John S. Havens
John Scudder Havens (October 20, 1826 – August 17, 1903) was an American businessman and politician from New York.[1]
Life
Havens was born on October 20, 1826 in Patchogue, New York, the son of Col. John Havens and Elizabeth "Eliza" Ketcham. His father had sold the family's land in the Moriches and moved to Patchogue. Havens would later buy it back and commission an addition to the Havens homestead in 1898. Havens ran a successful in Patchogue with his brother Charles Havens, and expanded his business ventures to include insurance, banking, land surveying, and paper mills. He served as Assessor of Brookhaven Town, Suffolk County Overseer of the Poor, Brookhaven Town Supervisor from 1859-1862 and again from 1878-1881, and in the New York State Assembly from 1862-1863.[2] His brother, Charles S. Havens, also served as Brookhaven Town Supervisor and in the State Assembly in 101st New York State Legislature.[3]
Havens married Mary Amelia Pelletreau in 1865. They had four children: Eliza "Leila" Havens, Archibald Sidney Havens, Aimee M. Havens, and Sarah Margaret Havens. None of his children ever married.[4]
Havens died on August 17, 1903. He was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.[5][6]
References
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/cu31924028834848/page/n257/mode/2up “John S. Havens.” in History of Suffolk County, New York, with Illustrations, Portraits, & Sketches of Families and Individuals. New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., 1882: 97-98.
- ↑ https://havenshomestead.org/havens-homestead/ J.S. Havens Homestead
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/havensfamilyinsu00have/page/46/mode/2up The Havens family in Suffolk County, New York : a genealogical survey of some of the descendants of William S. Havens, 17th century settler in Aquidneck, Rhode Island by Barrington S. Havens
- ↑ https://longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I17241&tree=Wells John Scudder Havens
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/55576366/?article=649a6422-95b7-42ef-bffd-9398508e1a6a The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York · Monday, August 17, 1903
- ↑ “John S. Havens” (Death List of a Day). New York Times, August 18, 1903: p. 7
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