Fancher, G. B.

Flourished: Coles County, Illinois

Alternate name: Fanchier

Fancher moved to Coles County, Illinois, sometime before the Black Hawk War, in which he served alongside Abraham Lincoln. In 1840, he had eleven other people in his household.

Muster Roll of Captain Jacob M. Early’s Company of Mounted Volunteers; U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Coles County, IL, 189.