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Family of Cornelius DECKER and Mary Catherine BULL
Cornelius DECKER b. 1824 Aug 25840 at New York1464. d. 1862 Dec 9840. bd. Riverside Cem, Montgomery, NY840.
Mary Catherine BULL b. 1830 Nov 9840 at Orange Co., NY4060. d. 1912 Oct 18840. bd. Riverside Cem, Montgomery, NY840.
Married840. The headstone840 for Mary Catherine Bull is inscribed "Wife of Cornelius Decker." Mary C Decker is mentioned in the probate records4283 of David C Bull as his daughter, and in the will4282 of William T Barkely as his niece.
In 1860, Cornelius was a farmer.
"Mary C Decker" is mentioned as a daughter in the probate records4283 of David C Bull, and as a niece in the will4282 of William T Barkley. Her middle name is assumed from the 1850 census in which "Catherine" is listed1231 in the household of David C Bull. She is the only daughter of David Bull that isn't otherwise identified in the probate records and will mentioned above.
Conveniently, Mary's headstone840 provides her full birth and death dates, as well as the inscription "Wife of Cornelius Decker."
In 1855, Mary resided2656 in the household of her widowed father in Crawford, NY. By 1860, she had married, and resided1464 with husband Cornelius Decker, William C Decker (assumed to be Cornelius' son by a previous marriage,) and two farm hands. In 1865, following husband Cornelius' death, Mary C Decker, "child," resided in the household of David C Bull. She is listed as the mother of 4 children, and a widow.
In 1880, Mary C Decker was head of household4284, a widow, with son David B Decker (age 19, a clerk in a shoe store), and Sarah J Bull, Mary's sister.