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Show John the Generous 73 Myron attributed his ability to get things done to his greater experience; but it was more than experience, some folks seem to have the knack of getting things done while others only compound the problem. George A. Smith, many have one of the Tanner boys reassuring M. Amasa and Charles When C. Rich returned to along. Lyman Salt Lake from the San Bernardino Mission with their numerous mule teams and wagons, they felt more secure by having Sidney Tanner Besides others were Ezra T. Benson and Apostles to find it to was And when Colonel Thomas L. Kane reached trip to mediate the dispute between Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston and Brigham Young, Joseph Smith Tanner, then in his early twenties, was engaged as a guide to assist there to manage San Bernardino things. on his historic bringing the welcome visitor to Utah." Joseph tells of acquiring additional animals from his older brother, Freeman E. Tanner; the Tanners had the best horses and mules in the country. in Brigham Young called James S. Brown to go to Arizona and explore the Little Colorado River country preparatory to sending out a colonizing mission, he gave Brown the privilege of choosing the personnel who would accompany him. One of the first choices was Seth Benjamin Tanner who became his right hand man, and after fulfilling his work with James S. Brown, remained in In 1875 when Arizona the rest of his life." An to give, of important part whether it be desire, and the generosity service, food, Tanners always had is to have or something money. of value things of value part is The other as well as the desire. When the John Tanner "train" pulled out of Bolton that Christ day in 1834, bound for Kirtland, Ohio, there were ten other wagons, beside the six required to haul the Tanners and their equipage. How many of these were indebted to John Tanner in whole or in part is not known, but it is safe to say most of them were.' John had sold a considerable portion of his extensive land holdings in Bolton and was "gathering" to the Saints' headquarters to assist in building up Kirtland, Ohio, and in particular the Kirtland temple. mas The event for which John Tanner has become the most noted in church history is that connected with raising the mortgage on the property on which the temple was being constructed. Most of the Saints were poor and money was difficult to come by. In spite |
