John Tanner and his family

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John Tanner and His 230 Family Martin Tanner, born June 11, 1852, at San Bernardino, California. 3. Henry 4. Naomi Ruth Tanner, born California. 5. Samuel A. Tanner, born June 4, 1857, at San fornia. 6. Shepherd Leroy July 17, 1854, Tanner born at San Bernardino, Bernardino, Cali­ at Beaver April 12, 1859, City, Utah. Tanner born Beaver, Utah. 7. Rollin 8. Walter Wate Tanner, born November 30, 1863, at Beaver Utah. Ray September 9, 1861, at City, Sidney Tanner was married the third time at Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 2, 1859, to Rachel Newman. She was born May 27, 1833, in Butler County, Pennsylvania. The couple had six children as follows: 1. William Newman Tanner, born Utah. January 8, 1860, 2. Edith Idella Tanner, born 3. Howard Utah. 4. Rachel Adelia Tanner, born Utah. 5. North Stillman Tanner, born November Utah. 6. Cyrus Livingston Tanner, City, Utah. Sidney was at Beaver City, July 4, 1862, at Beaver City, Utah. born Tanner, Harper January 4, 1864, at Beaver City, September 4, 1866, 26, 1872, born November at Beaver City, Beaver City, at 30, 1877, at Beaver the oldest of John Tanner's children who came West migration. He was born the same year as Abraham with the Mormon Lincoln and was four years younger than the Prophet Joseph Smith. His life is so closely associated with that of his father John Tanner that the history of one is largely the history of the other. There is no account of Sidney's conversion to Mormonism, but it probably took place about the same time and in much the same way as that of his father. He was twenty-three years of age, married, and the father of a son when his father joined the church. Sidney Tanner was only six years younger than John Tanner's third wife Elizabeth Beswick, and his oldest children were older than a number of hers. This often creates an interesting social problem;