John tanner lds biography of mahatma

Question: What part did John Tanner play in helping the Prophet Joseph at a time of great need in Kirtland, Ohio?

Answer: John Tanner, son of Joshua and Thankful Tanner was born August 15, 1778, in the state of Rhode Island.

At the age of thirteen years, he moved with his parents to Greenwich, Washington County, New York, where his father, who had been a farmer, died.

John took over his father’s farm, and in the year 1800, he married Tabitha Bentley, by whom he had one son, Elisha, born March 23, 1801.

The mother died on the 9th of April of the same year.

Byron Marchant was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who made history by taking a stand against the church's racial.

Subsequently, John Tanner married Lydia Stewart, by whom he had twelve children, nine sons and three daughters.

In the spring of 1818, John Tanner moved with his large family to North West New York, where a son and daughter were born.

In 1823, he moved to the town of Bolton, where in 1825, another son was born. In May of that year, his wife, Lydia Stewart, died. He then married a third wife, Elizabeth B