Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Decker, J. H. 1848 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   J. H. DECKER, deputy sheriff of Hancock County, Findlay, was born in Marion
Township, this county. August 9, 1848, only son and the youngest in the family
of six children of John and Sarah (Zimmers) Decker, who came to this county from
Pennsylvania in 1833. He was reared in Marion Township, this county, on a farm,
and at the age of seventeen years he engaged in the drug business with S. & J.
M. Huber, continuing with them for five years, after which he embarked in same
line for himself, which he carried on successfully for ten years, retiring from
it in 1882 and engaging in railway business, representing the Indiana.
Bloomington & Western Railway, till accepting his present position in January,
1885. Mr. Decker was united in marriage, in 1876, with Annie McManness, sister
of the present worthy sheriff of this county, and to them have been born three
children: Lemuel, Tod and Ina. Mrs. Decker attends the Lutheran Church. Mr.
Decker is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the Encampment; is also a Master
Mason. In politics he is a Republican.




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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Findlay Township and Village




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