BIO: Alexander D. Decker, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, page 313.
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  Decker, Alexander D., was born on July 21, 1860, at Portland, Pa. He 
was converted at Montrose, Pa., in 1875, and joined the Methodist 
Episcopal Church there.
  He graduated from the Montrose High School in 1880, and in the fall 
of 1882 entered Wyoming Seminary, where he continued his studies nearly 
three years. In May, 1885, he went as supply to Harford Mills, N.Y., 
and in the following spring joined the Conference.
  On March 10, 1886, he married Miss Ida May Sumner, the oldest 
daughter of Rev. J. B. Sumner.
  His pastorates have been as follows: 1886, Harford Mills; 1887-89, 
Tioga; 1890-92, Wyalusing; 1893, Newark Valley; 1894-96, Sidney; 1897-
1900, Clinton Street, Binghamton; 1901-02, Union; 1903, Susquehanna.