William Smith Tanner
Birth Date
On 1839 March 28 (Born)
Death Date
On 1910 August 6 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in New Liberty, Jasper, Illinois, United States
1839 March 28
Mother
Rebecca Archibald Smith (1816 - 1854)
Father
John Joshua Tanner (1811 - 1896)
Date Details
Occurred On 1839 March 28
Traveled in
Easton Kelsey Company (1851)
1851 June 29 – September 22 (Age 12)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1851 June 29
Joined Company
Ended On 1851 September 22
Company Arrived
Baptized by
Joseph Hammond
1856 (Age 16)
Married
Clarissa Jane Moore
1868 January 19 (Age 28)
Served in
British Mission
1882 April 10 – 1884 January 8 (Age 43)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Payson, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Jacob Gates
Location Served
Great Britain
Date Details
Started On 1882 April 10
Set Apart
Ended On 1884 January 8
Released
Married
Susan Burgess
1909 November 3 (Age 70)
Died in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States
1910 August 6 (Age 71)
Media
William Smith Tanner (1839 - 1910) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret Evening News
"Recent Deaths", Deseret Evening News, (8 August 1910), Page 3.
Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901)
"Tanner, William Smith", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901), 2, Page 151-152.
Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index
Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index.
Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966
Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Mission
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 9 July 1883.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 April 1881, Vol. A, Page 58, Line 2493.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 April 1881, Vol. B, Page 63, Line 2493.
Pioneer
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913), Page 1199.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1851: Page 5.