Official Directory of the Fortieth General Assembly of Illinois, Session of 1897: Portraits and Biographical Sketches of the Members and Press (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Assembly, Illinois General

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333318049 ISBN 13 : 9781333318048

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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John Riley Tanner was born A pril 4. 1844, in Warrick Co., I ntl., the particular site of his birth being a log house three miles from Boonville. He attended the common school of his neighborhood and worked on the farm of his father, acquiring the rudiments of a pioneer education. There were live males in the family, father and four sons, and every one offered his life for his country in the civil war. The mother died at Carboudale, 111., in 1863. The father enlisted in the 14th 111. Cav., A vas captured and ended his life in a rebel prison pen in Columbus, Miss. Albert Tanner volunteered in the 26th Ky. I nf., was severely wounded in battle, and died in Nashville, Tenn., in 1863. Frederick enlisted in the 13th 111. Cav., and died in a hospital in Pine Bluff, A rk., in 1864. .1. M. Tanner was also a member of the 13th 111. Cav., served with distinction through the war, and A vas mustered out a lieutenant in rank in 1865. John R. Tanner entered Co. A, 9S th 111. I nf., in 1863, and served until June, 1865, when he was transferred to Co. K., 61st I nf., and was mustered out in September, 1865. He served in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. It is the united testimony of the comrades who marched and fought with John R. Tanner that a better and braver soldier never wore the Union blue. He never shirked a duty or avoided a danger. Generous to a fault, he shared his blanket and crust with a needy comrade, and under the deadly fire of rebel guns, where men became iron with nerves of steel, John R. Tanner never flinched nor showed his back to an enemy. Returning to I llinois, Gov. Tanner purchased sixty acres of land in Clay county, for which he paid $600. Taking for a wife Miss Lauretta I ngrahain, he began farming. This was his occupation in 1870, when he was elected sheriff of Clay county. This was followed by a term as circuit clerk, at the close of which
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• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333318049
• ISBN 13: 9781333318048
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 372
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