Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-16
GEN. DUDLEY DEAD
Bright's Disease Fatal After
Long Illness.
HIS DISTINGUISHED LIFE
Former Commissioner of Pensions
and Civil War Veteran.
LOYAL LEGION COMMANDER
For Twenty Years Prominent At
torney in This City-Military
Funeral Saturday.
LOYAL LEGION COMMANDER

Gen. William Wade Dudley. a promi-
nent attorney of this city for twenty
years, former commissioner of pen
sions and at ore time connected with re-
publican national politics. died at his
home, 1884 Columbia road, shortly after
:: o'clock yesterday afternoon OF Bright s
disease. The end was not unexpected
and at the time of his death Gen. Dudley
was surrounded by members of his fam
iy His death was the elimination OF
five or six weeks serious illness. which
gradually wore away his strong vitality,
leaving him In a comatose condition for
several days before the end. Gen. Dull
ley was sixty-seven years Of age.
The funeral is to be held Saturday
afternoon at 2:3O o'clock from st. Mar
garets Episcopal Church. The officiating
clergyman will be Rev. Herbert Scott
Smith. rector Of st. Margaret's, of which
the deceased was a member. Members
of the Loyal Legion will act as pallbear-
ers and a military escort will accompany
the remains to the Arlington National
cemetery, where the interment is to be
made, with military honors.
Loyal Legion Commander.
The deceased was senior vice COM
mander of the Loyal Legion. brevet
brigadier general of the United States
Army, a member of the Iron Brigade.
and was also closely associated with the
Grand Army of the Republic.
The deceased was married twice. There
survive his second wife, Mrs. Mamie
Robertson Dudley; three sons, one daugh-
ter and ten grandchildren. His sons are
Rev George Fiske Dudley. rector of st.
Stephens Episcopal Church Of this city;
John Dudley, receiver of the land once
at Juneau, Alaska, and William Northrop
Dudley, an architect. of Boston. Mrs.
Theresa Dill. wife of Gilbert Dill of this
city is the daughter A fourth SON,
Charles Dudley. died about a year ago.
Gen. Dudley won for himself an envia-
BILE record as soldier. as public official,
as banker and as politician. Since the
presidential campaign of 1888 he lived In
ner being Louis T. Kitchener, former at
torney general Of Indiana, under the firm
name of Dudley & Kitchener. For years
the firm has stood high in the legal pro-
fession in the District of Columbia. Its
success was pronounced from the start,
due to the personal popularity Of Gen.
Dudley and his connections of national
character, as well as the professional
ability of the partners.
Previous to 1858 the deceased was &C
lively engaged in Indiana state politics
and national politics. He was potent
factor at a number Of state and national
elections in carrying the state for the
republican party. His political rewards
came in the form of appointments to the
United States marshalship of the district
Of Indiana and later as commissioner of
pensions. He served in the latter Office
under the administration OF Presidents
Garfield and Arthur. In his early career
in Indiana Gen. Dudley was a bank Of
a legal capacity with banking institutions
both In this city and New York.