Eli Deckard

Eli was born in 1875.  Eli's father was King Anthony Mone Deckard and his mother was Nancy Caroline Clendenning.  His paternal grandparents were John Stewart and Elizabeth Deckard; his maternal grandparents were Charles Americas and Lavinia (Allen) Clendenning. He had two brothers and four sisters, named Marion, Robert, Melvina, Mary Ellen, Jane and Sissie Mollie. He had six half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Herbert, Marshal, Otto S., Ora, Dillon, Curtis Cecil, Golda Verge, Cordillia and Gertrude Alice.