He departed this life on November 17, 1879 in Alma, Arkansas.
He died of Debility.
On November 26, 1827 Peter married Frances Henrietta Holder in Abingdon, Virginia.
From this union was born:
Benjamin Decherd
John Holden Decherd
Catherine Elizabeth Decherd
Sophia Adeline Decherd
Louisa Frances Decherd
Richard Michael Decherd
Virginia Penn Decherd
Edgar Corydon Decherd
Nathaniel Green Decherd
Peter studied law in Abingdon, Virginia and became a lawyer, but gave up the profession of law and became a Planter, he grew wealthy and owned many slaves.
He moved early in life from Virginia to Winchester, Tennessee. In 1831 he moved to the Decherd Plantation and founded the town of Decherd, Tennessee when he and his brothers built the first railroad (N.C. and St. L) in 1850 for the state into Winchester and Nashville through it.
They lost a great amount of money building this railroad across the mountains into Nashville, and used their slaves to build a tunnel through the mountains.
Peter Decherd left Tennessee in 1854 and went to where Waco, Texas is now and bought 1 1/2 Leagues of land in the Brazos Bottoms. He had seven years of drought and sold out, moved to Crawford County, Arkansas in 1868.
He served as Justice of the Peace in Alma, Arkansas until he died.
source:
Genealogy of the Deckard family : showing also those descended from Decker, Deckert, Decher, Dechert, Decherd, etc.
He departed this life on November 17, 1879 in Alma, Arkansas.
He died of Debility.
On November 26, 1827 Peter married Frances Henrietta Holder in Abingdon, Virginia.
From this union was born:
Benjamin Decherd
John Holden Decherd
Catherine Elizabeth Decherd
Sophia Adeline Decherd
Louisa Frances Decherd
Richard Michael Decherd
Virginia Penn Decherd
Edgar Corydon Decherd
Nathaniel Green Decherd
Peter studied law in Abingdon, Virginia and became a lawyer, but gave up the profession of law and became a Planter, he grew wealthy and owned many slaves.
He moved early in life from Virginia to Winchester, Tennessee. In 1831 he moved to the Decherd Plantation and founded the town of Decherd, Tennessee when he and his brothers built the first railroad (N.C. and St. L) in 1850 for the state into Winchester and Nashville through it.
They lost a great amount of money building this railroad across the mountains into Nashville, and used their slaves to build a tunnel through the mountains.
Peter Decherd left Tennessee in 1854 and went to where Waco, Texas is now and bought 1 1/2 Leagues of land in the Brazos Bottoms. He had seven years of drought and sold out, moved to Crawford County, Arkansas in 1868.
He served as Justice of the Peace in Alma, Arkansas until he died.
source:
Genealogy of the Deckard family : showing also those descended from Decker, Deckert, Decher, Dechert, Decherd, etc.
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Judge Benjamin "Ben" Decherd
1828–1908
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Dr John Holder Decherd
1830–1905
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Katherine Elizabeth "Kate" Decherd Black
1832–1911
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Sophia Ellen Decherd Black
1834–1907
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Richard Michael Decherd
1837–1880
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Virginia Penn Decherd Oakes
1839–1915
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Nathan Green Decherd
1844–1910
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David Spyker Decherd
1847–1847
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Thomas Bates Decherd
1850–1851
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