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Dudley S. Gregory

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with his wife who had died three years earlier on May 18, 1871. At the time of his death, Dudley's estate was estimated to be worth $ 1 million and his will provided for annual payments to be made to some of his children and grandchildren, sister-in-law, and "Adam Thompson, a colored servant."
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on his visit to the United States in 1824. Moving to Jersey City from New York City in 1834, he became involved in politics. He was elected the first mayor of newly incorporated Jersey City in 1838 and served to 1840. During those years he simultaneously served as a member of the
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on September 10, 1822. They had 14 children; Caroline, Mary Louisa, Clara Bartlett, George Washington, Joseph, Dudley Sanford, Ann Eliza, Ann Marie, Walter, Charles Edward, Benjamin, Laura Drew, Archibald McIntyre and David Henderson.
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Upon returning to private business, Gregory was one of the incorporators of the "Mutual Benefit Life and Insurance Company of the County of Hudson" along with several partners including his last predecessor as mayor of Jersey City,
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Hon. Dudley S. Gregory, name is intimately associated with the growth of Jersey City, from an early period of its existence died at ... o'clock yesterday afternoon ...
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History of Bergen and Passaic counties, New Jersey: with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men
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Board of Chosen Freeholders, and was at one time a director of sixteen different railroads.
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Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
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A member of the Whig Party, Gregory was elected in 1846 to the
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as a child. He worked as a clerk in the office of the
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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U.S. House of Representatives
New Jersey
5th
William Wright
James G. King
Mayor of Jersey City
Peter McMartin
Peter McMartin
Thomas A. Alexander
Samuel Wescott
Cornelius Van Vorst
Redding, Connecticut
Jersey City, New Jersey
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn
40°39′08″N 73°59′29″W / 40.652243°N 73.991321°W / 40.652243; -73.991321
Whig

Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
Whig
New Jersey's 5th congressional district
United States House of Representatives
Redding, Connecticut
Albany, New York
New York State Comptroller
Canal department
Marquis de La Fayette
Bergen County
Board of Chosen Freeholders

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