Nancy Land was born on 22. May. 1792 at Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina. She was the daughter of
Moses Land and
Charity Beshears. Nancy Land married
Joseph Crownover, son of
Benjamin Crownover and
Rachel Jasper, c 1810. Nancy Land and
Joseph Crownover resided at at Mascoutah, Saint Clair County, Illinois. Nancy Land married
Abel Fike, son of
Nathan Buford Fike and
Susannah Fooshe, on 2. Dec. 1815 at Saint Clair County, Illinois. Nancy Land and
Abel Fike resided at at farm one half mile south of Rentchler's station on the Southeastern Railroad. Nancy Land and
Abel Fike resided at at Looking Glass Prarie 3 miles northeast of, Mascoutah, Saint Clair County, Illinois, in Dec. 1836.
Nancy Land and
Abel Fike appeared on the census of 16. Aug. 1850 at District 2, Saint Clair County, Illinois; real estate value 3,000.00.

Nancy Land died on 12. Dec. 1879 at Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri, at age 87. DIED
On the evening of Dec. 11th, 1879, Mrs. Nancy Fike, one of the oldest and well known inhabitants of this place, in the eighty-eighth year of her age.
She was born in South Carolina, May 22nd, 1792. Her journey of life extended over nearly three genrations, including a time when the few inhabitants of St. Louis were mostly Indians; when Cincinnati was but a village of log huts, Chicago a little trading post, the Mississippi valley a wilderness, and when Ohio was not yet admitted to the Union. With her parents for a short period she resided in Tennessee; but in 1810 emigrated to Illinois, and there remained until her removal to Warrensburg. Longevity was the common inheritance of her father’s house. Her brothers and sisters all lived to a good old age. In her own home she cared for her father in his last illness, who died in the 84th year of his age. Religion was no less prominent. For 65 years she had been a very prominent and faithful member of the M.E. Church. In the pioneer days of the early itinerants, her house was not only a home for the ministers, but the appointed place for preaching, the prayer meeting and the class meeting; and then the "hallowed spot" where many souls were happily converted to God. No doubt many of these ministers, classmates and converts have greeted this departed saint in the eternal home of the blessed. Three of her own children preceded her to rest. Five others are active members of the church on earth. Whenever they exemplify Christ in business or labor in the Sunday School, or lead others toward heaven, the life of this faithful mother yet speaks and her "works do follow her." To her the change was expected day by day. She usually prefaced all plans for the immediate future by saying, "If I am still here." All material preparations, minutely and generally, were in perfect readiness. Truly in the exalted sense her "house was set in order." Her desire often expressed, and no doubt her secret prayer, was that she might be spared from physical suffering in the final dissolution. She was not disappointed. On Saturday eveing she retired in her usual manner and when calmly and perfectly at rest, her hands and feet adjusted for the night, she said to a friend who was present "I feel so comfortable I think I will sleep well to-night." In a few moments she said "Blessed Jesus" and fell asleep. In a few minutes, without moving a hand, foot or finger, she ceased to breathe. She thus, without special illness or any suffering, and beautifully feel (sic) asleep in death. The peculiar manner of her death impressed all those who looked upon the peaceful features and as they thought of the years below and the life above, represented in this calm and peaceful sleep, no doubt said, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like her’s."
The funeral services were conducted in the church; a very large congregation listed attentively to a sermon from the appropriate text concerning the death of Stephen: "And when he had said this, he fell asleep.