1839 - 1900 (60 years)
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Name |
John Wesley Tanner |
Suffix |
Sr. |
Birth |
10 May 1839 |
Telfair Co, GA. |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1 May 1900 |
Coffee Co. GA. |
Burial |
Forest Grove Bap. Church Cemetery Nichols Coffee Co. GA. |
Person ID |
I1439 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
Family |
Sarah Gaskins, b. 26 Feb 1846, Telfair Co, GA. d. 18 Feb 1909, Coffee Co. GA. (Age 62 years) |
Marriage |
1861 |
Children |
| 1. Eliza Tanner |
| 2. Berry Hampton Tanner, b. 11 Mar 1862 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 3. John Wesley Tanner, b. 31 Dec 1863 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 4. Mary Tanner, b. 6 Mar 1865 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 5. Elijah Tanner, b. 4 Mar 1868 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 6. Daniel Webster Tanner, b. 26 May 1869 d. Yes, date unknown |
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Family ID |
F480 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2013 |
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Notes |
- THE GAZETTE TIFTON GA.., FRIDAY MAR. 4,1892 MR ELIJAHYOUNGBLOOD KILLED : A SAD HOUSE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OFCOFFEE CO. IT IS WITH REGRET THAT WE RECORD THE KILLING OF MR.ELIJAH YOUNGBLOOD, SR. BY MR. JOHN TANNER SR. , THE TRAGEDYOCCURRED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OFTHE COUNTY TUESDAY MORNING.IT APPEARS THAT MR. TANNER WAS OUT BURNING WOODS FOR HIS COWTUESDAY AND FOR SOME UNKNOW REASON MR. YOUNGBLOOD OBJECT TO ITAND BEAT OUT THE FIRE AND SINCE MR. TANNER WORD THAT IF HE SETFIRE TO THE WOODS AGAIN HE WOULD BE THERE TO STOP HIM MR.TANNER BELIVING A RIGHT TO BURN THE WOOD S NOTWITHSTANDING ITWAS MR YOUNGBLOOD'S LAND IN VEIW OF THE OF THE FACT THAT IT WASA SAFE DISTANCE FROM ANY HOUSE, WENT OUT AND SET FIRE TO THEWOODAGAIN, AND WHILE HE WAS STREWING FIRE MR. YOUNGBLOOD CAME TOHIM WITH HIS GUN AND WAS QUARRELING WITH HIM WHEN MESSRSSIMEONYOUNGBLOOD AND JOHN TANNER ,JR. ARRIVED. THEY SEPARATEDTHE OLD GENTLEMEN, BUT SUDDENLY MR. YOUNGBLOOD JERKED AWAYANDRAN ROUND AND STRUCK MR TANNER A HEAVY BLOW WITH A BIG LIMB,WHEREUPON MR. TANNER GOT OUT HIS POCKET KNIFE AND CUT MR.YOUNGBLOOD IN THE BREAST NEAR THE HEART. MR. YOUNGBLOOD DIEDALMOST INSTANTLY . MR. YOUNGBLOOD WAS KNOW AS A GREATEST DEERAND ALLIQATOR KILLERIN SOUTH GA. HE HAD KILLEDUPTO THE TIME OFHIS DEATH 993 DEER. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLER OF COFFEECO. MR. TANNER IS ALSO ONE AMONG OUR OLDEST CITIZENS AND HE HASFRIENDS INNUMERABLE. HE WAS AVERY QUIET OLD GENTLEMAN. HE ANDMR. YOUNGBLOOD HAVE ALWAYS HERETOFORE BEEN FRIENDLY ANDNEIGHBORLY
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