Wallace McIlvaine Scudder^[1]

1853 - 1931  (77 years)

• Name	Wallace McIlvaine Scudder
  Birth	26 Dec 1853	Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Feb 1931	Newark, Essex, New Jersey   [2, 3]
  Burial	Newark, Essex, New Jersey   [3]
  Person ID	I4241	Scudder
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Judge Edward Wallace Scudder,   b. 11 Aug 1822, Scudder's Falls, Mercer, New Jersey d. 3 Feb 1893, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mary Louisa Drake,   b. 30 Nov 1823, New Jersey d. 20 Jan 1890 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1848
  Notes	. TAKEN FROM FAMILY TREE MAKER, CD 182 FAMILY HISTORY" NEW JERSEY GENEALOGIES #1, GENEALOGIES OF NEW JERSEY FAMILIES, VOLUME I, THE SMITH FAMILY OF BEDFORD, N.Y., AND MADIDENHEAD, N.J. .
  Family ID	F1420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ida V. Quinby,   b. 1 Aug 1855, Newark, Essex, New Jersey d. 30 Jan 1903 (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	27 Oct 1880	Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey   [3]
  Children	1. Edward Wallace Scudder,   b. 15 Jan 1882, Newark, Essex, New Jersey d. 19 Feb 1953, Isla Morada, Upper Matecumbet Key, Florida (Age 71 years)   2. James Quinby Scudder,   b. 7 Sep 1884, New Jersey d. 12 Sep 1884, New Jersey (Age 0 years)   3. Antoinette Quinby Scudder,   b. 11 Sep 1888, New Jersey d. 27 Jan 1958, Newark, Essex, New Jersey (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F1532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Gertrude Witherspoon,   b. 7 Jan 1868, Buffalo, Erie, New York d. 28 Jul 1952, Westport, Connecticut (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1906	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Children	1. Wallace McIlvaine Scudder, Jr.,   b. 10 Feb 1910, Newark, Essex, New Jersey d. 10 Oct 1990, Manchester, Bennington, Vermont (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F2524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Wallace graduated from Lehigh University in 1873 as an engineer. On graduation, he joined the staff of the Roebling Steel & Wire Company, run by his cousin, John W. Roebling. Soon thereafter, he was set to work helping to design the Brooklyn Bridge. He found engineering not to his taste, however, and entered Harvard Law School. He soon became a judge in the Chancery Court of New Jersey. The need for an independent, non-political, objective newspaper, free from political or corporate control, came to dominate his thoughts, however, and on 1 September 1883, at the age of 30, he and two partners, Lawrence S. Mott, and Henry A. Steel, brought out the first issue. Mr. Mott's connection with the paper was short, for in a few months he withdrew to a newspaper in Trenton in which he had a prior interest. Mr. Steel served as editor for two decades, while Wallace was publisher and circulation manager. When Mr. Steel retired in 1903, Wallace became sole proprietor of the Newark News.

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 220. [S454] International Genealogical Index (R), Film #: 458649. [S610] Thomas Scudder Family, Vol. 17, p. 30.