Wilson, Douglas L., ed; Davis, Rodney O., ed. 'Register of Informants' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
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Born in Ohio, Pantier moved with his family to Shawneetown, Illinois, in 1815 and then to what is now Menard County in 1826. He served in the Black Hawk War as a private in AL's company. (History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois)