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John Joshua Tanner


Birth19 December 1811Greenwich, Washington, New York, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Joshua Tanner, ID: KWJ6-38Z.

    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. 75, John J. Tanner, 30 December 1845.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for John J. Tanner, folder "Roll of company number 1, 1845 " (#1), image 6, line 12; entry for John J Tanner, folder "Amasa M. Lyman's company schedules, circa 1847 February-April" (#28), image 14, line 10 and Folder "Amasa M. Lyman's company schedules, circa 1847 February-April" (#28), Image 2, Line 16.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 525.
Death9 September 1896South Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Joshua Tanner, ID: KWJ6-38Z.
Burial13 September 1896Murray City Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #130674.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Joshua Tanner, ID: KWJ6-38Z.
FatherJohn Tanner
MotherLydia Stewart
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   • Rebecca Archibald Smith
Married27 August 1835Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Joshua Tanner and Rebecca Archibald Smith, ID: KWJ6-38Z and ID: LLQ8-CGN.
          Children:
               Lydia Jane Tanner
               William Smith Tanner
               Marquis De Lafayette Tanner
               Edward Orlando Tanner
               Cynthia Maria Tanner
               John Henry Tanner
               Edwin Tanner
               Elsie Tanner
               Esther Tanner


   • Mahaleth Jane Chase
Married13 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Joshua Tanner and Mahaleth Jane Chase, ID: KWJ6-38Z and ID: KWV7-4WC.
          Children:
               Albert J. Tanner
               Nathan Chauncy Tanner
               Mahaleth Abiah Tanner


   • Mary Ann Neyman
Married13 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Joshua Tanner and Mary Ann Neyman, ID: KWJ6-38Z and ID: KWVM-WJV.

   • Nancy Augusta Ferguson
Married13 March 1859South Cottonwood, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Joshua Tanner and Nancy Augusta Ferguson, ID: KWJ6-38Z and ID: KWJ6-388.
          Children:
               Flora Belle Tanner
               Almira Artimessa Tanner
               Isaac William Tanner
               Warren Foote Tanner
               Rebecca Augusta Tanner
               Freeman Everton Tanner
               Horace Greeley Tanner
               Ina Eugenia Tanner
               Clarence LaVerne Tanner
               Ethel May Tanner
               Arthur Lyman Tanner

Residences Label
• 1840Lee County, Iowa Territory, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870South Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusTownship 66, Lee, Iowa TerritoryExtractImage
• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSouth Cottonwood Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSouth Cottonwood Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Company Unknown (1851)View Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Data," database, part of "Church History Biographical Database" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure1851
       Arrival1851

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