Polk was the son of James F. and Elizabeth Carlock Fancher. He was in the Arkansas Cavalry in the CSA during the Civil War and then became a lawyer and judge in Carroll Co.
He was married to Susan Eliza Crump on July 2, 1869 and they had seven children, four of whom died before the age of seven, also buried here.∼

James Knox Polk FANCHER
Birth: 13 OCT 1842 in Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas
Death: 16 OCT 1924 in Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas
Burial: Old Fancher Cemetery, Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas

He was in CO.E AR CAV.

Census: 1850 Arkansas, Carroll County, Osage Township,
Father: James F. FANCHER b: 26 JAN 1790 in Stokes County, North Carolina
Mother: Elizabeth CARLOCK b: 18 MAR 1800 in Stokes County, North Carolina

Marriage 1 Susan Eliza CRUMP b: 22 FEB 1845 in Mt. Pleasant, Harlan County, Kentucky
Married: 2 JUL 1869 in Boone County, Arkansas
Children
Flemmie FANCHER b: 2 APR 1870
Joseph Smith FANCHER b: 23 NOV 1871 in Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas
Alice Barnes FANCHER b: 27 APR 1874 in Carroll County, Arkansas
Grace FANCHER b: 12 MAY 1879
Mary Gertrude FANCHER b: ABT 1880
James Polk FANCHER , Jr. b: 8 JUN 1883
John Knox FANCHER b: 8 JUN 1883

James married Susan E. Crump 2 July 1869
in Boone County, Arkansas. (Susan E. Crump was the daughter of John G. and
Eliza Crump, born 22 February 1845 in Mt. Pleasant, Kentucky; Died 11 April 1884, Buried in the Fancher-Seitz Cemetery.) 7 Children. James Polk Fancher was a Sergeant, Company E, First Arkansas Battalion, Cavalry and Infantry in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was known as "Polk" or "Black Polk" because of his black hair. He was elected Circuit Clerk 1872-1876,
Representative in the State Legislature in 1885, Special Indian Deportation
and Disbursing Agent in 1888 and 1889, County Clerk 1892-1898, amd County
Judge in 1920. He was an attorney and active in the Masons, and community affairs.
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James Knox Polk Fancher and his wife Susan are not buried in the Fancher IOOF Cemetery, originally known as the Tom Fancher Cemetery. They are buried in the Old Fancher Cemetery, now known as the Fancher-Seitz Cemetery on the Old Fancher Farm of James and Elizabeth (Carlock) Fancher. LM
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Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History, Vol. XIV' states
J. Polk Fancher, of Berryville, was born in Carroll county, Ark., October 13, 1842. He began his military service in March, 1861, enlisting in the Arkansas State troops, with which he participated in the battle of Wilson's Creek in Missouri, August 10, 1861. Subsequently he entered the Confederate service as a private in Company E, First Arkansas battalion of cavalry, under Maj. W.H. Brooks, with which he was in active duty during the retreat to southwestern Missouri and the battle of Elkhorn Tavern. The battalion crossed the Mississippi with General Price, and was on duty during the siege of Corinth and the retreat to Tupelo, and then was known as Stirman's sharpshooters, under the command of Major Stirman. They were in battle at Iuka, and, in Phifer's brigade of Maury's division, took a conspicuous part in the attack on Corinth in October, 1862, and the fight on the Hatchie river. At the opening of Grant's movement against Vicksburg from the South, the battalion, with the First Missouri cavalry and Dawson's battery, held Thompson's hill on the Big Black river, and during the campaign that followed they were actively engaged with Dockery's brigade, in the battle of Champion's Hill and other engagements. During the siege of Vicksburg the battalion rendered particularly effective service in driving from Gen. S. D. Lee's front, a force of Federals who had taken position in the ditch during the general assault by Grant's army. Private Fancher, promoted to sergeant, shared all these operation of his battalion, was on duty in the trenches of Vicksburg through the siege of forty eight days, and at the surrender was paroled, and transferred to the Trans-Mississippi department. After the close of hostilities he spent a short time in Texas, and then returned to Arkansas and made his home in Carroll county, where he has been quite prominent as a public official, serving as clerk of the county and circuit courts for six years, the same period as county clerk, and as a member of the legislature in 1885. During President Cleveland's first administration he served for eighteen months as special Indian agent and disbursing officer. In 1886 he was admitted to the practice of law and since that date he has been engaged in that profession. He has three children living; Joseph S., Alice Arnett, and Mary G.
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081)