DECKER, David
b. 08 Mar 1802
d. 10 Nov 1865
nxt/Eliza
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The following from this contributor:
Source: "Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Brown, Kewaunee and Door, Wisconsin", 1895 pages 42-45:
David and Eliza (Dunham) Decker.
David's great-grandfather, coming from England, and settling on the Kennebec river, in Maine, became a prominent and prosperous citizen. His grandson, David Decker, removed to Cumberland county, Maine, in an early day, married Jemima Decker, a cousin, and they became the parents of the following children: Mary, David, John, William, Eunice, Charles, Nathan and Spencer.
Of these, David Decker, was a well-known character in his community of Casco, Cumberland Co., Maine. He was a Jacksonian Democrat, and had considerable influence in local and State politics. By occupation he was a merchant and miller, his mill property being situated on the Kennebec river; and as he was a capable business man he prospered, but he also met with many reverses.
About 1857 he was induced by his son, Edward, to come west to Wisconsin, where he purchased a half section of land in Kewaunee county, near Casco, so named by his son, Edward, in honor of his birthplace in Maine. Here David Decker died in 1865 at the age of sixty-four years.
His wife, Eliza (Dunham), was a daughter of Jesse Dunham, a native of Boston, Mass., who resided in Otisfield, Maine. Her family, the Dunhams, were generally noted for stability in business and social circles. To her and her husband were born eight children, namely:
1. Edward
2. Eliza Ann
3. Stillman
4. Levi
5. Lucy
6. Adeline
7. Jesse
8. Lizzie
Mrs Eliza Decker was domestic, kind-hearted, charitable, and possessed of many endearing qualities of head and heart, she had hosts of friends. She died in 1889, at the age of eighty years.
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b. 08 Mar 1802
d. 10 Nov 1865
nxt/Eliza
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The following from this contributor:
Source: "Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Brown, Kewaunee and Door, Wisconsin", 1895 pages 42-45:
David and Eliza (Dunham) Decker.
David's great-grandfather, coming from England, and settling on the Kennebec river, in Maine, became a prominent and prosperous citizen. His grandson, David Decker, removed to Cumberland county, Maine, in an early day, married Jemima Decker, a cousin, and they became the parents of the following children: Mary, David, John, William, Eunice, Charles, Nathan and Spencer.
Of these, David Decker, was a well-known character in his community of Casco, Cumberland Co., Maine. He was a Jacksonian Democrat, and had considerable influence in local and State politics. By occupation he was a merchant and miller, his mill property being situated on the Kennebec river; and as he was a capable business man he prospered, but he also met with many reverses.
About 1857 he was induced by his son, Edward, to come west to Wisconsin, where he purchased a half section of land in Kewaunee county, near Casco, so named by his son, Edward, in honor of his birthplace in Maine. Here David Decker died in 1865 at the age of sixty-four years.
His wife, Eliza (Dunham), was a daughter of Jesse Dunham, a native of Boston, Mass., who resided in Otisfield, Maine. Her family, the Dunhams, were generally noted for stability in business and social circles. To her and her husband were born eight children, namely:
1. Edward
2. Eliza Ann
3. Stillman
4. Levi
5. Lucy
6. Adeline
7. Jesse
8. Lizzie
Mrs Eliza Decker was domestic, kind-hearted, charitable, and possessed of many endearing qualities of head and heart, she had hosts of friends. She died in 1889, at the age of eighty years.
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DECKER, David
b. 08 Mar 1802
d. 10 Nov 1865
nxt/Eliza
~~~~~~
The following from this contributor:
Source: "Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Brown, Kewaunee and Door, Wisconsin", 1895 pages 42-45:
David and Eliza (Dunham) Decker.
David's great-grandfather, coming from England, and settling on the Kennebec river, in Maine, became a prominent and prosperous citizen. His grandson, David Decker, removed to Cumberland county, Maine, in an early day, married Jemima Decker, a cousin, and they became the parents of the following children: Mary, David, John, William, Eunice, Charles, Nathan and Spencer.
Of these, David Decker, was a well-known character in his community of Casco, Cumberland Co., Maine. He was a Jacksonian Democrat, and had considerable influence in local and State politics. By occupation he was a merchant and miller, his mill property being situated on the Kennebec river; and as he was a capable business man he prospered, but he also met with many reverses.
About 1857 he was induced by his son, Edward, to come west to Wisconsin, where he purchased a half section of land in Kewaunee county, near Casco, so named by his son, Edward, in honor of his birthplace in Maine. Here David Decker died in 1865 at the age of sixty-four years.
His wife, Eliza (Dunham), was a daughter of Jesse Dunham, a native of Boston, Mass., who resided in Otisfield, Maine. Her family, the Dunhams, were generally noted for stability in business and social circles. To her and her husband were born eight children, namely:
1. Edward
2. Eliza Ann
3. Stillman
4. Levi
5. Lucy
6. Adeline
7. Jesse
8. Lizzie
Mrs Eliza Decker was domestic, kind-hearted, charitable, and possessed of many endearing qualities of head and heart, she had hosts of friends. She died in 1889, at the age of eighty years.
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b. 08 Mar 1802
d. 10 Nov 1865
nxt/Eliza
~~~~~~
The following from this contributor:
Source: "Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Brown, Kewaunee and Door, Wisconsin", 1895 pages 42-45:
David and Eliza (Dunham) Decker.
David's great-grandfather, coming from England, and settling on the Kennebec river, in Maine, became a prominent and prosperous citizen. His grandson, David Decker, removed to Cumberland county, Maine, in an early day, married Jemima Decker, a cousin, and they became the parents of the following children: Mary, David, John, William, Eunice, Charles, Nathan and Spencer.
Of these, David Decker, was a well-known character in his community of Casco, Cumberland Co., Maine. He was a Jacksonian Democrat, and had considerable influence in local and State politics. By occupation he was a merchant and miller, his mill property being situated on the Kennebec river; and as he was a capable business man he prospered, but he also met with many reverses.
About 1857 he was induced by his son, Edward, to come west to Wisconsin, where he purchased a half section of land in Kewaunee county, near Casco, so named by his son, Edward, in honor of his birthplace in Maine. Here David Decker died in 1865 at the age of sixty-four years.
His wife, Eliza (Dunham), was a daughter of Jesse Dunham, a native of Boston, Mass., who resided in Otisfield, Maine. Her family, the Dunhams, were generally noted for stability in business and social circles. To her and her husband were born eight children, namely:
1. Edward
2. Eliza Ann
3. Stillman
4. Levi
5. Lucy
6. Adeline
7. Jesse
8. Lizzie
Mrs Eliza Decker was domestic, kind-hearted, charitable, and possessed of many endearing qualities of head and heart, she had hosts of friends. She died in 1889, at the age of eighty years.
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