Louisa (Smith) Decker (1843 - 1916)

Born 18 Oct 1843 in Butler Co., Ohio, USA

Wife of William Decker — married 29 Apr 1858 in Butler, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1916 at age 73 in Reily Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

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Biography

Louisa Smith was born 18 October 1843 in Milford Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio.

1850 census^[1]

She married William Decker 29 April 1858 in Butler Co., Ohio.^[2]

1860 census -- Milford Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

William Decker, age 24, male, , day laborer, $200 personal property, born Ohio; Eliza Decker, age 17, female, , born Ohio; JA Decker, age 2/12, born Ohio.^[3]

1870 census -- Milford Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

William Decker, age 34, male, white, farmer, $2500 real estate, $700 personal property, born Ohio; Louisa Decker, age 27, female, white, keeping house, born Ohio, parents of foreign birth; John A Decker, age 10, male, white, attending school, born Ohio, attended school; Charles V Decker, age 6, male, white, born Ohio, deaf and dumb; Clinton L Decker, age 2, male, white, born Ohio.^[4]

1880 census -- Hanover Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

William Decker, white, male, age 41, married, farmer, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio; Louisa Decker, white, femalle, age 38, wife, married, keeping house, born Ohio, father born Switzerland, mother born Bavaria; John A Decker, white, male, age 20, son, single, farm laborer, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Charles V Decker, white, male, age 16, son, single, deaf and dumb, attended school, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Benton L Decker, white, male, age 12, son, single, at home, attended school, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Cora E Decker, white, female, age 9, daughter, single, attended school, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Theodore Decker, white, male, age 6, son, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Christiana Decker, white, female, age 3, daughter, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Clark Bradbury, white, male, age 18, servant, single, farm laborer, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio^[5]

1900 census -- Oxford Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

William Decker, head, male, white, born Feb 1836, age 74, married 42 years, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio, farmer, rent farm; Louise Decker, wife, female, white, born Oct 1842, age 57, married 42 years, 8 children/7 living, born Ohio, father born Germany, mother born Germany; Charles V Decker, son, male, white, born Feb 1864, age 36, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, farmer; Frederick Decker, son, male, white, born Nov 1881, age 18, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, farm laborer; Leona Decker, granddaughter, female, white, born Oct 1894, age 5, single, born Ohio, father born Indiana, mother born Ohio.^[6]

1910 census -- Oxford Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

Louisa Decker, head, white, female, age 66, widow, 8 children/7 living, born Ohio, father born Germany, mother born Germany, own income; Charles V Decker, son, male, white, age 46, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, farmer; Leora Pierson, granddaughter, female, white, age 15, single, born Ohio, father born Indiana, mother born Ohio, attended school^[7]

She died 16 December 1916 in Reily Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio.^[8] She is buried in Darrtown Pioneer Cemetery in Darrtown, Ohio. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3N-545 : accessed 24 January 2016), Louisa Smith in household of Charles Smith, Milford, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing family 1056, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZD6-H73 : accessed 24 January 2016), William Decker and Louisa Smith, 29 Apr 1858; citing Butler, Ohio, United States, reference v 3 p 295; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 355,779.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCL3-9MJ : accessed 24 January 2016), Eliza Decker in entry for Wm Decker, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6K8-FBB : accessed 24 January 2016), Louisa Decker in household of William Decker, Ohio, United States; citing p. 43, family 351, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,676.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ16-PVV : accessed 24 January 2016), Louisa Decker in household of William Decker, Hanover, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 19, sheet 36B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0996; FHL microfilm 1,254,996.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMCD-5GV : accessed 24 January 2016), Louise Dereker in household of William Dereker, Oxford Township (excl. Oxford vill.) College Corner village (part), Butler, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 14B, family 276, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,244.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLZ2-4C3 : accessed 24 January 2016), Louisa Decker, Oxford, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 38, sheet 9B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,168.
8. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X8NX-WP2 : accessed 24 January 2016), Louise Decker, 16 Dec 1916; citing Reily, Butler, Ohio, reference fn 72514; FHL microfilm 1,983,840.
9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVVL-JB2S : accessed 24 January 2016), Louisa Decker, ; Burial, Darrtown, Butler, Ohio, United States of America, Darrtown Pioneer Cemetery; citing record ID 20590621, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com

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