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Show Louisa Maria Lyman Chapter Twenty-Two - 273 Notes 1John Tanner had twenty-one children, seven of whom died before reaching Of the fourteen remaining, four, including a daughter, Matilda Tanner Randall did not join the Mormons on the western migration. ::!Maria's name appears in many of the chapters, but see especially the chapter "The Tanners Embrace Mormonism." 3Lyman, Amasa Mason Lyman gives an interesting fictional account of the meeting of this couple. He is most generous in his praise of the whole Tanner family and of Maria in particular. See especially chapter 1. maturity. p. 61. 5The author finds no complaints of Amasa's extensive church work coming from any of the Tanner family. 6Nathan's "Reminiscences." 7Albert R. Lyman, Francis Marion Lyman, 1840-1916, Apostle, 1880-1916 (Delta, 1958), pp. 6-7. 8Lyman, Amasa Mason Lyman, chapter 7. 9See particularly the chapter "Into Troubled Missouri. 10Lyman, Amasa Mason Lyman, p. 109. lllbid., pp. 114-115. 12Ibid., p. 115. l:iEliza Partridge Lyman, Journal, p. 6. HOriginal in HDC files. 15She is referring to an opportunity to send mail ahead to her husband. 16"Ladys" refers to Amasa's other wives. The author believes Maria and the other wives were under the general care of John Tanner and his family. 100ne wonders if Maria would have been willing for one of the plural wives to take care of his things and do his work. 18Maria is over sensitive about her writing. She is less than an excellent pen man and she has a few blots on her letters, but she makes herself clear. lflAmasa must have thought well of Maria's letters for they were preserved and placed in the church archives. Maria must have suffered from inferior feelings, and it is doubtful if polygamy helped' her in this regard. 20See chapter "The Tanners and the San Bernardino Mission" and also Lyman, Amasa Mason Lyman, p. 212. 4Ibid., :!lTolton, History of Beaver, pp. 10, 11. ::!2Ibid., Jenson, Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 1, p. 96; Jenson, Historical Record, vol. 6, p. 122; Eliza Partridge Lyman, Journal, February 1877. 3He has been restored to all his blessings. 4Lyman, Amasa Mason Lyman, p. 301. 25Eliza Partridge Lyman, Journal, p. 58. ::!6Lyman, Amasa Mason Lyman. ?7Deseret Evening News, May 5, 1906. 28Por tabulation of her descendants see the chapter "The John Tanner Children." |
