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SAMUEL DECKER was born March 12, 1851, on his father's farm near the village of Amity, Orange County, N. Y.
His parents were John and Maria (Smith) Decker. John Decker was a descendant of a Holland Dutch emigrant who located
and became a large land owner at what is now Glenwood, N. J., but who late in life removed to central New York,
leaving a son at Glenwood. Maria Smith's father, Abram Smith, was a school teacher of Orange County for fifty years
and her two grandsires were Revolutionary soldiers. Mr. Decker's school days were passed at Amity, and upon reaching
his majority he removed to the town of Greenville, N. Y., and purchased a farm of one hundred and forty acres in
the upper Shawangunk valley. He has since added an adjoining farm to his original purchase. For about ten years
he conducted the farm and taught school. On October 16, 1878, he married Cornelia Sergeant, only daughter of Jeremiah
Sergeant, a well known cattle dealer and farmer at Gardenersville. Shortly after this he began dealing in cattle,
which in connection with his farming he engaged in continuously for twenty years. Mr. Decker is a democrat and
has held a number of public offices. At present he is filling his second term as justice of the peace. Their children
number four: Margaret, wife of Frank Neail, of Mount Hope; Phebe, wife of Hiram Tyler, of New York City; Frank
and Effa, at home. In spite of his many enterprises Mr. Decker has found time to devote several hours each day
to reading and study, is a fine Shakespearian scholar and, having a phenomenal memory, is an authority on ancient
and modern history and literature.
From:
The History of Orange County New York
Edited by: Russel Headley
Van Deusen and Elms, Publishers
Middletown, N. Y. 1908
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