- CORNELIUS S. DECKER, farmer, Secs. 6, 7, 8; P.O. Janesville;
born in Orange Co., N.Y., in
- 1820; came to Wisconsin in 1864, and located on present homestead;
owns 880 acres, 650 under cultivation; is one of the most extensive
farmers and stock-raisers in the county. Married Miss Jane E.
ASHBY, daughter of John ASHBY, of Orange Co., N.Y.; had eight
children - Jonathan, Annie, Francis (dead), Cornelius, William,
Charles, Theodore and Andrew Keen. Mr. D. is Chairman Board
of Supervisors; his son, T. C. DECKER, acts as manager for his
father; he was born in Orange Co. in 1851.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 703.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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