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Show John Tanner and His 192 Family confidence in our team we proposed getting out and walking across with the children, to avoid any possible danger. He accordingly stop ped the team and we lifted our little ones out. We walked across the bridge and watched the team go across all right, but after they were over, they turned suddenly, almost upsetting the wagon, and ran in the wrong direction. The women were brave enought to get in once more when the driver had brought, the partially broken animals under control, but they rode only to the edge of town, and then walked in to the church. They sent word with the driver that if they were wanted back at the ranch to send in a horse team to bring them back, which they did. Because members of the San Bernardino Mission left their homes in such haste and so many of them left all at once, it was difficult to dispose of their property. Not until 1860 was final dis position made of the Tanner San Bernardino holdings, and a part of this deal involved a trade for property in Provo. When this was done Myron took over the Provo property as his share of the partner ship. He then moved to Provo leaving his Payson interests to his brothers, Freeman and J oseph." was the first of the brothers to build The commodious structure he erected not only housed his family, but became the stopping place for many people both prominent and otherwise, as they visited Payson or passed through going north or south. In 1860 Joseph married Elizabeth Haws and their large family eventually numbered thirteen children. In 1882 he married Janette Hamilton who bore twelve children. In 1885 he was married for a third time to Elizabeth Fogelstand who added six children to the family. This made a total of thirty The third one children, the largest family among John's children. wife has the distinction of having the youngest of John Tanner's Joseph a Smith Tanner home in town. grandchildren, Sterling, Freeman E. born in 1905. Tanner, like his brothers, was late in marrying, being past thirty-one when he married Sarah Elizabeth Wilkerson in 1861. They had but one child and separated after fourteen years of marriage. He then married Caroline Christine Rasmussen who bore him eleven children, all born in Payson. David Dan, the youngest of the brothers was married in 1861 Moore, who bore him fourteen children, nine in Payson and the others in Indianola. His second wife, Leatha Susan to Rebecca Estelle |
