findagrave.com ... BEGIN Sally Mead Fancher Birth 28 Nov 1777 Connecticut, USA Death 1 May 1857 (aged 79) Ohio, USA Burial Ninevah Cemetery Greenwich, Huron County, Ohio, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 41.0085984, Longitude: -82.4568167 Plot Row 13 Memorial ID 68758010 · View Source Mrs. Thadeus Fancher, nee Sally Mead, came to Greenwich with her husband and nine children from Ulster County, N.Y. They were six weeks on the way. Mrs. Fancher's hands were ever busy with the cares of her own household. -Pioneer Women of Greenwich, Huron County, 1817-1840 Inscription Aged 79 y 5 m 3 d Family Members Parents Capt Matthew Mead 1734–1812 Mary Bush Mead 1742–1813 Spouse Thadeus Fancher 1777–1854 Siblings Elizabeth "Betsey" Mead Brown 1760–1844 Ruth Mead Bouton 1762–1841 CPT Matthew Mead Jr 1767–1851 Justus Bush Mead 1769–1849 Rebecca Mead Gilmore 1773–1855 Charity Mead Howell 1775–1849 Amos Mead 1779–1860 Pamelia Bush Mead Marshall 1784–1857 Bush Mead 1786–1860 Children Mary Fancher Lutts 1798–1833 Caroline Fancher York 1800–1885 Daniel Fancher 1802–1885 Mead Fancher 1805–1872 Thaddeus Seymour Fancher 1809–1894 Sally A Fancher Mead 1816–1855 Matthew Fancher 1819–1850 Varney P Fancher 1823–1870 William Fancher unknown–1886 END findagrave.com ... BEGIN Thadeus Fancher Birth 12 Aug 1777 Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York, USA Death 26 Dec 1854 (aged 77) Greenwich, Huron County, Ohio, USA Burial Ninevah Cemetery Greenwich, Huron County, Ohio, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 41.0085923, Longitude: -82.4568057 Plot Row 13 Memorial ID 68758011 · View Source Son of Daniel Fancher and Esther Seymour. _____ Thaddeus Fancher, a native of England, ... was born in 1777, ... where he learned the harness maker's trade. Emigrating to the United States, Thaddeus Fancher found a home near Stamford, Conn., followed his trade, and there married Sally Mead, a daughter of Gen. Mead, of Revolutionary fame. To that marriage twelve children were born, namely: Mary, Caroline, Daniel, Mead, Eliza, Thaddeus S., Amy, William, Sarah, Mathew, William and Varney P., of whom Sarah, Mathew and Varney P. were born in Huron county. About the year 1808 the family moved from Connecticut to Ulster county, N. Y., where the father followed his trade until the war of 1812 called all loyal men to arms. Mr. Fancher was drawn into the maelstrom, and took up arms against the troops of his native land. After the war he resumed his trade, and resided with his family in Ulster county until 1815, when he set out on the long journey to Huron county, Ohio, to see for himself whether the glowing reports about the "Firelands" were reliable. The journey was made on foot, and satisfied Mr. Fancher that the land was all that was claimed for it, however wild the country. He returned to Ulster county, but in 1819 revisited Ohio, selected a tract in Greenwich township, Huron county, and went home to prepare for the removal of his family to a new home in a new land. In November, 1820, the family started on the journey to Ohio, a wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen with a horse for leader being used during the long trip, which occupied five weeks and four days. When passing through Cleveland only eight huts marked the site of that now prosperous city, and along the route via Oberlin and Fitchville Caucasian life was scarce indeed. On Christmas Eve, 1820, the family found shelter in a cabin occupied by a man named Waters. On Christmas Day they arrived in Greenwich township, and took possession of an old hut, which stood on the farm now owned by C. A. Sutton. Within a day or so they had a visit from David Briggs, their first neighbor, who lived about two miles away, and in the walk over that short distance he killed seven deer. He informed the new comers of his feat, and with Mr. Fancher's help gathered in the game and insured to his new friends enough meat to supply the table for the winter. The father died December 26, 1854, the mother May 1, 1857. He was truly on of the pioneers of northern Ohio, was a leading Whig of this section, and though not an adherent of the Democratic party the men of that faction, who knew him, admired him for his sincerity and honesty of purpose. -Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1894, pp. 285-286 Inscription Aged 77 y 4 m 14 d Family Members Spouse Sally Mead Fancher 1777–1857 Children Mary Fancher Lutts 1798–1833 Caroline Fancher York 1800–1885 Daniel Fancher 1802–1885 Mead Fancher 1805–1872 Thaddeus Seymour Fancher 1809–1894 Sally A Fancher Mead 1816–1855 Matthew Fancher 1819–1850 Varney P Fancher 1823–1870 William Fancher unknown–1886 END