John Tanner and his family

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Aleetlohn Tanner 23 miles upstream from Albany and five miles east of the Hudson River." They were to remain in Greenwich twenty-seven years, and many important events happened during this time. provisions John's father, Joshua died called upon to settle the estate and make for his widowed mother and orphaned brothers and sisters. in 1807 and John was Bently, date unknown, but about 1800, Elisha son, Bently Tanner, was born to them March 23, 1801, at Greenwich, New York. Tabitha died April 9, 1801, and John was married again in the fall of 1801 to Lydia Stewart, by whom he had twelve children." But the facts known of the family in Greenwich are fragmentary, and are primarily vital statistics such as marriages, births, and deaths." John married Tabitha and a Little is known of John's ancestors and what little is known has been recorded in Iohn Tanner 'focus attention biographies delight their In family on Family. This book will, therefore, John Tanner and his descendants and stories about them which will interest hoping to give and, hopefully, descendants. 1818, John Tanner, then forty years of age and with a six, moved to the Lake George area." It is in the Bolton of area, near the shores of beautiful Lake George that the family comes into focus. Members of the family have described Lake George as one of the beautiful bodies of water in the land. Tourists who visit it and stop in one of the numerous resorts all agree." Now free from the of his father's family John was prepared son Nathan said of him, "He com­ menced poor, after settling the affairs of a widowed family, he but by hard work and economy, accumulated being the eldest, around him the comforts of life.'?' John Tanner was the kind of man who could not be kept poor whatever he did he prospered. At a time when most Americans lived on the land, he fit into the pattern and prospered. cares to launch out on his own. His ... - Further comments from Nathan deserve reporting: He had a delightful home on the west side of Lake George, one of the finest sheets of water in the world. Here he carried on farming extensively; stock-raising and dairying on different farms; and owned some 2,200 acres of land with homes and barnes to accomodate a number of families; and orcharding in great abundance. He also kept a hotel of some considerable note. All these various branches of business made work for his family and all he could hire.