Browse Items (1 total) Tags: Elder family Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Elmer R. Elder and His Family Photograph of Elmer R. Elder (b. 1/13/1878, d. 2/4/1928) and his family. Elder was elected mayor of Decatur in 1923 over Dan Dinneen. He entered politics in 1920, and was elected to the board of supervisors as the Assistant Supervisor of Decatur… Tags: Assistant supervisor, biography, Board of Supervisors, chairman of hard roads, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Township, Elder family, Elmer R. Elder, Grace Methodist Church, Lions Club, Masons, Mayor, mayor of Decatur, Modern Woodmen of America, Photo File: Biography, Rembrandt Studios, Route 10, Staley Viaduct, unknown children, unknown woman