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John Tanner and His 404 Family expected to return in eighteen months at most, but he met with reverse, and being unwilling to return without accomplishing his purpose, year after year passed and he did not return. Circumstances led to missunder­ standings, for mails were tardy in those days, and it took many months to go to him which she wished him to return to the valley and live his religion. This led to a separation, and she married Stillman Pond, by whom she had one daughter Martha Ann, born Oct. 13, 1853. She married Walter Read of Salt Creek, by whom she now has four children, viz. Gertie, Mattie, Walter and Joseph Marion. I should have mentioned before, that she had a little daughter by whom she my father, born Oct 8, 1848. She married Martin Taylor, by had five children, Mary, Florence, Lee, Joseph Mount, and Mattie Lisle. Her name is Cornelia, and these two with myself are all the children of and we are my father or mother, except the two who died at Dayton all living at present. My father came to the valley in 1853, and married Sarah Lawrence, whose first husband was Joseph Smith the prophet. Her second was Heber C. Kimbal counselor to Brigham Young, in the first presidency. Her to get letters back and forth. He wished my mother she refused to do, as brothers and sisters were James, Nelson, Henry, Julia A. Margaret E. and two half brothers Don Carlos Butterfield and Edward Butterfield. They belonged to the Church once, but I believe they have all apostatized now, and no doubt their names will be forgotten in another half century. In 1854, my father and Sarah went to California and I never saw him again. She died in 1872 in San Francisco. My father died in San Francisco in 1876. He was worth considerable property at the time of He estimated it at about thirty-five thousand dollars. After his death his property was sold and divided among the Lawrence family according to his wife's will. It was then thirty-five hundred dollars in cash Cornelia and myself received through the kindness of Henry his return to Cal. one hundred dollars each. On the 22nd of May 1856, I was married to Myron Tanner, and in July we moved to Payson. My mother, being then a widow came that fall to live with us, and the following spring was married to Timothy B. Foot, and went to Nephi Juab Co. where she resided eighteen years. She died on the 30th of Oct. 1875 at the age of sixty two. Her life held many trials, but she lived and died, honored and loved by all who knew her. As to personal appearance, She was tall and slim, with black hair and eyes, and fair complexion. She was dignified in her deportment, and Lawrence, modest in all her characteristics. We resided at Paysen four years. There our two eldest children were born. Myron Jr. was born May 6, 1857, and died Aug 8, 1858. Joseph Marion was born March 26, 1859, He is now grown to manhood, useful and honored. He is well educated for his years, and still pursues his studies under Karl G. Maser, principal of the Brigham Young Academy, an institution endowed by Brigham Young during his lifetime. He was