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John Tanner and His 204 Chapter Sixteen - Family Notes the interest IBrown, Giant oj the Lord, p. 468. This book should be of Tanners, particularly the descendents of Seth B. Tanner. Morton P. 2They were Daniel B. Rawson, John C. Thompson, Seth B. Tanner, Luther Mortenson, Bengt Jenson, Hans Funk, Ernest Tietjen, Andrew L. Gibbons, C. Burnham, Thales H. Haskill, Ira Hatch, Warren M. Johnson, and William H. Gibbons. The captain was James Stephen Brown. Ibid., p. 468. 3Ibid., p. 471; Ibid., p. 474. 4Ibid., p. 475. 5Rulon E. Porter, "History of Little Colorado Mission" (Manuscript HOC). 6John Bushman, "His Life and Labors" (Manuscript, HOC). 7George S. Tanner, "Henry Martin Tanner, Joseph City, Arizona Pioneer" (Salt to Lake City, 1964). Family publication. 8Jesse Nathaniel Smith, "The Life Story of City, 1953), p. a Mormon Pioneer," (Salt Lake 242, May 12, 1880. 9The dam is built six miles upstream from Joseph City, and the six-mile long canal which conducted the water to the farms was almost as troublesome as the dam in the river. "lOThe settlers built settling ponds in an attempt to take some of the worst sedi­ ment from the water, but this was not entirely satisfactory. llJohn A. Blythe to Salt Lake friend, "Little Colorado Stake Journal History" HOC. 12Allen City, United Order Minutes. BYU Special Collections, November 8, 1882. 13George S. Tanner, "Henry Martin Tanner." BU. S. Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. The author has an impressive file on this and other matters pertaining to the history of the Mormons in Arizona. 15Philippians, 4: 11. Only saintly people are able to place the public good above personal desires. Henry Martin Tanner and a few other "saintly" brethren managed to submerge their own selves for what they considered the good of Zion.