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Simon Decker

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Simon Decker

Birth
Deckertown, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
5 Jan 1884 (aged 77)
Montour Falls, Schuyler County, New York, USA
Burial
Montour Falls, Schuyler County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
lot 16-3
Memorial ID
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age 77y-0m-3d [or 77y-3m-11d ?], married,
d. Havana, Schuyler, NY, 5 Jan 1884 of asthma, L.H. Bower = undertaker.

During the cholera epidemic in 1849 Simon held the office of Overseer of the Poor. All through that period he stood his post, doing more than any other person to alleviate the sufferings and attending to the wants of those stricken with the dreaded disease.

“Early History, &c. The Village of Havana, N. Y.” W. E. Morrison and Co., Printers

Simon & his first wife, Jane had two sons, John & Hiram. With his second wife he had another son named Symon.

The photos on this memorial are not correct. They belong with the family of Henry Decker who was a brother of Simon-1807-1884. The Simon C(ompton)who is one of these memorials was Henry's son.
age 77y-0m-3d [or 77y-3m-11d ?], married,
d. Havana, Schuyler, NY, 5 Jan 1884 of asthma, L.H. Bower = undertaker.

During the cholera epidemic in 1849 Simon held the office of Overseer of the Poor. All through that period he stood his post, doing more than any other person to alleviate the sufferings and attending to the wants of those stricken with the dreaded disease.

“Early History, &c. The Village of Havana, N. Y.” W. E. Morrison and Co., Printers

Simon & his first wife, Jane had two sons, John & Hiram. With his second wife he had another son named Symon.

The photos on this memorial are not correct. They belong with the family of Henry Decker who was a brother of Simon-1807-1884. The Simon C(ompton)who is one of these memorials was Henry's son.


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  • Maintained by: Ann
  • Originally Created by: Maggie O
  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139221071/simon-decker: accessed ), memorial page for Simon Decker (2 Jan 1807–5 Jan 1884), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139221071, citing Montour Cemetery, Montour Falls, Schuyler County, New York, USA; Maintained by Ann (contributor 47025073).