- Gender
- Female
- Alternate Names
- Alger, Fanny
Custer, Fanny Alger
Biography
Ca. 1818–29 Nov. 1889. Born in New York. Daughter of Samuel Alger and Clarissa Hancock. Family moved to Lebanon, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, by 1820. Moved to Mayfield, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, by 1828. Resided in Chagrin, Cuyahoga Co., 1830. Lived with JS’s family, ca. 1833. Identified in some sources as a plural wife of JS. Moved to Wayne Co., Indiana, Sept. 1836. Married Solomon Custer, 16 Nov. 1836, in Dublin, Wayne Co. Present at organization of Lima branch of church, 23 Oct. 1840, in Adams Co., Illinois. Lived in Dublin, 1850. Moved to Lewisville, Henry Co., Indiana, by 1870. Returned to Dublin, by 1874. Joined Universalist church in Dublin, 10 Oct. 1874. Moved to Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, to live with her son, by 1887. Died at Indianapolis.
Links
- Appendix 3: Statement on Marriage, circa August 1835
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 21 January 1838
- Letter from Thomas B. Marsh, 15 February 1838
- Letter to Emma Smith and the Relief Society, 31 March 1842
- Letter to Newel K., Elizabeth Ann Smith, and Sarah Ann Whitney, 18 August 1842
- Minutes, 12 April 1838