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Tanner, Alva Amasa – Tappan, Mason Weare

Tanner, Alva Amasa

farmer, poet, was born Dec. 26, 1849, in South Cottonwood, Utah. In 1882 he moved to Idaho; has been justice of the peace; deputy sheriff; and twice a candidate for the Idaho legislature on the populist ticket. He is also a professional phrenologist, and has traveled extensively lecturing on that subject. He has written extensively for the periodical press, and his poems have been given a place in several standard collections.

Tanner, Benjamin Tucker

bishop, author, was born Dec. 25, 1835, in Pittsburg, Pa. He is a bishop of the African methodist church; and the author of Paul vs. Pius Ninth; The Negro's Origin, and Is the Negro Cursed?; and Outline of the History and Government of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Tanner, Henry S

geographer, author, was born in 1786 in New York. He was a geographer of Philadelphia; and the author of Memoir on the Recent Surveys in the United States; View of the Valley of the Mississippi; American Traveler; Central Traveler; New Picture of Philadelphia; and Description of Canals and Railways in the United States. He died in 1858 in New York city.

Tanner, Herbert Battles

physician, was born Feb. 13, 1859, in Whitewater, Wis. He was city physician of Kaukauna, Wis., during 1886-93; mayor of the city for two terms in 1895-96; and president of the Fox River Medical society in 1897.

Tanner, John

captive, author, was born about 1780 in Kentucky. He wrote a Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner during Thirty Years' Residence Among the Indians. He died in 1847.

Tanner, Richard Robert

lawyer, was born March 30, 1858, in San Juan, Cal. For a number of years he was assistant postmaster of San Buena Ventura; and in 1885 was admitted to the bar at Santa Monica, and is now one of the leading members of the legal profession in Los Angeles county. For two years he was deputy district attorney of his county, and for eight years filled with distinction the office of city attorney.

Tappan, Arthur

merchant, journalist, was born May 22, 1786, in Northhampton, Mass. He was one of the founders of the American Tract society; New York Journal of Commerce; and of Oberlin college, Ohio; and first president of the American Anti-Slavery society at Philadelphia. He died July 23, 1865, in New Haven, Conn.

Tappan, David

clergyman, author, was born April 21, 1752, in Cambridge, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman, pastor at Newbury, Mass., in 1774- 92, and Hollis professor of divinity at Harvard university from 1792 until his death. He was the author of Sermons on on Important Subjects; and Lectures Jewish Antiquities. He died April 27, 1803, in Cambridge, Mass.

Tappan, James Camp

soldier, lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born in Franklin, Tenn. He is a successful lawyer of Helena, Ark.; was a brigadier-general in the confederate army; has twice served as a member of the Arkansas state legislature; and was speaker of the thirtyfirst session of the house of representatives. He has been judge of the circuit court, and receiver of the United States land office at Helena, Ark.

Tappan, Lewis

merchant, abolitionist, author, was born May 23, 1788, in Northampton, Mass. He was a merchant of New York city, proprietor of The Journal of Commerce, and active as an abolitionist; and the author of Life of Arthur Tappan, by his brother, a valuable contribution to anti-slavery literature. He died June 21, 1873, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Tappan, Mason Weare

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 20, 1817, in Newport, N. H. He was a member of the New Hampshire state legislature in 1853-55. He was a representative from New Hampshire in the thirty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses. He died Oct. 24, 1886, in Bradford, N. H.