Hiram Decius grew up in St. Marys, OH and attended school there. He finished his schooling there and was enrolled in St. Mary's College, studying to become a Minister but he quit school before he received his diploma.
At age 22 he is found in Ottawa, Allen Co., OH as a RR Brakeman. Hiram met and married Nettie (Henrietta) Blum McCartney, the adopted daughter of Jacob McCartney. Nettie was a tiny young lady, only 4 feet, 10 inches tall but Hiram was over 6 feet tall. They married in 1873 and at some point, Hiram decided to become a shoemaker & had prosperous shoe business on Tanner St. in Lima, Ohio.
Hiram's Mother, Catherine had asked her son to go west to find his father if and when he had the opportunity. She also told him that there would be financial help for him to accomplish this. Hiram could not even remember his father but because of his Mother's request decided that this would be a goal that he would pursue for her.
In 1886, Hiram and Nettie had the opportunity to join with a group who were forming a community in Port Angeles, WA. This would allow Hiram the chance to go west and find his father as well as take his family with him. It was after they settled there that Hiram went looking in Oregon for his father. It was a stroke of luck that Ammon still lived on his farm in Coos Bay, and Hiram found him there. Ammon immediately sold his farm, and removed to live with his son's family. Within a year, Hiram decided that living among this commune was not for him. He took his family and moved to Elma, WA where he purchased a Hotel and opened a shoe shop.
Sometime prior to 1900, Hiram's hotel in Elma, WA burned and he moved his family to Verndale, Lewis Co. WA. (The town in now called Glenoma)
In 1904 Hiram decided to move to Boise, Idaho where their daughter Alice and her husband had moved to. Hiram again opened a shoe shop that he ran until just a few years before his death in 1935. The building in which the shop is still there.
At age 22 he is found in Ottawa, Allen Co., OH as a RR Brakeman. Hiram met and married Nettie (Henrietta) Blum McCartney, the adopted daughter of Jacob McCartney. Nettie was a tiny young lady, only 4 feet, 10 inches tall but Hiram was over 6 feet tall. They married in 1873 and at some point, Hiram decided to become a shoemaker & had prosperous shoe business on Tanner St. in Lima, Ohio.
Hiram's Mother, Catherine had asked her son to go west to find his father if and when he had the opportunity. She also told him that there would be financial help for him to accomplish this. Hiram could not even remember his father but because of his Mother's request decided that this would be a goal that he would pursue for her.
In 1886, Hiram and Nettie had the opportunity to join with a group who were forming a community in Port Angeles, WA. This would allow Hiram the chance to go west and find his father as well as take his family with him. It was after they settled there that Hiram went looking in Oregon for his father. It was a stroke of luck that Ammon still lived on his farm in Coos Bay, and Hiram found him there. Ammon immediately sold his farm, and removed to live with his son's family. Within a year, Hiram decided that living among this commune was not for him. He took his family and moved to Elma, WA where he purchased a Hotel and opened a shoe shop.
Sometime prior to 1900, Hiram's hotel in Elma, WA burned and he moved his family to Verndale, Lewis Co. WA. (The town in now called Glenoma)
In 1904 Hiram decided to move to Boise, Idaho where their daughter Alice and her husband had moved to. Hiram again opened a shoe shop that he ran until just a few years before his death in 1935. The building in which the shop is still there.
Hiram Decius grew up in St. Marys, OH and attended school there. He finished his schooling there and was enrolled in St. Mary's College, studying to become a Minister but he quit school before he received his diploma.
At age 22 he is found in Ottawa, Allen Co., OH as a RR Brakeman. Hiram met and married Nettie (Henrietta) Blum McCartney, the adopted daughter of Jacob McCartney. Nettie was a tiny young lady, only 4 feet, 10 inches tall but Hiram was over 6 feet tall. They married in 1873 and at some point, Hiram decided to become a shoemaker & had prosperous shoe business on Tanner St. in Lima, Ohio.
Hiram's Mother, Catherine had asked her son to go west to find his father if and when he had the opportunity. She also told him that there would be financial help for him to accomplish this. Hiram could not even remember his father but because of his Mother's request decided that this would be a goal that he would pursue for her.
In 1886, Hiram and Nettie had the opportunity to join with a group who were forming a community in Port Angeles, WA. This would allow Hiram the chance to go west and find his father as well as take his family with him. It was after they settled there that Hiram went looking in Oregon for his father. It was a stroke of luck that Ammon still lived on his farm in Coos Bay, and Hiram found him there. Ammon immediately sold his farm, and removed to live with his son's family. Within a year, Hiram decided that living among this commune was not for him. He took his family and moved to Elma, WA where he purchased a Hotel and opened a shoe shop.
Sometime prior to 1900, Hiram's hotel in Elma, WA burned and he moved his family to Verndale, Lewis Co. WA. (The town in now called Glenoma)
In 1904 Hiram decided to move to Boise, Idaho where their daughter Alice and her husband had moved to. Hiram again opened a shoe shop that he ran until just a few years before his death in 1935. The building in which the shop is still there.
At age 22 he is found in Ottawa, Allen Co., OH as a RR Brakeman. Hiram met and married Nettie (Henrietta) Blum McCartney, the adopted daughter of Jacob McCartney. Nettie was a tiny young lady, only 4 feet, 10 inches tall but Hiram was over 6 feet tall. They married in 1873 and at some point, Hiram decided to become a shoemaker & had prosperous shoe business on Tanner St. in Lima, Ohio.
Hiram's Mother, Catherine had asked her son to go west to find his father if and when he had the opportunity. She also told him that there would be financial help for him to accomplish this. Hiram could not even remember his father but because of his Mother's request decided that this would be a goal that he would pursue for her.
In 1886, Hiram and Nettie had the opportunity to join with a group who were forming a community in Port Angeles, WA. This would allow Hiram the chance to go west and find his father as well as take his family with him. It was after they settled there that Hiram went looking in Oregon for his father. It was a stroke of luck that Ammon still lived on his farm in Coos Bay, and Hiram found him there. Ammon immediately sold his farm, and removed to live with his son's family. Within a year, Hiram decided that living among this commune was not for him. He took his family and moved to Elma, WA where he purchased a Hotel and opened a shoe shop.
Sometime prior to 1900, Hiram's hotel in Elma, WA burned and he moved his family to Verndale, Lewis Co. WA. (The town in now called Glenoma)
In 1904 Hiram decided to move to Boise, Idaho where their daughter Alice and her husband had moved to. Hiram again opened a shoe shop that he ran until just a few years before his death in 1935. The building in which the shop is still there.
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