The obituary states Dudley was a native of Manchester, New York, though this is most likely an error. It's possible he had lived in Manchester, New Hampshire, about 20 miles northeast of Epsom, New Hampshire where many of our ancestors had lived.
More likely, Dudley was born in Cassville, Stanstead county, Quebec province, Canada as his grandfather Simon Cass had passed away there four years earlier on June 22, 1819.
Another correction, Dudley and my 3rd great grandmother, Hannah (Birge) were married in Astabula county, Ohio on October 14, 1847, not 1843.
Dudley most likely moved to the territory of Wisconsin in 1848 shortly after his marriage to Hannah. Wisconsin became a state on May 29, 1848 not long after Dudley and Hannah as well as Dudley's father, Abraham and wife Molly 'Polly' (Lyford) Cass had moved from Ohio.
*From the June 8, 1905 edition of the Jefferson City Newspaper.
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