Edward Decker
Edward Decker (May 2, 1827 – July 9, 1911) was an American businessman, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.There he became involved in the lumber industry and was the first man to run logs down the Wolf River to Oshkosh.He purchased a large amount of land in the new county with the intention of starting a community, which he named "Casco", after the town of his birth.In these years, Kewaunee County had a large immigrant population that strongly resisted the new obligations levied by the war—including taxes and conscription.[2] After the war, Decker went into the railroad business with Charles D. Robinson and Anton Klaus to construct a line from Green Bay to Saint Paul, Minnesota.[2] In 1872, he relocated to Green Bay, Wisconsin, and purchased a controlling interest in the Bank of Commerce.David Decker was a miller and merchant in Maine and followed his son west to Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, in 1857.