Susannah (Dunbar) Decker (1830 - 1908)

Born 24 Jan 1830 in Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Luther Cooley — married 10 Feb 1848 in Sugar Creek Township, Montgomery, Idaho

Wife of William Decker — married 19 Jun 1865 in Clarke, Iowa

Descendants

Died 23 Feb 1908 at age 78 in Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States

Biography

Susan was born about 1830. She is the daughter of Lewis Dunbar and Mary Powers.

Name

Name: Susannah /Dunbar/

Name: Susannah /Cooley/

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Susannah /Dunbar/.

Burial

Burial:

Place: Maple Hill cemetery, Osceola, Iowa

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Marriage:

Date: 10 FEB 1848

Place: Sugar Creek Township, Montgomery, Idaho

Note: Type: 0

Source: #S178

Source: #S179

Sources

Source S178

Title: Marriage Index of Montgomery Co. Ind. 1823-1860 Book 3 Page 37

Abbreviation: Marriage Index of Montgomery Co. Ind. 1823-1860 Bo

Source S179

Title: Luther and Susannah Cooley

Abbreviation: Luther and Susannah Cooley

Note: Luther and Susannah, with their four children: Albert, Elsey, Catharine, Simon, and Calvin, came to Clarke County, Iowa from Indiana. They came to Iowa in 1856 in a covered wagon, but came too late in the year to be recorded in the 1856census. Isaac Newton Cooley was born in Iowa in the fall. Francina Coon Flanders daughter of Elsey Cathering (known as Kate) wrote, 'My mother, Kate was six years old when they came to Iowa in 1856. They brought with thema grey stone jar full of currant jelly.' This same jar is now inthe possession of Olive Thurlow Bell in Osceola Iowa.Luther Cooley died of peumonia after gettin too hot sowing flax and taking cold. Evidently it was muddy inthe field, for his tracks could be seen for weeks after his death. In those days sowing was done by hand broadcasting, and of course, on foot.NOTE: Luther and Susannah also brought with them a hand loomed blanket of red, blue, and white, marked in the corner with the name of the weaver: J. Shogel and Sons, Lafayette Indianna 1856. This spread or blankey is hanging on the quilt rack at the residence of Jane Danielson in La Jolla California. On the rack also is the hand pieced star quilt made by Minnie Cooley for her son, Frank, on the occasion of his marriage.

• The Dunbar Family History of Robert Dunbar (1773-1831) and Descendants of His Ten Children, Vol II, pg 284, 297

Acknowledgements

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