JOHN TANNER
John Tanner was born in Switzerland, on the 2d of March, 1842. In 1865 he came to America, and located in Hancock county, where he was engaged in farming until 1873, when he came to Cass county, Iowa and located in Noble township. He rented a farm until 1876, when he purchased land on section 13, which was at that time a wild prairie, and in the course of a few years had one of the finest farms in the township. Mr. Tanner was married, in 1877, to Catharine Hinnieschiedt, a native of Pennsylvania. They have been blessed with four children -- Anna Elizabeth, Annie Mary, John Philip and Caroline.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 658.
