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Harriet Waterbury Scudder
1847 - 1885 (38 years)-
Name Harriet Waterbury Scudder Birth 4 May 1847 Madras, Tamil Nadu, India 
[1] Gender Female Death 30 Dec 1885 Person ID I1305 Scudder Last Modified 4 Apr 2013
Father Dr. Henry Martyn Scudder, b. 5 Jan 1822, Panditeripo, Taffna District, Ceylon d. 4 Jan 1895, Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 72 years) Mother Frances Lewis, b. 6 Aug 1819, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 8 Nov 1900, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 81 years) Marriage 18 Apr 1844 Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts [2] Family ID F519 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Captain Leroy Lansing Janes, b. 27 Mar 1837, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio d. 27 Mar 1909, San Jose, Santa Clara, California (Age 72 years) Marriage 2 Jan 1868 New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio Divorce Nov 1884 Children 1. Frances Elizabeth Janes, b. 27 Dec 1868, Ohio d. Abt 1925, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio (Age 56 years)2. Henry Leroy Janes, b. 11 Apr 1871, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown3. Lois Harriet Janes, b. 1 Sep 1873, Kumamoto, Japan d. 11 Apr 1894, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Wisconsin (Age 20 years)4. Eunice Anna Janes, b. 31 Aug 1875, Kumamoto, Japan d. Yes, date unknown5. Elisha Paul Janes, b. 26 Jul 1877, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York d. 30 Aug 1940, San Diego, San Diego, California (Age 63 years)Family ID F1339 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - By 1880, the family was back in the United States and in Maryland on the Elk Ridge Farm that Captain Janes had purchased shortly after Fanny's birth. Harriet was then pregnant with the fifth child. It was written that after Fanny was born, Harriet went through a post partum depression and Harriet's sister Katie spent most of 1869 on the farm helping out. Harriet became unstable once again with the birth of the baby. In depositions that came later, Janes wrote that Harriet would leave for several days at a time, taking the baby with her, and he came to depend on Fanny to manage the household and "was compelled to rely on his oldest daughter at the age of fourteen years."
Harriet accused Captain Janes of infidelities and her father insisted that she file for divorce. It was five years in and out of the courts before this was finalized in November 1884. Captain Janes denied the charges, and in fact nothing was ever proved that the charges were true and during this period, Fanny blamed the Scudders, Harriet's family, for the problems. In the final decree the judge gave Captain Janes custody of the three oldest children, Fanny, Henry and Lois.
- By 1880, the family was back in the United States and in Maryland on the Elk Ridge Farm that Captain Janes had purchased shortly after Fanny's birth. Harriet was then pregnant with the fifth child. It was written that after Fanny was born, Harriet went through a post partum depression and Harriet's sister Katie spent most of 1869 on the farm helping out. Harriet became unstable once again with the birth of the baby. In depositions that came later, Janes wrote that Harriet would leave for several days at a time, taking the baby with her, and he came to depend on Fanny to manage the household and "was compelled to rely on his oldest daughter at the age of fourteen years."
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