Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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JOHN S. DECOU

John S. DECOU, a native of Norfolk County, Canada, was born August 17, 1851, and when two years and eight months of age accompanied his parents to Winneshiek County, Iowa, and in the spring of 1865 they removed to Harrison County, Iowa. He remained at home until the spring of 1891, with the exception of two years he farmed in Nebraska upon land which he finally sold, and purchased land on the Little Pigeon, which he traded for his present farm. He was united in marriage October 8, 1890, to Ruth P. CRAMER, who was born in Delaware County, N. Y., July 15, 1854, and remained there until 1880, when she came to Harrison County. She is the daughter of Ambrose and Lydia P. CRAMER. The father died in New York in 1862, and the mother in 1857. They were the parents of three children, Mrs. DECOU being the youngest.

Mr. DECOU is a member of the Odd Fellow's Order, entering the Lodge at Logan, March 21, 1879, and in February, 1880, took a card and helped to institute Woodbine Lodge, No. 405.

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