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Elijah James "Eli" Decker 1825–1904 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Jan 1825

Birth Location: Annetta, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 24 Oct 1904

Death Location: Grayson County, Kentucky, USA

Father: Ezekiel Decker

Mother: Esther Booth

Spouse(s): Ellen Meredith, Sarah Decker*, Mary Decker, Sarah Merideth

Children(s): Charles Decker, Margaret Constant*, Eli Decker, Ezekial Decker, Louis Decker, Nancy Decker

Elijah James "Eli" Decker was born in 1825 in Annetta, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Ezekiel Decker And Esther Booth. Elijah James "Eli" Decker married Ellen Sis Meredith, Mary J Decker, Sarah A Decker, Sarah A Merideth, and had children including Charles William Decker, Eli Caleb Decker, Ezekial Decker, Louis Decker, Margaret F Decker Constant, Nancy E Decker. Elijah James "Eli" Decker passed away in 1904 in Grayson County, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Elijah James "Eli" Decker was born in 1825 in Annetta, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Ezekiel Decker And Esther Booth.
  • Elijah James "Eli" Decker married Ellen Sis Meredith, Mary J Decker, Sarah A Decker, Sarah A Merideth, and had children including Charles William Decker, Eli Caleb Decker, Ezekial Decker, Louis Decker, Margaret F Decker Constant, Nancy E Decker.
  • Elijah James "Eli" Decker passed away in 1904 in Grayson County, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

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Elijah Decker's Ancestors

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Elijah Decker
1825–1904
Birth Place: Annetta, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Ezekiel Decker
1788–1857
Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA
Esther Booth
1792–1840
Mecklenburg, Kentucky, United States
Grandparents
William Decker
1745–1835
Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States
Frances (or Fanny) Bugg
1745–1830
Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Hendrick Decker
1716–1768
Anne Coleman
1720–1782
John Bugg
1715–1801
Susanna Burleson
1715–1770
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hermanus Decker
1673–1768
Rachel Montagne
1674–1734
Thomas Coleman
1688–1748
Elizabeth Lort
1681–1759

Elijah Decker's Descendants

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Elijah (James "Eli") Decker (9 Jan 1825–24 Oct 1904) m. Ellen ("Sis") Meredith (3 Jul 1829–2 Sep 1859) m. Sarah (A) Decker* (abt 1844–) m. Mary (J) Decker (Apr 1824–) m. Sarah (A) Merideth (16 November 1845–1 Aug 1867)
  1. 1. Charles (William) Decker 1846–1905 m. Adaline Willis 1844–1928
    1. 1. Eli (Toliver) Decker 1877–1951 m. Elizabeth (J "Betty") Willis 1880–1935
      1. 1. Melvin Decker 1900–1969 m. Mary (Elizabeth "Mamie") Bradley 1903–1995
        1. 1. Loraine Decker 1931–2014 m. Dale (Woodrow) Stackpole 1916–1976 m. Earl (R) Blanton 1925–
  2. 2. Margaret (F Decker) Constant* 1852–1929 m. Thomas (Franklin) Constant 1853–1925
    1. 1. Grover (Cleveland) Constant 1884–1968 m. Emma (L) Caswell 1892–1934
      1. 1. Otis Constant –1923
      2. 2. James (Walton) Constant 1915–1991
      3. 3. William (Thomas "Willie") Constant 1919–2012
      4. 4. Herman Constant 1924–1985
      5. 5. Frances (Edna) Constant 1933–2004
      6. 6. Verna (May "Vernie") Constant 1911–2004 m. Clyde (Wesley) Borden 1911–2001
        1. 1. Norman (Clyde) Borden 1933–2019 m. Dorothy (Ann) Madsen 1936–2011
        2. 2. Norma (Jean) Borden 1934–2015
    2. 2. William (L) Constant 1882–1967
    3. 3. John (Harrison) Constant 1887–
    4. 4. Mary (A) Constant 1889–1970
    5. 5. Weaver (James) Constant 1890–1979
    6. 6. Maud (E) Constant 1893–1922
    7. 7. Ada Constant 1895–1978
    8. 8. Mary Constant 1894–
    9. 9. Ervin (Eli) Constant 1880–1972
    10. 10. Thomas (Franklin) Constant 1882–1968
    11. 11. Cora Constant 1897–1920
  3. 3. Eli (Caleb) Decker 1859–1940
  4. 4. Ezekial Decker 1852–1912
  5. 5. Louis Decker 1846–1922
  6. 6. Nancy (E) Decker 1863–1931

Elijah Decker's Timeline

2 Records

1825
9 Jan 1825
Birth of Elijah James "Eli" Decker in Annetta, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA
Annetta, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA
1904
24 Oct 1904
Age 79
Death of Elijah James "Eli" Decker in Grayson County, Kentucky, USA
Grayson County, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Jan 1825
    Event Place: Annetta, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Oct 1904
    Event Place: Grayson County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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