John Kenner Fancher

Birth: 27 SEP 1899 in Osage, Carroll, Arkansas, USA

Death: 14 APR 1968 in Alpena, Boone, Arkansas, USA
Death: 14 APR 1968 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA
John Kenner was a farmer, a merchant, and a postmaster. He was a key organizer and leader of the Richard Fancher Society beginning in 1949. It was through his efforts that the Mountain Meadows Massacre monument was placed in the Boone County Court Park in 1955. He and Juanita Brooks (a Mormon speaker at the monument dedication) began to work to establish interest in salvaging the old monument at Mountain Meadows in Utah. A new monument was ultimately dedicated in September, 1990. John Kenner closed the country store at Connor, AR in 1961 and moved to Harrison. He traveled extensively. He was an avid reader and spent many hours of retirement time in the Boone County library. He died from a heart attack on Easter Sunday, April 14, 1968 and was buried in the Rule Cemetery, Carroll County, AR. His Father: James Kenner Fancher was born: 18 MAY 1858 in Osage, Carroll, Arkansas, USA
His Mother: Mary Ellen Smith was born: 17 AUG 1860

Marriage 1 Mary Hoppins b: 2 FEB 1902 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA
Married: 20 MAY 1923 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA 1
Children
John Kenner Fancher , Jr.
Stillman Russell Fancher
Remmel Conrad Fancher b: 1927

Marriage 2 Daisy Florence Fanshier b: 23 APR 1899 in Wilson, Kansas, USA
Married: 11 FEB 1956 in Bartlesville, Osage, Oklahoma, USA 1
Marriage fact: 23 OCT 1961 1
Marriage Ending Status: Divorce

Marriage 3 Thelma Nowlin
Married: 1966
Marriage fact: 26 APR 1966 1
Marriage Ending Status: Divorce
His father James Kenner Fancher was born 18 MAY 1858 in Osage, Carroll, Arkansas, USA, and died 1 OCT 1929 in Conner, Carroll Co., AR. He was buried in Fancher Cemetery, Osage, Carroll Co., AR. He was the son of Thomas Washington Fancher and Elizabeth B. Sneed.

His mother Mary Ellen Smith was born 17 AUG 1860, and died 14 DEC 1932. She was buried in Fancher Cemetery, Osage, Carroll Co., AR. She was the daughter of Joseph Smith , Jr. and Ingabor Bird Poteet.

Children of Mary Ellen Smith and James Kenner Fancher are: i. George Crump Fancher was born 13 OCT 1881 in Arkansas, USA, and died 12 MAR 1963.
ii. Joseph Smith Fancher was born 11 FEB 1883 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA, and died 1959 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA. He married Mary Clark 10 AUG 1910. She was born 30 JUL 1884 in Osage, Carroll, Arkansas, USA, and died 29 OCT 1974.
iii. Thomas Poyner Fancher was born 16 MAR 1885 in Osage, Carroll, Arkansas, USA, and died 22 NOV 1953 in Pineville, McDonald, Missouri, USA. He married Blanche Lela Usrey 7 OCT 1906 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA. She was born 4 NOV 1887 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA, and died NOV 1972 in Arkansas, USA.
iv. Ingober Dee Fancher was born 27 JUN 1887 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA, and died 4 NOV 1967 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA. She married Charles P. Snow. He was born 9 DEC 1876 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA, and died 10 JUL 1930 in Springfield, Carroll Co., AR.
v. Bessie Susan Fancher was born 4 JUN 1889 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA, and died 5 FEB 1961.
vi. Birdie Gertrude Fancher was born 7 JUN 1890 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA, and died 20 JUN 1894.
vii. James Poteet Fancher was born 6 MAY 1891 in Conner, Carroll Co., AR, and died 17 FEB 1974 in Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, USA. He married Arcie Vinne Smith 29 MAY 1918 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA. She was born 29 MAY 1898, and died 2 DEC 1971 in Oregon, USA.
viii. Booker Dinsmore Fancher was born 7 JUN 1894 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA, and died 22 MAR 1968 in Arkansas, USA.
ix. William Jennings Bryan Fancher was born 27 SEP 1896 in Arkansas, USA, and died 17 FEB 1917 in Arkansas, USA.
1. x. John Kenner Fancher was born 27 SEP 1899 in Osage, Carroll, Arkansas, USA, and died 14 APR 1968 in Alpena, Boone, Arkansas, USA. He married Mary Hoppins 20 MAY 1923 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA. She was born 2 FEB 1902 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA, and died 29 NOV 1947 in Carroll, Arkansas, USA. He married Daisy Florence Fanshier 11 FEB 1956 in Bartlesville, Osage, Oklahoma, USA, daughter of Thomas J Fanshier and Nora Bell Maxwell. She was born 23 APR 1899 in Wilson, Kansas, USA, and died 6 FEB 1988 in Bartlesville, Osage, Oklahoma, USA. He married Thelma Nowlin 1966.
xi. Mary Edith Fancher was born 16 NOV 1903 in Osage, Carroll, Arkansas, USA, and died 25 JUL 1993 in Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas, USA.