According to The Echo (Vol XII, No 6, Winter 1996-97), by the Basket
Historical Society of the Upper Delaware Valley, Long Eddy, NY ...

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In Hamilton Child's "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Sullivan County
for 1872-73", Wilhelm of Fremont Center is listed as hotel keeper, brewer,
and farmer (owns 40 acres of land).

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from findagrave.com ...

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From the ECHO - official publicaiton of the Basket Historical Society of the
Upper Delaware Valley, Vol III, No. 6, Winter 1984 - Long Eddy, NY page eight:

"THE YEAR WAS 1883 - Wm. Deckelman of Hankins Depot died at his residence
on December 22. He was one of the first settlers in the Town of Fremont
having come to this country in 1843. He was 62 years old."

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From the Sullivan County Democrat, Callicoon, New York in December of 1883:

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Wm. Deckelman of Hankins Depot died very suddenly at his residence on
December 22, 1883.  Mr. Deckelman was one of the first settlers in the
Town of Fremont.  He came to this country in 1843 and was 62 years old.
He leaves a wife and two married daughters.

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From the Sullivan County Democrat, Callicoon, New York in Feb of 1889:

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  We are informed that Mrs. Catherine, relict of the late William Deckelman
of Obernburg, died on Wednesday of last week, at the age of 70 years.

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From The Echo, Basket Historical Society of the Upper Delaware Valley,
Long Eddy, New York, Vol XI No 3, Fall 1994:

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Fremont Center Notes
by Thelma Herbert
Town of Fremont Historian

The End of an Era

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  The first three families to move into Obernburg were the Wegmans, who were
of Swiss descent.  The Wilhelm Deckelman family and the John Herbert family.

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