This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hgR.2ACIB/1823.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Mary, I am a descendant of John A. "Jack" Decker, brother of Isaac Decker, Sr., Richard's father. The "Decker Family of Grayson County, Kentucky" (Barry Downs 1243 McGrew Church Road Leitchfield KY 42754) gives references for many statements but not about the Blains. The entry in "Historical Sketches and Family Histories of Grayson County, Kentucky" (Grayson County Historical Society P.O. Box 84 Leitchfield KY 42755) on the Blain family was written by Jim Blain. (Info in parentesis above are the addresses where the books can be ordered.) Also, I checked the 3 volumes on Cemeteries of Grayson County Kentucky (published by the Grayson County Historical Society) and neither Isaac Decker or Deborah Blain Decker's burial site is listed. I know from Census records that Isaac Decker lived in western Grayson County in the Falls of Rough/ Yeaman/ Spring Lick area. Also, the Blain family lived near Falls of Rough, so Deborah is apparently buried in the area, her grave either unmarked, unrea! dable or missed by the people who did the cemeteries books. As to why Isaac's sons by Deborah did not live with him after his second marriage to Nancy Allen (they married 7-7-1861) I haven't a clue. Their ages in the 1860 census were: John T.M. 09; Levi C 06; Richard M 04; Hamilton 01. Also, Isaac's second wife died shortly before the 1870 census and he was AGAIN a widower in 1870, the youngest child, daughter Cansada, was 5 months old when the census was taken. If we knew exactly when Richard (and other siblings) went to live with the Blain relatives, we might have a better idea whether it was for economic reasons or they preferred to live with Blain relatives. Right now, most of what I have about Deborah's children is what is in the Decker Family book and census records but am interested in learning more since they're part of the family tree. The Decker Family book does not list a "Marion" in Isaac's family but based on the age, if he was a son of Deborah & Isaac, he would be John T.M. Decker, born @ 1851. Lowell Decker