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Show John Tanner and His 190 Family Mary Jane, who had worried about her dresses and the parties attended, soon caught the spirit of neighborliness and was glad to trade it for the old "party spirit." In tum she contributed much to Myron in many ways culture and refinement of which he was sorely in need, more attention to grooming, better speech, and basic elements of education in general. Myron who at the time of his mar riage could speak only falteringly, was to develop into one of the effective speakers in the area. Give Jane the credit. she - The home Myron built at the herd grounds, was a "snug little house consisting of two rooms on the ground floor and two above. It was nicely furnished with cupboards and everything that was neces sary for convenience. The floors were smooth and white and I took pride in keeping it SO."l3 They moved into this new home in October of 1857, that notable Jane's cerning journal year of the coming of Johnston's army. interesting eyewitness items con "supposed rebellion" quell, and also the reformation which is filled with the unsettled times. She mentions the which the army was coming to was then sweeping Utah and other Mormon areas." Her comments the Reformation are most interesting: on There was no dancing or other amusements, just meetings and fire and brimstone preaching. People got religion and confessed their sins and were rebaptized. Every single person was expected to marry, and a great many unsuitable marriages were made, many of which afterward were dissolved, for it was a time of general religious ex citement." We were all rebaptized in February Myron and I and mother. my - The winter spring a came four-mule was spent in keeping back the army, and then in the Myron spent more than two weeks with the MOVE.16 team helping bring in Juab and Utah counties People fleeing Saints, the folks from the north down south. opened their homes to accommodate until their homes overflowed, and then their filled with the tents of those who could not get inside. were The south Myron Tanners were to have people coming yards from the well. As part of the overall confusion, the San Bernardino Stake was asked to abandon its settlement and move to Utah. Here is Jane's account of the event: as Myron was sent for to go and move his mother who was moving in from San Bernardino. The family consisted of Mother Tanner, and |
