I am related to the Hights and McCartneys, and I have the death notice of John P. McCartney.It names 6 children that survive him. One is a daughter Mrs W. S. Decker of Harrisburg, PA. The date of the newspaper was March 6, 1899.It just says Semi Weekly News March 6, 1899. I got this information from a Bob McCartney in Denver, CO, in 2006. He sent me 470 pages on the family!! AWilliam Decker is mentioned as being acquainted with Cyrus M. Swope,but there are no dates. It only says that Wm knew him before he was married. In the Huntingdon Dailey News , August 10 1925, it states that the MCCartney family had a reunion. It named Mrs. McCartney Decker of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Mina Decker McElwain of Duncannon as attending the event. I got this from casually looking through the info that Bob MCcartney sent me. I think that W.S. Decker must have died a good while before his wife, although I don't know. I just haven't found his name anymore. Margaret Hight was my great grandmother. She was married to James A. Mitchell. Margaret was the daughter of Ahashel Hight, and Hannah Brumbaugh. Margaret died having their 2nd child. My grandmother was only 2 years old. She was raised my Margaret's sister, Melissa, who was married to Mordecai Gahagan. My dad was named for him. I was 5 years old when Melissa died, and I remember her a little. I have a picture of my sister and I with her, and I remember when it was taken.They and a lot of the rest of the family are buried in Riverview Cemetery in Huntingdon, PA. The McCartney connection is from the marriage of John McCartney to Temperance Hight.. I hope that what I've written may in some small way, help you.I've been working on my genealogy for over 10 years and sometimes just some little bit of info can open a door and you'll find a whole lot. It has happened with me , more than once, including the Hight family. I knew very little about them, because my great grandmother died when my grandmother was only 2 years old. Her father remarried, and that wife was the one that my dad knew and talked about when I was little. She died when I was in high school. Keep looking and if I can help , I'll be glad to. I live in Florida , but grew up in Altoona, PA. My husband was from there also, but he died 5 years ago of cancer. My 3 grown children all live in FL I have 9 grandchildren. too. Dolores Nedimyer e-mail: nedimyer@bellsouth.net . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shearer" <cks@pa.net> To: <pahuntin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [PAHUNTIN] Decker, McCartney >I am also looking for Decker in Huntingdon. I have a Sarah Ann McCartney, > born 24 Jul 1843, West Twp, daughter of John R. McCartney and Temperance > Hight, who married W. S. Decker. In the search for the full name of > 'W.S.' > I have in my notes: > 1850 Huntingdon Co, PA Census, West Twp, pg 94. (all in hh born PA) > Henry Decker 28 $500 farmer > Rebecca 17 > Mary 53 $1000 > Mary 20 > Elizabeth 17 > John 13 > David 7 > > I have copied over a dozen Deckers in the 1850 Huntingdon and this is the > ONLY John anywhere close to your John A. born 1837. > > Anyone have anything on 'W. S.'? > > > >>I have been searching for John A. Decker family in Huntingdon, Pa. and >>have >>not found any records of great help.? I have only located them in the >>census of 1870, and 1880 after they?moved to Indiana.? John (b abt 1837 >>Pa) >>m Mary S. Lytell b abt 1840 in Pa. (unk date)?and had 8 children b in >>Huntingdon, Pa. and 2 born after moving from Pennsylvania.? Haven't any >>idea of parents names.? Any help or suggestions would be greatly >>appreciated. >> ???????????????????????????????? Joanne >> Surnames: Decker, Buckley, Abbott >> message > > > For information about subscribing, unsubscribing, and to search or browse > the PAHUNTIN mailing list archived messages, visit > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/PA/huntingdon.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAHUNTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >