John Tanner and his family

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326 John Tanner and His In his in own words here are some Family of the activities Joseph mentions paper he dictated: a Four years, between 1867 and 1878, I was a member of the city council, then I served four years as mayor from 1879 to 1883, after which I became councilman for two years. I assisted in orginizing the Cooperative Dairy Company of Payson and for six years was a member of the County Herd Board. For some time I was agent for the herd, and afterwards its vice-president. When the company dissolved, I was chairman of a committee wind up its affairs and settle with the stockholders. appointed to was a member of the first board of directors of the Provo Woolen Mills and remained a member up to the time the Salt Lake Woolen Mills merged into one, then I was dropped to make a vacancy for one of the large stockholders of the Salt Lake Woolen Mills. I About 1872, I Institute, which elected president of the Payson I held about fifteen years. was Cooperative position For many years I have presided over the Co-operative Meat Market, and have been director of the Payson Exchange Saving Bank since its organization. I am and have been organization except president one of the Payson Creamery since its year. impressive record in civic and business affairs. indicate, but it is unlikely that he received com­ to amount to anything for any of his services rendered. Of pensation would have he course, profited from dividends in the various enter­ which he was in involved, should they have produced any. prises With his numerous families, which eventuated in the production of thirty-one children, he would have need of a considerable income. This is He does not a rather so Most of this must have been derived from the farm and herd which he managed so skilfully and which rewarded him well. It is of note that he was a good provider, and his families "never had to beg bread.'?" It has often been said that if you want to get something done, busy man. No one knows this better than the church leadership, and Joseph was called on for much church work. ask a He writes that he 1857, by Amasa M. marriage when he ordained an elder while in California in his brother-in-law. This was before his young man of twenty-four. was Lyman, was a