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William Decker

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William Decker

Birth
Guernsey County, Ohio, USA
Death
10 Jul 1876 (aged 49)
Portland, Meigs County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Lebanon Township, Meigs County, Ohio, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.0051613, Longitude: -81.7684174
Memorial ID
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William Decker was born in Center Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, and moved to Meigs County, Ohio with his parents before 1832. He is said to have paid someone to serve in his place in the U.S. Army during the Civil War.
He and his wife Nancy had eight children, only two of whom have living descendants - Elmer and Dudley.
Bio by Ronald Decker, his great-grandson.
William Decker was born in Center Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, and moved to Meigs County, Ohio with his parents before 1832. He is said to have paid someone to serve in his place in the U.S. Army during the Civil War.
He and his wife Nancy had eight children, only two of whom have living descendants - Elmer and Dudley.
Bio by Ronald Decker, his great-grandson.

Inscription

New stone states:
NANCY ANN - - - - - - - WILLIAM
1824-1909 - - - - - - - 1827-1876
-MOTHER - - - - - - - - FATHER
- - - - - - DECKER

Old stone, half-buried, states:
W. & N.A. DECKER
(illegible dates)



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