GUSHING MUDGE, D. D. S.
Dr. Gushing Mudge, actively and successfully engaged
in the practice of dentistry in New Haven, was born at Newburyport, Massachusetts,
October 30, 1874, a son of William M. and Grace (Wells-Andrews) Mudge.
The mother was born and reared in Newburyport. She was left an orphan in
early childhood and was legally adopted by three maiden ladies by the name
of Andrews. She there obtained her education and in Newburyport was married
to William M. Mudge, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and became
identified with the government service as a ganger and weigher. Still later
he filled the office of county assessor, occupying that position for twenty-seven
years, a fact which indicates most clearly his capability, efficiency and
fidelity to duty. During the period of the Civil war he responded to the
country's call for troops, enlisting as a private in the First Massachusetts
Infantry, with which he served until the close of hostilities, and at his
death, which occurred May 29, 1916, when he was seventy years of age, he
was laid to rest with military honors. He had for many years survived his
wife, who passed away in March, 1892, and was buried at Lynn, Massachusetts.
In their family were two daughters and a son: Margaret, who died at the
age of nine months; Gushing; and Mrs. Mary B. McCoy, now living in Newton,
Massachusetts. The ancestry of the family can be traced back as far as
1300 A. D., and through successive generations there have been many distinguished
military men. The Mudge family in America was founded by John Mudge, who
was killed by the red men in what was known as King Covert's war. The family
was represented in the Revolutionary war and E. R. Mudge, the great-grandfather
of the Doctor, was one of the signers of the constitution of Massachusetts.
Dr. Mudge was the second of the family. His
early educational training was received at Newburyport, Massachusetts,
and later he attended school at Providence, Rhode Island. His professional
training was received in the dental department of Harvard, from which he
was graduated with the class of 1898. The following year he began practice
in Hartford, Connecticut, where he successfully followed his profession
for three years. He afterward remained in active practice in Boston until
1907, when he came to New Haven, and through the intervening period he
has won a reputation as one of the leading dentists of this city, having
a large practice of a most important character. His office at 138 Orange
street is well equipped with the various kinds of delicate dental instruments
and the accessories of the profession, and Dr. Mudge possesses that mechanical
skill and ingenuity which constitute so important a part in dental work.
He 1ms broad scientific knowledge and through reading and study he keeps
abreast with the trend of modern professional thought.
On the 24th of June, 1896, Dr. Mudge was married
to Miss Harriet Johnson Allen, of Cambridge, Massaehusett, a daughter of
Samuel Walton and Sarah H. (Rea) Allen, who were of a prominent Cambridge
family. Four children have been born to this marriage. Grace, born in Cambridge,
November 10, 1897, is a graduate of the New Haven grammar school. Harold
Allen, born in Thompsonville, Connecticut, August 16, 1901, is attending
the high school of North Haven. Cushing, born in Arlington. Massachusetts,
July 3, 1906, and Robert Gordon, born in Stoughton. Massachusetts, June
17, 1908, are also students in the North Haven schools.
During the Spanish-American war Dr. Mudge
was a member of the First Massachusetts Cavalry while the troops were quartered
at South Framingham, Massachusetts. He is a member of the Preparedness
League and of the Home Guard at the present time. He belongs to St. John's
Episcopal church at North Haven and fraternally is connected with Corinthian
Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He is also a member of the Harvard Club of Connecticut.
His interests are broad and varied. He has never allowed professional activities
to so monopolize his time as to exclude his active participation where
the obligations and responsibilities of citizenship call for cooperation.
He is a man of sterling worth and stands as a high type of American manhood
and chivalry.
Modern History of New Haven
and
Eastern New Haven County
Illustrated
Volume II
New York – Chicago
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1918
pgs 447 - 448
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