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Show Meet John Tanner 25 +Nathan's writings are all in the History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (hereafter cited as H.D.C.). 5His mission was to the Pacific Isles. 6See chapter "The Payson Reunion" in this volume. "The author has published this and given handouts to family members. sHDC. 0Many libraries have this booklet. Also many Tanner family members. lOOriginal with E. Pingree Tanner, Magrath, Alberta. Typed copies HDC and the author. llCopy HDC also author. 12Author not known but possibly Francis M. Lyman. l3Jenson, Biographical Encyclopedia, gives short sketches of prominent men in the church. 14HDC, newspaper clippings constitutes a major source of this material. l5For further information on John Tanner's ancestry the reader is referred to John Tanner Family. l6The author has not attempted research into the towns of Hopkinton, Rhode Island, or Greenwich, New York. It was thought the time and effort required outweigh the beneficial results. The Reverend George C. Tanner of Fairbault, Minnesota, has left some records of the Tanners in these two towns and the in formation may be seen in John Tanner Family. 17John Tanner Family, pp. 23-25. Note the author's spelling of "Lydia Stewart." This spelling will be used in preference to "Stuart." lSThe Tanner family has spent considerable amounts in genealogical research without being able to fill in all desired dates. The present author will not attempt genealogy but will confine his efforts to history, biography, and incidents of interest. lOThe children were: Elisha Bently, William Stewart, Matilda, Sidney, John Joshua, and Nathan. Two children, Willard and Romelia, died at Greenwich. John Tanner Family p. 23 20See the chapter in this volume on Lake George. would . . 21Nathan's Journal. 22Ibid. 23Earl Pingree Tanner had his figures too high. The Tanner book he refers published in 1923 and revealed the fact that John Tanner's descendants numbered 2,609, 171 of which were in the East and 2,438 in the West. The com pliers estimated that several hundred names were never included in the compilation because of the inability to secure the information. In the John Tanner Genealogy published in 1923, the author makes the state ment: "The Mormon Church has been noted for the numerous posterity of its early scions. No one compares in number of his posterity with John Tanner who arrived in Utah in 1848 and died in 1850." But this has not been proved. As Earl Pingree Tanner has correctly stated, most families do not know with any certainty to was what their numbers are. |
