Col. John Pine Decatur (1786-1832)
of Newark, N.J., Sutler to Fort Gibson and previously Navy Agent at Portsmouth, N.H.
He was born in Philadelphia. From 1811 to 1814, he was a partner in the firm of Bullus, Decatur & Rucker, owners of the Bellona Powder Mills at Belleville, New Jersey. He was a sportsman, active in the War of 1812, and kept a large residence in Newark, New Jersey. He died of Typhoid at Fort Gibson, Arkansas, where he was the fort's sutler (supplier).
