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1841 …the ground was covered with snowabout a foot deep. There was one small log cabin on the ground occupied by Brother Decker, who was called mayor. The brethren concluded that they wanted no lots and began to make arrangements to move on to Nauvoo. (2, pp. 173-77)
13 Dec 1841 December 13th Isaac Decker, Presiding Elder at Warsaw, stated to the Presidency at Nauvoo [that the citizens of Warsaw were oppressing the Saints there]…and the First Presidency decided that the saints should remove from Warsaw to Nauvoo immediately, and that the proceedings at Warsaw be published in the Times and Seasons. (17) Vol. 2 p. 342-343
1841 “In 1841 they [Isaac & Harriet Decker] took up their abode at Nauvoo…” (2) Vol 8 p. 175
Tenant at Blk 160, Lot 4 in Nauvoo. (1) *FILE*-14728
The biographers say that it was in 1841 that Isaac and Harriet separated on amicable terms.

My father, Fera Decker, told me that the family tradition was that the split was over polygamy. Harriet had picked out a second wife for Isaac and he wouldn’t take her. At the request of Joseph Smith, he had converted his substantial property into funds with which he had redeemed Kirtland Bank paper and made himself destitute. This had been done under secrecy from Harriet. She felt he was failing away from the church and under well meaning, and I suspect fanatical advisors (who knew nothing of his financial situation) she was talked into repudiating Isaac and marrying Lorenzo as a plural wife.

My Dad said that this tradition was supported by Orson F. Whitney as a speaker at the funeral of Clara Decker Young (My father’s Aunt Clara). “Now it can be told” he said and proceeded to give his version of the meeting between Isaac and the Prophet Joseph at which the request was made and the secrecy agreed to. At any rate Isaac apparently considered himself unqualified to take on the responsibilities of polygamy at that time. 		(23)
1842 “Isaac Decker [Nauvoo Block 160]: Value of Watches: $5; Other Property: $30; Total Personal Property, Hancock County, 1842 Tax Record: $35”(12) p. 213
26 Nov 1842 [November] 26, [1842]--“I [Brigham Young]…was attacked with the most violent fever…I laid in a log house, which was rather open; it was so very cold during my sickness, that Brother Isaac Decker, my attendant, froze his fingers and toes while fanning me, with boots, greatcoat and mittens on, and with a fire in the house from which I was shielded by a blanket.” (5) p. 54
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