Amzie Decker

M, b. 18 July 1837, d. 16 May 1886
FatherJames Decker b. 1787, d. 5 Feb 1863
MotherMary Durham b. 1801
     Amzie was born on Tuesday, 18 July 1837 in Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. Amzie married Margaret Search on 10 February 1861 in Somerset County, New Jersey.1 Amzie and Margaret had children: Mary [1863], Dennis M. 3/14/1865-4/08/1931] [m. 10/23/1897 Sarah Young] & Cora [1877]. 18 June 1880, Amzie and his wife, Margaret, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Orion, Oakland County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were Amzie Decker [42 New Jersey], Margaret [37 New Jersey], Mary [17 Michigan], Dennis [14 Michigan] & Cora [3 Michigan].2 Amzie departed this life on Sunday, 16 May 1886 in Clarkston, Independence Township, Oakland County, Michigan. He was buried there in the Sashabaw Cemetery in the Sashabaw Plains.3

Family

Margaret Search b. 1843

Citations

  1. [S2205] New Jersey, Compiled Marriage Records, 1684-1886.
  2. [S677] 1880 United States Federal Census: Orian, Oakland County, Michigan - Enumeration District 261, Sheet 23, Line 5 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  3. [S2204] New Jersey, U.S., Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1711-1878 - ancestry.com.