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210 John Tanner and His also a ten finance Family committee; after which the meeting adjourned for years.' The family dined with Freeman Tanner on Saturday and with Joseph Tanner on Sunday, and Monday most of them returned to their homes except John J. Tanner, who stayed to finish the holidays with his married children who reside there, there being five families of them. was a time long to be remembered, there were meetings of friends who had long been parted, and many who had never before met, and some felt ten years was too long to postpone another meeting. It son of Sidney Tanner, came from St. Joseph, Arizona, himself as being well repaid for his journey, though hard one on account of the snow in the mountains which Henry Tanner, and expressed it was a very deep. Seth B. Tanner, of Moancoppy, Arizona, started but unable to get his wagon across what is known as the Buckskin was being Mountains, returned home. likenesses historian. Many were sent in, which will be preserved by the family people of Payson were very kind in extending their the occasion, for which we tender them thanks. 8 The on hospitality We also extend our thanks to the choir for their kind services on the occasion, and the gentlemanly managers of the Opera House, who did everything they could for our comfort and convenience. Mary Jane Tanner, Secy. Nathan Tanner Myron Tanner Joseph Some comments on the Payson S. Tanner Reunion ! Committee Report The secretary, Mary Jane Mount Tanner, gives the total de­ scendants of John Tanner at the time of the reunion, December 31, 1884, as 484. This figure did not include the four families who remained in the East. She probably was unable to get the statistics. The following table shows the size of the various families who West. The number following the minus (-) sign indicates those who were dead at the time of the reunion. came