David Tallman Scudder^[1]

1818 - 1898  (79 years)

• Name	David Tallman Scudder
  Birth	27 Jul 1818	Delaware county, New York   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jan 1898	Union Twp, Tioga, Pennsylvania
  Burial	Canton, Bradford, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I2808	Scudder
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	John Scudder,   b. 28 May 1798, New York d. 11 Jul 1867, West Colesville, Broome, New York (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Anna Adams Fuller,   b. 11 Mar 1798, New York d. 9 Oct 1882, West Colesville, Broome, New York (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1817
  Family ID	F1056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Monroe,   b. 28 Oct 1821, Delaware county, New York d. 7 Mar 1877, Canton, Bradford, Pennsylvania (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1845	Andes, Delaware, New York
  Children	1. Augusta Janet Scudder,   b. 3 Feb 1847, Middletown, Delaware, New York d. 22 Jul 1926, Muncy, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years)   2. Mary Francis Scudder,   b. 17 Apr 1848, New York d. 13 Jul 1912 (Age 64 years)   3. James Nelson Scudder,   b. 4 Dec 1849, Andes, Delaware, New York d. 13 Jun 1924, Canton, Bradford, Pennsylvania (Age 74 years)   4. Nancy Maria Scudder,   b. 14 Apr 1851, Delaware county, New York d. 6 Aug 1919, Canton, Bradford, Pennsylvania (Age 68 years)   5. John Monroe Scudder,   b. 8 Jan 1853, Delaware county, New York d. 24 Dec 1935, Big Flats, Chemung, New York (Age 82 years)   6. Ellen C. Scudder,   b. 9 May 1855, Delaware county, New York d. 7 May 1930 (Age 74 years)   7. Henrietta Margarite Scudder,   b. 12 Aug 1858, Delaware county, New York d. 1939, Leolyn, Lycoming, Pennsylvania (Age 80 years)   8. Gilbert David Scudder,   b. 22 Mar 1860, Delaware county, New York d. Mar 1945, Coopers Plains, Steuben, New York (Age 84 years)   9. Cora Ann Scudder,   b. 27 Nov 1863, New York d. 21 Jul 1895 (Age 31 years)   10. Grace Winifred Scudder,   b. 1 Dec 1867, Pennsylvania d. 25 Sep 1955, Roaring Branch, Lycoming, Pennsylvania (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F1053	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  At the time of the 1880 census, David was listed as a farmer. He had been very active in the Antirent War in 1845, being fined and jailed and suffering many hardships. When Stephen Van Rensselaer, owner of Rensselaerswyck, died in 1839, his heirs attempted to collect unpaid rents. Tenants on the estate resisted, and an angry mob forcibly turned back a sheriff's posse that tried to evict them. Resistance to landlord authority quickly spread to landed estates throughout the Hudson valley; tenants disguised as Native Americans harassed landlord agents and sheriffs. When a deputy sheriff of Delaware county, New York, was killed in 1845, Governor Silas Wright declared a state of insurrection and called out the state militia. Armed resistance ended and the antirenters turned to politics. They helped elect a Whig, John Young, as governor of New York; the legislature passed ameliorative measures; and the 1846 state constitution outlawed future long-term leases. The Antirent War hastened the breaking up of the large landed estates as worried landlords began selling their holdings.

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] GEDCOM file attached to email, 29 Dec 1998. [S316] 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255198; National Archives Film T9-1198; Page 435A.