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On another occasion she had reason to request an audience with the governor of
Georgia. After her visit with the governor, the purpose of her visit was successful. This
was unheard of in her day.
Nathan mentioned earlier, when the last children were about grown up and he was
50 years old , decided to get married. Nancy raised Holy Hell with him. Told him he
wasn't old enough to know anything about getting married. She also lamented the fact
that he was deserting her. Nathan got married, but Nancy never did forgive him.
Nancy died in 1919 at the home of her youngest son, Walter Ichabod Fouraker of
Wellborn, Florida. She is buried at Bethel Cemetery^ near Fargo, Georgia.
Children of Ichabod and Nancy Daugharty Fouraker
B: M:
Nancy Fouraker 1854 1. S.A. Swerington
2. Samuel Register
Aaron 1855 Earline Tomlinson
Nathan Twin 1858 Elizabeth Register
Zelphia Twin 1858 William W. Johnson
Sara 1861 Died in infancy
James 1862 Vashite Burnett
Gideon 1866 Julia Catherine O'Stein
Elizabeth 1868 Jesse English
William Twin 1872 Died from burns as a child
Martha Twin 1872 Hardy Bryant Johnson
Margaret Elizabeth 1874 William Henry Harris
(Abbie's mother)
Annie Dell 1876 David W. Littlefield
Walter Ichabod 1877 Helen Swerington
Sally 1879 Died from bums as a child
Viola 1879 Died ininfancy
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