Joseph F. Scudder

1809 - 1871  (62 years)

• Name	Joseph F. Scudder
  Birth	28 Dec 1809	Westfield, Essex, New Jersey   [1]
  Christening	18 Mar 1810	Westfield, Essex, New Jersey   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Dec 1871	Clay county, Missouri
  Burial	Holt, Clay, Missouri
  Person ID	I585	Scudder
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Captain John Scudder,   b. 10 Oct 1770, Westfield, Essex, New Jersey d. 6 Oct 1844, Westfield, Essex, New Jersey (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Chloe Sayres,   b. Abt 1770, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey d. 28 Sep 1810, New Jersey (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	29 Jan 1794	Westfield, Essex, New Jersey   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Cochran,   b. 1810, Ohio d. Aug 1875, Clay county, Missouri (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1830  [1]
  Children	1. Silence Jane Scudder,   b. 5 Aug 1836, Lafayette, Indiana d. 3 Sep 1919, Kearney, Clay, Missouri (Age 83 years)   2. James Scudder,   b. Abt 1831, Indiana d. Yes, date unknown   3. John S. Scudder,   b. Abt 1833, Indiana d. Aft 1880 (Age > 48 years)   4. Sarah Scudder,   b. Abt 1835, Indiana d. Yes, date unknown   5. Hugh C. Scudder,   b. 7 Dec 1841, Missouri d. 17 Jan 1907, Clay county, Missouri (Age 65 years)   6. Martha A. Scudder,   b. Abt 1845, Missouri d. 16 Mar 1857 (Age 12 years)
  Family ID	F286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph was a farmer. In 1860, he owned one slave, a female aged 40 years. The historic old pioneer cemetery, Muddy Fork, has back of its origin the story of two remarkable men: Ryland Shackelford of Kentucky, who came to Clay county in 1830, and Joseph Scudder, of New Jersey, who came to Clay county about 1836. Both were outstanding leaders, men of education, ability, force, character, wealth, and position. They were stanch Old School Presbyterians for over 40 years charter members of Bethel Presbyterian church at its organization in 1842, and were closely associated in church life for more than 30 years. The two men were also connected by ties of marriage. Ryland Shackleford himself and Silence Jane Scudder, a daughter of Joseph Scudder, both marrying into the same family. As early as 1845 there was evidently a group of Old School Presbyterians in the country some four miles north of Kearney, who apparently were holding their religious services in the Muddy Fork school house. They were trying to organize their group into a congre-gation in 1849, but something delayed their work. Some time between April and June, 1850, they were organized into the Clear Fork Presbyterian church, named after the west branch of Clear creek, and Ryland Shackelford and Joseph Scudder were elected elders of this church, positions they held for many years. On October 2, 1850, Shackelford and Scudder brought one acre of ground from James Shackelford, a brother of Ryland Shackelford. A church building was built on the site and a cemetery started This acre lies in the center of Muddy Ford cemetery. In 1855 Shackelford and Scudder brought another strip of adjoining land for cemetery purposes, and in 1870 the same two men bought another piece of ground and added it to the burial ground.

  
  

• Sources

  [S199] John the Clockmaker (1770-1884), Vol. III, No. 2, p. 5. [S127] Ancestral File (R). Submitter: Robert R. Dobbs, 719 Juniper Street, La Crescent, MN 55947 Submission: AF91-102828 [S199] John the Clockmaker (1770-1884), Vol. III, No. 2, p. 3.