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John Tanner



Birth15 August 1778Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Tanner, ID: KWJ1-K2F.

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 49, John Tanner, 22 December 1845.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 139; citing the Nauvoo diary of William Clayton, kept for Heber C. Kimball.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for John Tanner, folder "Roll of company number 1, 1845 " (#1), image 6, line 10.

    FamilySearch, Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), index, FamilySearch.org, John Tanner, 15 Aug 1778; citing Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island; FHL microfilm 908,271.

Death13 April 1850South Cottonwood, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    United States Census Bureau, 1850 U.S. Census, population schedule (Washington DC: National Archives, 1964), Utah County, State of Deseret, p. 2, line 2.

    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for John Tanner (1778-1850), memorial #10779121.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Tanner, ID: KWJ1-K2F.

Burial14 April 1850Salt Lake City Cemetery, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for John Tanner (1778-1850), memorial #10779121.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Tanner, ID: KWJ1-K2F.

FatherJohn Joshua Tanner
MotherThankful Tefft

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   • Tabitha Bentley
MarriedJanuary 1800Greenwich, Washington, New York, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Tanner and Tabitha Bentley, ID: KWJ1-K2F and ID: LKKM-5QT.

          Children:
               Elisha Bentley Tanner


   • Lydia Stewart
Married2 January 1801Greenwich, Washington, New York, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Tanner and Lydia Stewart, ID: KWJ1-K2F and ID: LC3X-WJ5.

          Children:
               William Stewart Tanner
               Matilda Tanner
               Willard Tanner
               Sidney Tanner
               John Joshua Tanner
               Romelia Tanner
               Nathan Tanner Sr
               Edwin Tanner
               Edward Tanner
               Maria Louisa Tanner
               Martin Henry Tanner
               Albert Miles Tanner


   • Elizabeth Beswick
Married3 November 1825Bolton, Warren, New York, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Tanner and Elizabeth Beswick, ID: KWJ1-K2F and ID: LHV2-12J.

          Children:
               Myron Tanner
               Seth Benjamin Tanner
               Freeman Everton Tanner
               Joseph Smith Tanner
               Philomelia Tanner
               David Dan Tanner
               Sariah Tanner
               Francis Tanner


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• 1840Lee County, Iowa Territory, United States
• 1850Utah County, Utah Territory, United States

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• Grave MarkerView Source

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• 1840 Population CensusTownship 66, Lee, Iowa TerritoryExtractImage
• 1850 Mortality CensusUtah County, State of DeseretExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Willard Richards CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure3 Jul 1848
       Arrival10 Oct 1848


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