JMA# M44
William Decker
William Decker, born 1 January 1795 at Taghkanic, New York to Lawrence A. Decker and Caroline Hallenbeck Decker, was an allied member of John and Betty's Jonas line. He was raised at Livingston, New York. William married to Jane More on 11 May 1823 at Roxbury, New York. They made their home first at this place where he was the owner of a mercantile business. William and Jane relocated to Andes, New York about 1831 where he was a farmer. William and Jane were the parents of four children; George Graham Decker, Ozias Stevens Decker, Elizabeth Decker, and Madorah Decker. William died 27 February 1852 at Andes and was buried at Andes Cemetery. More about William below.
Biography by JMA#4262611 on 27 June 2022.
Sources-
-1893, History of the More Family
-2015, John More Association Directory
-ancestry.com
The following transcribed by Cindy Coffell on 26 June 2022 from "History of the More Family and an Account of Their Reunion in 1890" by David Fellows More; and published by Samuel P. More at Binghamton, New York in 1893.
Jane More (48), daughter of Jonas More and Deborah Person, ws born in Roxbury, New York, June 8th, 1805.
In 1823 she married Mr. William Decker a native of Columbia County, New York. Mr. Decker conducted a profitable mercantile business in the village of Roxbury for twelve or fifteen years. He purchased the farm in the north end of the village now occupied by Alanson Stratton, Esq., erected the large residence still standing, and a store on the opposite side of the street, which latter after a few years was destroyed by fire, including his stock of goods, notes, account-books, etc., which left him a poor man.
His father-in-law, Jonas More, had become possessor of a farm in Andes, and he persuaded Mr. Decker to trade his farm for that, which was done, and Mr. Decker and his family removed to Andes, where they remained about five years.
The Erie Railroad was then being built (1836), and Hancock was the gathering centre for the engineers and others who were interested in its construction. Mr. Decker conceived the idea that it would be a good point for the hotel business, so removed his family to that place and engaged in keeping a hotel. The great panic of 1837 came on, which had the effect of stopping all work on the railroad, and rendering business of every kind unprofitable. They, therefore, returned to their farm in Andes, where they remaind until after Mr. Decker's death in 1852, except that for two or three years he conducted a hotel in the village, but the inevitable associations of hotel life were distasteful to the family, and the business was abandoned.
After Mr. Decker's death Mrs. Decker and her youngest daughter Madorah returned to Roxbury, where they lived in a comfortable house in the village for several years, when consumption fastened its fatal grasp upon the daughter, and after a lingering illness which she bore with wonderful fortitude and Christian resignation, she passed away in the triumph of an unfaltering faith in 1837, only twenty-seven years of age.
Mrs. Decker was a remarkable woman. Perhaps the most prounounced trait of her character was piety – a piety that manifested itself, in her naturally vigorous and energetic nature, in a solicitous care for the comfort and welfare of others, an uselfish devotion to those about her. She was always ready to bear the burdens of others and forgetful of her own. One was impressed with her unquestioning submission to the will of God in all the changes, disappointments and bereavements of life; with her cheerful disposition that always hoped for the best, and with the unusual vein of her father's humor that permeated her whole nature, so that she could always appreciate a good jest and loved to tell a pleasant story.
After her daughter's death she broke up housekeeping and spent the remainder of her days with her children at their several homes; the last few years with her daughter Elizabeth, who had married Mr. William Hilton, and at that time resided in Andes, but now is living in Margaretville, New York.
Mrs. Decker died in May 1885, just a few days short of four-score years of age, and was buried beside her husband in the cemetery at Andes, New York, awaiting the resurrection of the just
"Servant of God, well done."
William Decker
William Decker, born 1 January 1795 at Taghkanic, New York to Lawrence A. Decker and Caroline Hallenbeck Decker, was an allied member of John and Betty's Jonas line. He was raised at Livingston, New York. William married to Jane More on 11 May 1823 at Roxbury, New York. They made their home first at this place where he was the owner of a mercantile business. William and Jane relocated to Andes, New York about 1831 where he was a farmer. William and Jane were the parents of four children; George Graham Decker, Ozias Stevens Decker, Elizabeth Decker, and Madorah Decker. William died 27 February 1852 at Andes and was buried at Andes Cemetery. More about William below.
Biography by JMA#4262611 on 27 June 2022.
Sources-
-1893, History of the More Family
-2015, John More Association Directory
-ancestry.com
The following transcribed by Cindy Coffell on 26 June 2022 from "History of the More Family and an Account of Their Reunion in 1890" by David Fellows More; and published by Samuel P. More at Binghamton, New York in 1893.
Jane More (48), daughter of Jonas More and Deborah Person, ws born in Roxbury, New York, June 8th, 1805.
In 1823 she married Mr. William Decker a native of Columbia County, New York. Mr. Decker conducted a profitable mercantile business in the village of Roxbury for twelve or fifteen years. He purchased the farm in the north end of the village now occupied by Alanson Stratton, Esq., erected the large residence still standing, and a store on the opposite side of the street, which latter after a few years was destroyed by fire, including his stock of goods, notes, account-books, etc., which left him a poor man.
His father-in-law, Jonas More, had become possessor of a farm in Andes, and he persuaded Mr. Decker to trade his farm for that, which was done, and Mr. Decker and his family removed to Andes, where they remained about five years.
The Erie Railroad was then being built (1836), and Hancock was the gathering centre for the engineers and others who were interested in its construction. Mr. Decker conceived the idea that it would be a good point for the hotel business, so removed his family to that place and engaged in keeping a hotel. The great panic of 1837 came on, which had the effect of stopping all work on the railroad, and rendering business of every kind unprofitable. They, therefore, returned to their farm in Andes, where they remaind until after Mr. Decker's death in 1852, except that for two or three years he conducted a hotel in the village, but the inevitable associations of hotel life were distasteful to the family, and the business was abandoned.
After Mr. Decker's death Mrs. Decker and her youngest daughter Madorah returned to Roxbury, where they lived in a comfortable house in the village for several years, when consumption fastened its fatal grasp upon the daughter, and after a lingering illness which she bore with wonderful fortitude and Christian resignation, she passed away in the triumph of an unfaltering faith in 1837, only twenty-seven years of age.
Mrs. Decker was a remarkable woman. Perhaps the most prounounced trait of her character was piety – a piety that manifested itself, in her naturally vigorous and energetic nature, in a solicitous care for the comfort and welfare of others, an uselfish devotion to those about her. She was always ready to bear the burdens of others and forgetful of her own. One was impressed with her unquestioning submission to the will of God in all the changes, disappointments and bereavements of life; with her cheerful disposition that always hoped for the best, and with the unusual vein of her father's humor that permeated her whole nature, so that she could always appreciate a good jest and loved to tell a pleasant story.
After her daughter's death she broke up housekeeping and spent the remainder of her days with her children at their several homes; the last few years with her daughter Elizabeth, who had married Mr. William Hilton, and at that time resided in Andes, but now is living in Margaretville, New York.
Mrs. Decker died in May 1885, just a few days short of four-score years of age, and was buried beside her husband in the cemetery at Andes, New York, awaiting the resurrection of the just
"Servant of God, well done."
JMA# M44
William Decker
William Decker, born 1 January 1795 at Taghkanic, New York to Lawrence A. Decker and Caroline Hallenbeck Decker, was an allied member of John and Betty's Jonas line. He was raised at Livingston, New York. William married to Jane More on 11 May 1823 at Roxbury, New York. They made their home first at this place where he was the owner of a mercantile business. William and Jane relocated to Andes, New York about 1831 where he was a farmer. William and Jane were the parents of four children; George Graham Decker, Ozias Stevens Decker, Elizabeth Decker, and Madorah Decker. William died 27 February 1852 at Andes and was buried at Andes Cemetery. More about William below.
Biography by JMA#4262611 on 27 June 2022.
Sources-
-1893, History of the More Family
-2015, John More Association Directory
-ancestry.com
The following transcribed by Cindy Coffell on 26 June 2022 from "History of the More Family and an Account of Their Reunion in 1890" by David Fellows More; and published by Samuel P. More at Binghamton, New York in 1893.
Jane More (48), daughter of Jonas More and Deborah Person, ws born in Roxbury, New York, June 8th, 1805.
In 1823 she married Mr. William Decker a native of Columbia County, New York. Mr. Decker conducted a profitable mercantile business in the village of Roxbury for twelve or fifteen years. He purchased the farm in the north end of the village now occupied by Alanson Stratton, Esq., erected the large residence still standing, and a store on the opposite side of the street, which latter after a few years was destroyed by fire, including his stock of goods, notes, account-books, etc., which left him a poor man.
His father-in-law, Jonas More, had become possessor of a farm in Andes, and he persuaded Mr. Decker to trade his farm for that, which was done, and Mr. Decker and his family removed to Andes, where they remained about five years.
The Erie Railroad was then being built (1836), and Hancock was the gathering centre for the engineers and others who were interested in its construction. Mr. Decker conceived the idea that it would be a good point for the hotel business, so removed his family to that place and engaged in keeping a hotel. The great panic of 1837 came on, which had the effect of stopping all work on the railroad, and rendering business of every kind unprofitable. They, therefore, returned to their farm in Andes, where they remaind until after Mr. Decker's death in 1852, except that for two or three years he conducted a hotel in the village, but the inevitable associations of hotel life were distasteful to the family, and the business was abandoned.
After Mr. Decker's death Mrs. Decker and her youngest daughter Madorah returned to Roxbury, where they lived in a comfortable house in the village for several years, when consumption fastened its fatal grasp upon the daughter, and after a lingering illness which she bore with wonderful fortitude and Christian resignation, she passed away in the triumph of an unfaltering faith in 1837, only twenty-seven years of age.
Mrs. Decker was a remarkable woman. Perhaps the most prounounced trait of her character was piety – a piety that manifested itself, in her naturally vigorous and energetic nature, in a solicitous care for the comfort and welfare of others, an uselfish devotion to those about her. She was always ready to bear the burdens of others and forgetful of her own. One was impressed with her unquestioning submission to the will of God in all the changes, disappointments and bereavements of life; with her cheerful disposition that always hoped for the best, and with the unusual vein of her father's humor that permeated her whole nature, so that she could always appreciate a good jest and loved to tell a pleasant story.
After her daughter's death she broke up housekeeping and spent the remainder of her days with her children at their several homes; the last few years with her daughter Elizabeth, who had married Mr. William Hilton, and at that time resided in Andes, but now is living in Margaretville, New York.
Mrs. Decker died in May 1885, just a few days short of four-score years of age, and was buried beside her husband in the cemetery at Andes, New York, awaiting the resurrection of the just
"Servant of God, well done."
William Decker
William Decker, born 1 January 1795 at Taghkanic, New York to Lawrence A. Decker and Caroline Hallenbeck Decker, was an allied member of John and Betty's Jonas line. He was raised at Livingston, New York. William married to Jane More on 11 May 1823 at Roxbury, New York. They made their home first at this place where he was the owner of a mercantile business. William and Jane relocated to Andes, New York about 1831 where he was a farmer. William and Jane were the parents of four children; George Graham Decker, Ozias Stevens Decker, Elizabeth Decker, and Madorah Decker. William died 27 February 1852 at Andes and was buried at Andes Cemetery. More about William below.
Biography by JMA#4262611 on 27 June 2022.
Sources-
-1893, History of the More Family
-2015, John More Association Directory
-ancestry.com
The following transcribed by Cindy Coffell on 26 June 2022 from "History of the More Family and an Account of Their Reunion in 1890" by David Fellows More; and published by Samuel P. More at Binghamton, New York in 1893.
Jane More (48), daughter of Jonas More and Deborah Person, ws born in Roxbury, New York, June 8th, 1805.
In 1823 she married Mr. William Decker a native of Columbia County, New York. Mr. Decker conducted a profitable mercantile business in the village of Roxbury for twelve or fifteen years. He purchased the farm in the north end of the village now occupied by Alanson Stratton, Esq., erected the large residence still standing, and a store on the opposite side of the street, which latter after a few years was destroyed by fire, including his stock of goods, notes, account-books, etc., which left him a poor man.
His father-in-law, Jonas More, had become possessor of a farm in Andes, and he persuaded Mr. Decker to trade his farm for that, which was done, and Mr. Decker and his family removed to Andes, where they remained about five years.
The Erie Railroad was then being built (1836), and Hancock was the gathering centre for the engineers and others who were interested in its construction. Mr. Decker conceived the idea that it would be a good point for the hotel business, so removed his family to that place and engaged in keeping a hotel. The great panic of 1837 came on, which had the effect of stopping all work on the railroad, and rendering business of every kind unprofitable. They, therefore, returned to their farm in Andes, where they remaind until after Mr. Decker's death in 1852, except that for two or three years he conducted a hotel in the village, but the inevitable associations of hotel life were distasteful to the family, and the business was abandoned.
After Mr. Decker's death Mrs. Decker and her youngest daughter Madorah returned to Roxbury, where they lived in a comfortable house in the village for several years, when consumption fastened its fatal grasp upon the daughter, and after a lingering illness which she bore with wonderful fortitude and Christian resignation, she passed away in the triumph of an unfaltering faith in 1837, only twenty-seven years of age.
Mrs. Decker was a remarkable woman. Perhaps the most prounounced trait of her character was piety – a piety that manifested itself, in her naturally vigorous and energetic nature, in a solicitous care for the comfort and welfare of others, an uselfish devotion to those about her. She was always ready to bear the burdens of others and forgetful of her own. One was impressed with her unquestioning submission to the will of God in all the changes, disappointments and bereavements of life; with her cheerful disposition that always hoped for the best, and with the unusual vein of her father's humor that permeated her whole nature, so that she could always appreciate a good jest and loved to tell a pleasant story.
After her daughter's death she broke up housekeeping and spent the remainder of her days with her children at their several homes; the last few years with her daughter Elizabeth, who had married Mr. William Hilton, and at that time resided in Andes, but now is living in Margaretville, New York.
Mrs. Decker died in May 1885, just a few days short of four-score years of age, and was buried beside her husband in the cemetery at Andes, New York, awaiting the resurrection of the just
"Servant of God, well done."
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