Source Text:
Birth: Feb. 7, 1779
Boonesborough
Madison County
Kentucky, USA
Death: Jan. 9, 1859
Menard County
Illinois, USA
James Phillip Pantier was the son of Susannah Devine (1745-1796) and Phillip John Pantier (1742-1787).
He married Susannah Cassanah Murphy (1781-1870) on July 28, 1803 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio.
Children:
• John W. (1804-1832)
• Polyanna (Pantier) Summers (1805-1847)
• Hanna Smith (Pantier) Young (1806-1847)
• Robert (1807-__)
• David Marion (1808-1889) •
• Sarah R. (1815-1845)
The History of Menard and Mason Counties has that James was the second male white child born in Kentucky and that his father accompanied Daniel Boone in his earliest adventures in hunting and warring with the savage red-skins on the "dark and bloody ground." He came to Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois in 1815 and moved to Menard County, Illinois in the winter of 1826. James settled near the site of old Concord Church, purchasing the claim of William Armstrong, were he continued to reside till near the close of his earthly career, when he lived with his son, David. He was an elder of Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and a "faith doctor" who supposedly could cure almost anything including snakebites with the touch of his hand. He died at Sand Ridge in 1859 and lies buried in the cemetery, on land then owned by W. Goodpasture, along with many of the other early pioneer settlers. He is mentioned a number of times in Abraham Lincoln's biography, by Carl Sandburg, as "Uncle Jimmy". He reportedly wore buckskins all of his life.
Read more about him in Robert Clary Pantier's, his grandson, biography in Past and Present of Menard County, Illinois.
Family links:
Spouse:
Susannah Cassanah Murphy Pantier (1781 - 1870)
Children:
John W. Pantier (1804 - 1832)*
Hannah Pantier Young (1806 - 1847)*
David Marion Pantier (1808 - 1889)*
Pollie Pantier Summers (1811 - 1890)*
Sarah R. Pantier (1815 - 1845)*
*Calculated relationship
Inscription:
James Pantier / Born / Feb. 7, 1779, / Died / Jan. 19, 1859, / Aged / 79 yrs 11 mo. 12 dys.
Burial:
Old Concord Cemetery
Petersburg
Menard County
Illinois, USA
Maintained by: Lee A. Hillard
Originally Created by: Charles W Brown
Record added: Mar 17, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 18492213
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