N. C. FANCHER, physician, settled in Lincoln, Kan., in the spring of 1880, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. He was born in Overton County, Tenn., Jan. 18, 1835, where he was brought up as a farmer's boy until 1850, when he went to Harrison County, Mo., where he again farmed until 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company G, Sixth Missouri S. Militia, and was discharged as a private, April 20, 1865. During his term of service he participated in nearly all the battles of any importance in Missouri, of which the following are a few of them: Engagement with Porter on H. & St. Joe R. R., battle of Humansville, Mo., where Joe Shelby and Quantrell were handsomely whipped, battle of Pineville, Berryville, second battle of Fort Smith, Buffalo Valley, and drove Pap Price from Raleigh to Jefferson, Elm Creek and many others of less importance. After his discharge from the army he returned to Harrison County, Mo., where he visited friends for one year, when he went to Kansas City, Mo., where he engaged in contracting as a brick and stone mason and plasterer until 1869, when he met with an accident, breaking his leg, compelling him to give up his trade, when he purchased a stock of drugs and located in what was then New Chicago, Kan., the first stock of drugs in the town, where he conducted his business and read medicine under Dr. Sweeney, of the same place, until 1873, when he moved to Sumner County, Kan., where he took up a farm, where he resided as a farmer and a doctor until April, 1879, when he came to Lincoln, where he has since been in the practice of his profession; attended lectures at the Medical College of Kansas City, Mo. He is a member of the Eclectic Board of Physicians of Kansas. He was married to Miss Rebecca Sams, in April, 1857. They have one child - James D. Dr. Fancher is a member of the Order of S. K. G. A. U.

Wm. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas