireland, in which country the father died. In
1844 Joseph, with his mother, went from Belfast to Liverpool, and in the latter
city took passage for America on the sailing vessel "Patrick Henry," and after
an ocean voyage of six weeks landed at New York City. Shortly after they went to
Sullivan County, N. Y., where Joseph received his education, and was reared to
manhood. He started out to battle his own way in the world at the early age of
thirteen years, and from earliest boyhood his career has been characterized by
hard work, for he was brought up as a farmer, and received such education as
could be acquired in the common schools previous to his sixteenth year. About
this time he and his mother went to New Orleans, and there he worked as a clerk
in a store for about two years, and from that time up to 1865 lived both in
Mississippi and Texas. He next located in Saginaw, Mich., where he resided three
years, then returning to New York State, and the same year located at An Sable,
Mich., being an employe for eleven years of the Loud, Priest & Gay Lumber
Company, acting as their foreman; he was held in the highest esteem, and
commanded the full confidence of his employers. He became a noted lumberman of
that region, and was engaged in the business for himself for some time,
continuing successfully until 1882, when be went to Chicago, and was employed in
paving the streets for a number of months. In 1883 he moved to Randolph County,
Mo., but after a short time sold all his effects, and returned to Michigan. In
the spring of 1885 he came to Clay County, Ark., and was engaged in tilling a
farm near Corning, which he had purchased, until February, 1888, when he moved
to the town, and embarked in his present enterprise. In 1860 he was married to
Miss Amanda Tiffany, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Edwin and
Joannah (Parks) Tiffany, the former a native of Connecticut, and the latter of
New York State. Mr. Tiffany is a second cousin of George Tiffany, the noted New
York City jeweler. Mr. and Mrs. Dudgeon became the parents of seven children, of
whom five are living: Arthur F., residing in Michigan; Ella, wife of R. G.
Gillard, of Ashland, Wis.; John A., Bertha M., wife of J. M. Hawks, of Cotton
Plant, Ark., and Pearl A. Mr. Dudgeon is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in his
political views is a Republican. His mother was born in Ireland May 5, 1781, and
died at the age of 104 years.