Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout ... . r H. Decker married Ada C. Douglas, whowas born at Lake Mills, Wisconsin, daughter ofJames and Rachel (Doolittle) Douglas. Her father,a native of New York State, was a farmer at LakeMills, Wisconsin, and enlisted there in the After the war he went to St. Ansgar, Iowa,continued farming in that state, and later moved toCarthage, South Dakota, where he became postmasterand engaged in the livery business. He retired
Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout ... . r H. Decker married Ada C. Douglas, whowas born at Lake Mills, Wisconsin, daughter ofJames and Rachel (Doolittle) Douglas. Her father,a native of New York State, was a farmer at LakeMills, Wisconsin, and enlisted there in the After the war he went to St. Ansgar, Iowa,continued farming in that state, and later moved toCarthage, South Dakota, where he became postmasterand engaged in the livery business. He retired , ^linnesota, where his daughter lived, anddied there some years ago. Chester H. Decker andwife had three children: Leonard R. and Fred Alice D., who died in infancy. Fred R. Decker and his brother were educatedin the public schools of Austin, graduating fromhigh school. Their early business training was undertheir father in the hardware store, and they havealways been associated in their business careers. Besides their hardware business conducted by themat Dooley, Fred R. Decker is one of the owners ofthe Farmers Elevator at Dooley, and his home is. HISTORY OF MONTANA 1063 on the Decker ranch, which contains 640 acres lo-cated in sections 2 and 3, township 36, range 56. Thisranch has been noted as a breeding place for RedPolled cattle since 1915, and great numbers of thisstock have been checked out to the stock farmersin Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana. The ranchis also doing a good part in establishing the pure-bred hog industry in Montana, its herd consistingof registered Duroc Jersey hogs. About 200 acresof the ranch are in cultivation and most of the grainproduced is fed on the farm. Mr. Decker is athorough believer in diversified During the war he was local chairman of the RedCross. He was one of the first School Board mem-bers at Dooley, and assisted in securing the first one-room shanty for school purposes. His brother, Leonard R. Decker, married B
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