Edward Decker

Edward Decker (May 2, 1827 – July 9, 1911) was an American businessman, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He is known as the founder of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, and was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate during the 1860 and 1861 sessions.

Early life Edward Decker was born in Casco, Maine, in May 1827. He had little formal education and went to work at age 14 in Portland, Maine. He moved to Boston two years later and worked as a clerk in a store owned by his uncle. While living in Boston, he heard tales of the opportunities in the Iowa Territory and traveled west in 1845. After landing in Milwaukee, he decided to remain in the Wisconsin Territory instead. He declined renomination in 1861.

He died at his home in Casco on July 9, 1911.

Personal life and family Edward Decker was the eldest son of David and Eliza ( Dunham) Decker. David Decker was a miller and merchant in Maine and followed his son west to Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, in 1857.

Edward Decker married four times and had at least six children. His first wife was Dolly Anna Puffer, with whom he had one son, George. She died in 1861, and he soon married Susan, who died in 1868. With Susan, he had two more children. He married his third wife, Joanna Curtin, in 1872, and had two more children before her death in 1880. That year, he married Elizabeth Mallory Walker, the widow of Charles H. Walker. They had one daughter together.

Electoral history U.S. House of Representatives (1902)