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Show LATTER-DAY SAINT 802 voo Temple, and received his endow was buried on the bank of the Platte Otherwise Father Tanner had ments, sealings and second anointings therein. In the spring of 1846 he a sold his home at Salt Lake a nominal price, pre paratory to gathering to the Rocky mountains with the Saints. With the means thus obtained he fitted up com fortable teams and wagons and start ed west about the middle of May, river. journey; he arrived in Valley on the 17th of Oc tober, 1848, and located on Little Cot prosperous tonwood creek, about one mile above the present Union Fort, where he built a home and laid out a farm in the spring of 1849 in the so-called joining the westward bound streams of Latter-day Saints in their exodus survey, between the two Cot tonwoods. In the fall of 1849 he was from Illinois. He moved two fam ilies besides his own to Council Bluffs. In July, 1846, he fitted out two of his taken with the rheumatism, and on New Year's day, 1850, he was con sons, Albert M. and sent till them with the into was Myron, and Mormon Battalion Mexico. He then moved across the Missouri river to Cutler's Park, and thence to Winter Quarters, where he herded the stock of the whole camp of Israel for three months, receiving remuneration, through a misunder standing. After giving up the herd, he moved to the "Chimneys" on the river, three miles above Winter Quar winter. ters, where he spent the While here he lost nearly everything he owned by fire. In the spring of 1847 he assisted in fitting out the pioneers for the westward journey, opened up a farm and raised a good crop of corn. His son Myron returned in the fall from his trip with the Battalion, while Albert M. went on to no California. out help In the fall he also sent to the pioneers who were on the return trip. In the latter part of June, 1848, he fitted up five teams and loaded up his worldly effects, in cluding eighteen months' provisions, and started west for Great Salt Lake Valley. He spent the 4th of July on the Elkhorn river. Somewhere be tween Wood river and Fort Laramie his fell grandson, Sidney, from which the was six years tongue of loaded with old, a wagon about 3500 pounds; both wheels passed over his bowels; he raised up on his feet and then fell and expired in about twenty minutes. day till of This occurred on the 26th July; the company traveled on the following day, when the boy Lyman fined to his bed and suffered April 13, 1850, when buried terribly he died. He the 14th in lots 4 and 13 in block 1, plat "C," Salt Lake City Cemetery. on |
