History of the Scudder Association of America, 1922–1946,
Continued from Volume 5, no. 3, (Fall 2023)
Featuring: Theodore Townsend Scudder, Sr., Isabelle Scudder Farrington, John Montgomery Scudder,
Rev. Charles Judson Scudder, Rita Lord Scudder, bio of Theodore T. Scudder, Manning Stires

For over ten years, from late 1928 to 1939, Theodore10 Townsend Scudder, Sr. was president of the Scudder Association “and it was he who made possible and carried through the amalgamation of the Scudder Association of America,

Isabelle, the youngest of the seven children of Dr. Ezekiel Carman and Sarah Tracy Scudder, was born in Arni, India, but when she was fairly young, her parents came to America to…make a home for their own children and those of their brothers who were still in India.

The 9th president of the Scudder Association of America was John10 Montgomery Scudder, who served in part of 1922 and 1923, pictured here cutting the ribbon for the Scudder Falls Bridge near where he grew up on the property purchased by his 4th great grandfather, Richard4 Betts Scudder.

These photos of presidents of the Scudder Association from 1912–1946 were featured in the Golden Anniversary of the Association. The family reunion to celebrate the Golden Anniversary of the Scudder Association was held on June 23, 1962, at Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth

The Rev. Charles J. Scudder’s youth was spent in a most remarkable family as this brief history of his parents’ family illustrates. His father, Dr. John8 Scudder II served thirty-nine years in India until his death in 1900. His mother, Sophia (Weld) Scudder remained in India for another twenty-five years after her husband’s death to make her service in India longer than any of the other Scudder missionaries, sixty-four years, at her death in 1925

First Female President of the Scudder Association of America
The Scudder Association was rather progressive when it elected its first female president less than six years after women in the United States of America were given the right to vote.

During his long term of presidency of the Scudder Association of America, Theodore10 Townsend Scudder guided the Association through the lean years that followed the completion of the Scudder Memorial Hospital and the Great Depression. In 1936 he revived interest the family gathering again and in Scudder family history by beginning publication of the Bulletin, carrying most expenses out of his own pocket.

The Scudder Association Bulletin XXI summarizes that Manning Stires “was a Yale graduate and member of the New York and New Jersey Bars. He devoted much of his time to the practice of corporate law and study of government.