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Davis Evan Decker Full Name: Davis Evan Decker Date of birth: July 9, 1866 Date of death: August 15, 1932 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 29 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 8, 1907 28th (2) (3)   29th (1)   Democrat Quanah / Hardeman   Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young H 102 Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 27th   Democrat Quanah / Hardeman   Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler H 102 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th   Democrat Quanah / Hardeman   Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler (1) 29th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (2) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal. (3) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, Davis E. Decker, Volume II, p. 167. Born in Henderson County, Texas, in 1866. Married to miss Jennie Morrow with two children, Morrow and Margaret. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906. Biographical sketch, Davis E. Decker, pp. 95-96. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901. Other Resources "Decker Rites Held Wed'sday," Thursday, 8/18/1932, p. 8. Judge Davis E. Decker, well known local attorney who died Monday (8/15/1932). "His only son, Major Morrow Decker . . . " Brownsville Herald. Ancestral File - Davis Evan Decker, born 7/6/1865 in Edom, Van Zandt, Texas. Father Johannes Terwilliger Decker, mother Nila Renila or Ella Thompson, marriage to Jennie Bell Morrow 12/14/1895 in Quanah, Hardeman, Texas; death date 8/15/1932. FamilySearch. Davis Evan Decker, birth date 7/9/1866 in Edom, death date 8/15/1932 in Raymondville, Willacy County, interment in Raymondville. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. "Morrow Miscellanea," Texas State Genealogical Society. Stirpes, Tyler, Texas, Volume 3, Number 3, September 1963, p. 87, crediting Texas State Genealogical Society. Davis E. Decker married to two granddaughters of Sam Houston: Emily Preston Morrow (d. 1/3/1892) and Jennie Bell Morrow. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Photographs Photograph. D.E. Decker, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. D.E. Decker, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. D.E. Decker, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. D.E. Decker, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 28th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 29th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 29th R.S. - 1905 Capital Bank and Trust Company, Investigate, Special (Chair)  City and Town Corporations   County and County Boundaries   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Military Affairs   Mining and Irrigation (Chair)  Public Land and Land Office   Rules   28th R.S. - 1903 Constitutional Amendments   Federal Relations   Finance   Insurance, Statistics and History   Military Affairs   Mining and Irrigation   Privileges and Elections (Chair)  Public Lands and Land Office   Rules   Stock and Stock Raising   27th R.S. - 1901 Congressional Districts   Irrigation   Judiciary No. 1   Public Lands and Land Office   Rules   State Affairs (Chair)  Waters-Pierce Oil Company, Investigate   26th R.S. - 1899 Constitutional Amendments   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2   Public Lands and Land Office   State Affairs   Stock and Stock Raising

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