Elmer Scipio Dundy

Elmer Scipio Dundy (1830 – 1896) was a Nebraskan judge best known as the namesake of Dundy County, Nebraska. He was born in Trumbull County, Ohio on March 5th, 1830. He passed the bar and set up practice in both Clearfield, Pennsylvania and Falls City, Nebraska from 1853 to 1858, and from 1862 to 1863. He was a member of the Nebraska Territorial Council from 1858 to 1862.

His son Elmer Scipio Dundy better known as Elmer “Skip” Dundy was born in Omaha in 1862. Elmer Skip Dundy grew up to become a promoter on Coney Island, due to in part the stories told by Buffalo Bill Cody who was a familiar visitor in the Dundy home.

From 1863 to 1867 the elder Dundy served on the Territorial Supreme Court. When Nebraska became a state, he was nominated to a new seat as a U.S. District Court Judge by Andrew Johnson on April 4, 1868 and was confirmed by the Senate on April 9, 1868. He served until October 28, 1896 when he died in Omaha, Nebraska.

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