Served in Co. I, 58th Indiana Infantry; Civil War
Died of Fever.
John A. Decker married Mahala Hardin on July 2, 1832 and they had seven children, the youngest being born two months following his death. The children were:
1.) Hester Ann Decker who married Jacob M. Shandy and is buried in Walnut Hills Cemetery near Petersburg;
2.) John Wesley Decker;
3.) Ruth Decker buried at Anderson Chapel;
4.) William D. Decker buried at Lick Creek Cem (Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens);
5.) Mahala Jane Decker who married John Collins and is buried at Lick Creek Cemetery;
6.) Isaac Decker who died from Winter Fever. His mother sent her son John, and her son-in-law, Jacob Shandy, to Bowling Green to bring his body back to Lick Creek (Twin Oaks) Cemetery. He sent almost all of his pay home to his mother.
7.) Sarah Frances Decker was the youngest child and was born two months after the death of her father. She married John Bradfield and is buried in the Anderson Chapel Cemetery.
Modified after "Mahala Hardin's Husband John A. Decker". Original author was "balls56" (ancestry.com user name); submitted to ancestry.com in 2009. Submittal is located in ancestry.com records for John A. Decker (1808-1843).
Died of Fever.
John A. Decker married Mahala Hardin on July 2, 1832 and they had seven children, the youngest being born two months following his death. The children were:
1.) Hester Ann Decker who married Jacob M. Shandy and is buried in Walnut Hills Cemetery near Petersburg;
2.) John Wesley Decker;
3.) Ruth Decker buried at Anderson Chapel;
4.) William D. Decker buried at Lick Creek Cem (Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens);
5.) Mahala Jane Decker who married John Collins and is buried at Lick Creek Cemetery;
6.) Isaac Decker who died from Winter Fever. His mother sent her son John, and her son-in-law, Jacob Shandy, to Bowling Green to bring his body back to Lick Creek (Twin Oaks) Cemetery. He sent almost all of his pay home to his mother.
7.) Sarah Frances Decker was the youngest child and was born two months after the death of her father. She married John Bradfield and is buried in the Anderson Chapel Cemetery.
Modified after "Mahala Hardin's Husband John A. Decker". Original author was "balls56" (ancestry.com user name); submitted to ancestry.com in 2009. Submittal is located in ancestry.com records for John A. Decker (1808-1843).
Served in Co. I, 58th Indiana Infantry; Civil War
Died of Fever.
John A. Decker married Mahala Hardin on July 2, 1832 and they had seven children, the youngest being born two months following his death. The children were:
1.) Hester Ann Decker who married Jacob M. Shandy and is buried in Walnut Hills Cemetery near Petersburg;
2.) John Wesley Decker;
3.) Ruth Decker buried at Anderson Chapel;
4.) William D. Decker buried at Lick Creek Cem (Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens);
5.) Mahala Jane Decker who married John Collins and is buried at Lick Creek Cemetery;
6.) Isaac Decker who died from Winter Fever. His mother sent her son John, and her son-in-law, Jacob Shandy, to Bowling Green to bring his body back to Lick Creek (Twin Oaks) Cemetery. He sent almost all of his pay home to his mother.
7.) Sarah Frances Decker was the youngest child and was born two months after the death of her father. She married John Bradfield and is buried in the Anderson Chapel Cemetery.
Modified after "Mahala Hardin's Husband John A. Decker". Original author was "balls56" (ancestry.com user name); submitted to ancestry.com in 2009. Submittal is located in ancestry.com records for John A. Decker (1808-1843).
Died of Fever.
John A. Decker married Mahala Hardin on July 2, 1832 and they had seven children, the youngest being born two months following his death. The children were:
1.) Hester Ann Decker who married Jacob M. Shandy and is buried in Walnut Hills Cemetery near Petersburg;
2.) John Wesley Decker;
3.) Ruth Decker buried at Anderson Chapel;
4.) William D. Decker buried at Lick Creek Cem (Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens);
5.) Mahala Jane Decker who married John Collins and is buried at Lick Creek Cemetery;
6.) Isaac Decker who died from Winter Fever. His mother sent her son John, and her son-in-law, Jacob Shandy, to Bowling Green to bring his body back to Lick Creek (Twin Oaks) Cemetery. He sent almost all of his pay home to his mother.
7.) Sarah Frances Decker was the youngest child and was born two months after the death of her father. She married John Bradfield and is buried in the Anderson Chapel Cemetery.
Modified after "Mahala Hardin's Husband John A. Decker". Original author was "balls56" (ancestry.com user name); submitted to ancestry.com in 2009. Submittal is located in ancestry.com records for John A. Decker (1808-1843).
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