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Sumner F. Dudley

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Sumner F. Dudley

Birth
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
13 Mar 1897 (aged 42–43)
East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 40, Lot 7
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Social Reformer. Active in the Young Men's Christian Association, in 1855 he founded the first children's summer day camp in the United States in West Port, New York. It still exists today as Camp Dudley, the oldest continuous day camp in America.
Social Reformer. Active in the Young Men's Christian Association, in 1855 he founded the first children's summer day camp in the United States in West Port, New York. It still exists today as Camp Dudley, the oldest continuous day camp in America.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Dec 5, 1998
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4096/sumner_f-dudley: accessed ), memorial page for Sumner F. Dudley (1854–13 Mar 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 4096, citing Rosedale Cemetery, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.