Henry Joel Scudder

Henry Joel Scudder (September 18, 1825 – February 10, 1886)

Early life Born in Northport. He was the son of Henry Scudder (1778–1863) and Elizabeth (née Hewlett) Scudder (1792–1870). His nephew, Townsend Scudder (July–1960), was a judge and also a U.S. Representative from New York.

He attended the district school and Huntington Academy. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1846. In 1884, the Republicans of Suffolk County again tried to persuade Scudder to accept the nomination for Judge.

Personal life On June 21, 1853, Scudder was married to Louisa Henrietta Davies (1834–1864), the daughter of Prof. Charles Davies of the United States Military Academy. a Reverend who was married to Margaret Mott Weeks (1863–1933), the daughter of Jacob Mott Weeks. Charles Davies Scudder (1856–1892), a physician in New York City the daughter of former Senator William M. Evarts, in 1883. Edward Mansfield Scudder (1858–1944), a Trinity graduate who was also a lawyer and died unmarried. Mary English Scudder (1859–1882), who died unmarried at age 22. Elizabeth Scudder (1861–1865), who died young.

After his first wife's death, he remarried to Emma Willard (1835–1893) Together, they were the parents of six children, including:

Willard Scudder (1868–1936), a teacher at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. Louisa H. Scudder (c. 1868), who died young. Heyward Scudder (1870–1917), a MIT graduate in Medicine Emma Willard Scudder (1871–1944), who attended the N.Y. School of Applied Design for Women and married Dr. Edward Loughborough Keyes (1873–1948), the son of Dr. Edward Lawrence Keyes and grandson of Gen. Erasmus D. Keyes, in 1898. Hewlett Scudder (1875–1942), a Yale graduate who studied technical engineering at Columbia University. He was buried in the family cemetery at Northport.