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Christopher Marion Dudley, farmer and stock-raiser, now residing on Section 18, Township 14, was born in Bedford County Tenn., near Shelbyville, a son of Christopher S. and Louisa Peirce (Bandy) Dudley, both natives of Tennessee. There were ten children in this family, Christopher M. and William being the only ones living in Arkansas. The former was raised on a farm in his native State, where he attended the public schools, and also spent several terms at the Academy at Salem, coming to Arkansas November 7, 1860. His first purchase was of wild land, which he sold, and in 1868 or 1869 bought the farm on which he now resides, clearing and improving the same himself, and at the present time has upon his farm good house and stables, besides cotton-gin and grist-mill. Mr. Dudley is the owner of 746 acres, about 300 acres being cultivated. January 13, 1867, Mr. Dudley married Miss Letitia Bandy, of Arkansas. They had three sons and one daughter, George C., Richard Huston, Guilford and Louisa S., all of whom have had good school advantages; and Richard, a graduate of University of Tennessee, in the wholesale hardware house of Dudley Bros. & Lipscomb, at Nashville, Tenn. The other children are at home, attending school. Mrs. Dudley died, and in 1880 he married Mrs. Sarah P. Maxy (nee Winfred); they have one daughter, Susan Maud. Mr. Dudley is a charter member of the Strangers’ Home Lodge No. 391, Thornburg, Lawrence County, Ark. He is progressive, and ready and willing to take an active part in all enterprises which, in his judgment, are for the best interests of the county and State.