Can anyone connect to this family? -----Original Message----- From: MABesthorn@aol.com <MABesthorn@aol.com> To: shawnnee@jps.net <shawnnee@jps.net> Date: Friday, November 05, 1999 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [ILHANCOC] Roll Call >Shawnnee, > >Here is a bit of information on the Decker family surnames that lived in >Hancock County, IL. If you run across any these surnames in the census >information I would certainly appreciate what you may find. Many of the >Decker children married individuals from Hancock County. > >6. ELISHA4 DECKER (CONRAD3, ELIAS2, ELIAS1) was born February 03, 1819 in >Madison Township, >Pickaway Co., OH, and died November 15, 1870 in Pilot Grove, Hancock Co., IL. > He married (1) >ELIZABETH TEEGARDIN September 02, 1841 in Pickaway Co., OH, daughter of >WILLIAM TEEGARDIN and >ELIZABETH SHOOK. She was born 1823. He married (2) SARAH E. EVANS November >07, 1847 in Pickaway >Co., OH. She was born March 14, 1825 in OH, and died June 21, 1892 in >Burnside, Pilot Grove Township, >Hancock Co., IL. > >More About ELISHA DECKER: >Burial: Mc Kay Cemetery, Pilot Grove Township, IL >Fact 1: Moved to Burnside, IL > >More About SARAH E. EVANS: >Burial: June 22, 1892, Mc Kay Cemetery, Pilot Grove Township, IL > >Children of ELISHA DECKER and ELIZABETH TEEGARDIN are: > i. EDWARD5 DECKER. > >More About EDWARD DECKER: >Fact 1: Died very young > > ii. ELISHA DECKER, JR.. > iii. SUZANNA DECKER, b. May 1842, Pickaway Co., OH; m. DEWITT C. >TYNER, April 25, 1861, >Hancock Co., IL. > >Children of ELISHA DECKER and SARAH EVANS are: > iv. JAMES EVANS5 DECKER, b. July 1848, Madison Township, Pickaway Co., >OH; m. EDA RUTH >PERKINS, 1876, Pilot Grove, Hancock Co., IL; b. Abt. 1856, Illinois. > >More About JAMES EVANS DECKER: >Fact 1: Arapahoe County, Platte Valley, KS Page # 852 >Occupation: Farmer >Residence: Duck Creek Twp., Lafontaine, KS > >Notes for EDA RUTH PERKINS: >Eda Ruth Perkins family lived at Argo, Missouri. > >More About EDA RUTH PERKINS: >Occupation: Housekeeper > > v. MARY ELIZABETH DECKER, b. December 1850, Pickaway Co., OH; m. >PATRICKC. DUNN, Abt. >1875, Hancock Co., IL. > vi. CHRISTOFER COLUMBUS DECKER, b. March 03, 1853, Pilot Grove, Hancock >Co., IL; d. March >19, 1929, Decatur, Wise Co., TX; m. ELLENDER STARK, June 29, 1881, Kaufman >Co., TX; b. March >22, 1860, Martinville, Clark Co., IL; d. February 23, 1927, Decatur, Wise >Co., TX. > vii. MARGARET E. DECKER, b. 1855, Burnside, Hancock Co., IL; m. ELIAS >W. LYONS, Abt. 1880, >Hancock Co., IL. > >More About ELIAS W. LYONS: >Residence: Lyons, KS > > viii. VIRGINIA MINERVA DECKER, b. 1857, Burnside, Hancock Co., IL; m. >THOMAS J. RICE, >Hancock Co., IL. > >More About VIRGINIA MINERVA DECKER: >Residence: Paton, IA > >More About THOMAS J. RICE: >Residence: Paton, IA > >Thanks so much for your help in finding members of this family. > >Mel Besthorn >