John Scudder Havens (October 20, 1826 – August 17, 1903) was an American businessman and politician from New York.

Life

Havens was born on October 20, 1826, in

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, 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 done by architect Isaac H. Green Jr. Havens ran a successful general store in Patchogue with his brother, and later 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 to 1862 and again from 1878 to 1881, and in the

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from 1862 to 1863. His brother, Charles S. Havens, also served as Brookhaven Town Supervisor and in the State Assembly in

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. February 17, 1863, Havens gave a speech in the New York State Assembly against the suspension of ''habeas corpus''. 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. Havens died on August 17, 1903. He was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

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