Fanny Alger

Alternate Names
Francis Ward Alger Custer
Fanny Custer (Married Name)
Fanny Smith (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1817 September 30
Death Date
On 1889 November 29
Gender
Female

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 Joseph Smith’s family, ca. 1833. Identified in some sources as a plural wife of Joseph Smith. 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. 

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Born in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

1817 September 30

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Occurred On 1817 September 30
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Married Joseph Smith, Jr.

1835 (Age 17)

Died in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States

1889 November 29 (Age 72)

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Occurred On 1889 November 29
Died

Baptized

1927 November 22