He is married to Margaret Elizabeth Decker.
They got married in the year 1799, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
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Margaret Elizabeth Decker |
Joseph Schoonover, son of Benjamin, first located on the farm now owned by Samuel Barrett. He was elected one of the first officers of the town, in 1811. He married Elizabeth Decker, and ten children were born to them, viz: ; David, Ira, Daniel, Fayette, Franklin, Lydia, Hannah, Simeon, Jacob and Elias. The last mentioned was born in Candor, January 5, 1812, married Mary, daughter of Reuben Chittenden, of Newark Valley, and reared nine children, as follows: Eudora, Oscar, Carolyn, Sarah, Olive, Mary, Lola, Joseph, and Chloe. Of these, only four are living: Eudora, wife of James Miller, of Kirkwood, N.Y., Oscar, of Woodstock, Ia., Corolyn, wife of S. J. Northrup, of Montrose, Pa., publisher of the Montrose Sentinel, and Sarah, wife of B. R. Van Scoy.